Declaration: Recreational boating contributes beneficially to the economy and development of multiple companies involved with reservoirs.

Reasons:

-many marinas main source of revenue is from boat owners whether it be from paying for a boat space or paying to boat/fill the boats with gas.

- boating gives profit to multiple companies such as the companies selling products at the marinas, gas companies for the fuel for the boats, and state revenue due to the fact that the reservoirs are state run

-even the distance traveled to reservoirs results in profits for the fuel companies mainly, but includes many other companies including fishing companies and general goods stores

-organizations have held fundraisers as well as awareness programs to help inform people about the benefits of boating and fish regulation while also finding out the reasons as to why more people do not boat recreationally

-boating allows fishing which in turn provides more revenue due to the cost of fishing licenses as well as fishing supplies

-due to the amount of recreational boating, additional economic support is provided through the ownership of property near the reservoirs due to the high activity of the boating activity

-jobs are created due to the amount of boating that occurs as well as the number of establishments that are created in order to assist or benefit the recreational boaters