Visitors to SD national parks spent $165 million

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MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — A report says the 3.8 million visitors to national parks in South Dakota spent $165 million in communities near those parks in 2011.

The National Park Service report says spending by those visitors supported 2,651 jobs across South Dakota.

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