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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017 Tourism: ‘It’s a good problem to have’ Continued from Page 1A A rural tourism studio is a multiyear project where pro- fessionals from Travel Oregon lead workshops and offer guid- ance on how to make tourism sustainable — environmen- tally and economically — for Clatsop and Tillamook coun- ties. The grant must be used to finance a tangible change or product, like connecting a trail system or launching an envi- ronmental education program. A committee of about 30 industry leaders from private businesses, state and national parks, environmental groups and visitors associations met last week in Cannon Beach to figure out how to expand tour- ism without sacrificing the area’s natural resources and quality of life. “The city (of Cannon Beach) asked for an ecotour- ism strategy in their strate- gic plan,” Melissa Keyser, the program coordinator for the Haystack Rock Awareness Program, said. “It’s everyone’s job to protect this area. We all have positive ideas, but how do we make it happen?” Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Ecola State Park is a popular destination for tourists on the North Coast. Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Sustainability At places like Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon State Parks North Coast District Manager Teri Wing sees the impact of the booming tourism industry almost every day. Wing has been with the parks system for more than 30 years and said it’s almost hard to describe the influx of trav- elers. At Fort Stevens, people book RV spots nine months in advance, and for most of the summer the park is at capacity with more than 5,000 visitors at once. Being constantly at capacity leads to more main- tenance for staff, as well as an increase in people parking and camping alongside U.S. High- way 101 when the park is full, she said. Overuse of certain parks and trails has lead to erosion issues, as well. Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area in Pacific City has had to put up fenc- ing and more signage to keep people out of actively eroding areas. “When the understory (on the trail) isn’t allowed to heal, all you are going to have is mud,” Wing said. “Grass doesn’t grow back, so you end Spending by tourists in the region has increased from $391 million in 2000 to $779 million in 2016. up with a lot of erosion. With how much use they get, we don’t have the infrastructure to fix them.” Terms like ecotourism or sustainable tourism often make people think of traveling in an eco-friendly way, said Kristin Dahl, the vice presi- dent of destination develop- ment at Travel Oregon, who led Monday’s workshop. But making tourism sus- tainable also means tack- ling local livability issues like affordable housing for service industry employees, having accessible public transit and representing cultural heritage. For Jon Burpee, the super- intendent of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, cre- ating sustainable tourism means developing affordable housing. “It is hard to manage a park effectively when seasonal park rangers can’t find hous- ing that’s affordable,” he said. “Sustainable tourism has to be a way to meet greater needs.” Often when Dahl leads these workshops, she said communities are looking for ways to bring more people to their area. But the challenge for the North Coast will be learn- ing how to manage the volume of tourists already coming, which could come in the form of asking them to visit differ- ent times of year other than summer and to try underuti- lized parks and attractions. “It’s a good problem to have. Tourism is good for the economy,” Wing said. “We just want to lessen the pressure on these areas.” A path to follow Casey Roeder, the exec- utive director at the Skama- nia County Chamber of Com- merce in Washington state, participated in the Columbia River Gorge tourism studio last year. As the former president of the Columbia River Gorge Visitors Association, Roeder said the region faced similar issues to Clatsop and Tilla- mook counties. “We have very highly used areas that feel congestion — Multnomah Falls, Dog Moun- tain, et cetera. The same time of year we would have too many people,” Roeder said. “So we had to ask, ‘How do we disperse people to other areas that get less use?’” Out of their tourism studio came the Columbia Express, a shuttle system that takes visi- tors to and from Multnomah Falls, which reduced traffic and parking challenges. Another project funded by the grant was a 20-year plan to connect biking and hiking trails, as well as an itinerary of events that lined up with bus schedules to reduce vehi- cle use. “Our biggest outcomes came from moving people around the Gorge without cars. Sometimes we think we have to figure out how to do this yourself, but brainstorm- ing with people from around the region was really benefi- cial,” she said. The North Coast is at the very beginning of this process. Workshops and public forums won’t occur until next sum- mer, Dahl said. But for Carrier, he’s excited to get started. “This is our community,” he said. “It’s too important to ignore.” Kreider: ‘It does really feel good to work for the library’ Continued from Page 1A Later she discovered the routine, the plans that prior- itize firefighter safety, all the varied and exciting modes of transportation — the helicop- ters and engines — the hik- ing for days in the woods, the camaraderie, the sometimes astonishing beauty of one of nature’s most destructive but also rejuvenating forces. Once, THE DAILY ASTORIAN M ONDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 in a high mountain desert in Utah, she stood in the mid- dle of nowhere and watched a fire climb up and down nearby cliffs. “There’s just nothing like it,” she said. When fire season ends and fall begins, the transition back into library work can be a lit- tle disorienting. The pace, the tasks — everything is different. “But it does really feel good to work for the library,” Kreider said. She is, she says, “a true believer in libraries as places for access to information and the exchange of ideas.” As a library assistant, much of her work is customer ser- vice in nature, but she also organizes and facilitates adult programs, including book dis- cussions and community con- versations. The interactions are often inspiring, she said. “Even though it’s not as intoxicating as being out in the field (fighting fires), I leave with a kind of high,” she said. “I get to witness and partic- ipate in people using their minds and sharing ideas.” For rainy day reading, Kreider recommends Philip K. Dick’s classic novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” the inspiration for the movie “Blade Runner.” Students in Misty Lindstrom’s third-grade class sand the hull of a miniature boat. Boats: Students will monitor progress online Continued from Page 1A Elementary and mid- dle school classes in Ore- gon are building 10 minia- ture fiberglass boats. Five will be shipped to classrooms with students of a similar age in Japan. On each side of the Pacific, students will launch the vessels and hope they make landfall on the other side. Nate Sandel, education manager for the maritime museum, visited the East Coast this summer to meet with Dick Baldwin, a solo sailor. After retiring from his hobby, Baldwin launched Educational Passages, trading miniature boats around the world to spread knowledge of oceanography and sailing while promoting cross-cul- tural exchanges. The boats, funded through the museum and private donors, are built to withstand rough weather. Each carries a GPS unit that uploads the boat’s position twice a day, along with a watertight com- partment acting as a time cap- sule carrying mementos from students. “I contacted the Japanese consulate and said, ‘We’re doing this in five schools in Oregon, but those boats prob- ably aren’t going to cross the ocean this school year,” he said. Because of the clock- wise current swirling around the North Pacific Gyre, boats launched from Japan can potentially cross the ocean this school year and provide students results from their project. Expanding world view Reid came into work one day to find a flyer for the pro- gram in her inbox, applied and was chosen along with teach- SCHEDULE A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach ers from four other schools in the Portland metro area. “I love the Columbia River Maritime Museum and am passionate not only about teaching and science, but also about bringing different cultures and languages into the classroom,” she said. “It seemed like the perfect fit.” Reid’s class has built Boat-a-Lahti, which will be launched next month from a platform chosen by students. The boat Lindstrom’s class is building will be shipped to Japan, named by a class there and launched toward America. “There’s maybe a 1 per- cent chance one of the U.S. boats make it to Japan,” San- del said. There’s about a 20 per- cent chance a boat launched from the U.S. will make land- fall on Asia at all, he said. The hull will carry information in six different languages about the builders and directions for what to do if the vessel is found. Students will monitor the progress of the boats online and communicate with peers in Japan each month. A local mentor, originally from Japan, is teaching students about Japanese language and culture. Reid is also hoping to take her students to the Port- land Japanese Garden. A native of Knappa, Reid said locals often don’t venture very far or experience differ- ent cultures. “I believe that peace is only achievable if we know each other, and this is an incredibly important and meaningful project in those terms,” she said. “Finally, we are a tiny community with lots of fish- ermen,” she said. “We should be connecting across the ocean, right?” Evening listings MONDAY O CTOBER 9 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Wheel Fortune (N) Dancing With the Stars (N) KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! 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