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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 Tourism: Workshops will be held through fall Zealand, have decided to link popular trailheads and attrac- tions together on a tourist-fo- cused shuttle system. The sys- tem allows visitors to travel around the country for days without ever needing a car. “I point that out because Oregon doesn’t have an exten- sive amount of multiday expe- riences in outdoor recreation,” Dahl said. Continued from Page 1A The strategy folds into the destination marketing orga- nization’s overall focus to increase tourism outside of the summer months, as well as to invest more heavily in promot- ing international tourism — a market that has potential to grow and attract visitors who will take longer trips, David- son said. Accomplishing the strat- egy, however, is complicated. Since April 2017, 110 lei- sure and hospitality jobs have been added in Northwestern Oregon, but in that same time, the vacancy rate for those jobs jumped 232 percent due to the lack of affordable housing to keep employees year-round, according to the state Employ- ment Department. Longer stays will not alle- viate congestion at car-depen- dent destinations like Fort Ste- vens and Ecola State Park at the height of summer. Many environmental nonprofits would like to follow the Hay- stack Rock Awareness Pro- gram, which educates visi- tors about the proper etiquette around a marine garden, but Action items Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian A tour bus arrives at the Astoria Column. say they lack the funding. A lot of the sustainabil- ity goals center around doing more to encourage people to visit outside of the summer — a cultural task easier said than done. “It’s a hard slog to change generations of thinking that says ‘Let’s come to the beach in the summer,’” Nan Devlin, of Visit Tillamook Coast, said. Connecting the region — through institutions and geog- raphy — is a good way to start, said Kristin Dahl, the vice president of destination development at Travel Ore- gon. Having a unified desti- nation marketing organiza- tion to coordinate regionwide tourism goals has been one way areas like Hood River and the southern Oregon Coast have approached solving these problems through their studios. Other countries, like New Workshops to discuss solu- tions to visitor transportation, outdoor recreation and cul- tural heritage preservation will be held throughout the fall. By January, action teams designed to carry out specific projects will be formed and funded by a $25,000 matching Travel Ore- gon grant. At this point, the projects remain a work in progress. But the region is now united by a common goal. “One of the goals is to pro- tect our natural and cultural resources, because man, if we neglect them, we’re sunk,” Devlin said. “It’s what makes us unique. We don’t want to become a place where people just stop to get gas.” Clams: ‘Right now, it is difficult to find any razor clams larger than 4 inches’ Continued from Page 1A the exception of the sea- sonal closure on the Clatsop beaches. Areas also close if marine biotoxin levels spike to unsafe levels. Washington state operates on a case-by-case basis from October through May, open- ing digs here and there on select beaches. But the Wash- ington Department of Fish and Wildlife has had simi- lar concerns recently about razor clam populations and their small size. The depart- ment has delayed traditional October razor clam digs on the Long Beach Peninsula until late December. Both states are trying to avoid situations where smaller clams are wasted when diggers either purpose- fully or inadvertently dis- card them in pursuit of larger clams. Ideally, razor clam popu- lations on a beach should be a mix, with a large amount of younger, smaller clams but also larger 1 and 2-year-old clams and then a scattering of much older, much larger clams. “In 2004, we also saw large numbers of small razor clams along Clatsop beaches, but they were more variable in size with a few medium and large clams,” Hunter said. “Right now, it is diffi- cult to find any razor clams larger than 4 inches.” Of the 50 clams Hunter and staff dug this summer, only three were of a commer- cial legal size. The beaches in Clat- sop County are produc- tive clam beds and a popu- lar destination for clammers. Razor clams at the beaches account for 95 percent of the clams harvested in Oregon. Other beaches in Oregon are open for razor clamming. The south coast, from the south jetty of the Umpqua River to the California bor- der, remains closed because of high levels of marine biotoxins. Oregon lawmakers prepare to take another run at cap and trade Legislation set for next year By AUBREY WIEBER Capital Bureau SALEM — In what was a contentious hearing by Ore- gon standards, state lawmak- ers grilled a right-wing think tank statistician who testified that the climate changed the day the earth was “born” and media and government are generating hysterics over the matter. Kevin Dayaratna is a math- ematician for the Heritage Foundation, but said his pre- sentation reflects his personal beliefs. He was among the witnesses Tuesday before the Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction, co-chaired by state Senate President Peter Court- ney and House Speaker Tina Kotek. The hearing centered on potential cap-and-trade leg- islation meant to lessen the amount of greenhouse gases emitted in the state. Cap and trade has become a perennial topic since 2015, but advocates hope the com- mittee will draft legislation that will get through the Leg- islature next year and pass into law. After taking October off, the committee will convene in November and December. Cap and trade would limit carbon emissions for the state’s biggest polluters — those emitting at least 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases. A 2017 report showed polluters overall were emit- ting about 60 million metric tons per year. As proposed, the cap would decrease over time. To make sure they aren’t penal- ized, large polluters would buy credits to cash in if they surpass pollution regulations. Those under the cap could sell their credits to companies that are over the cap. It’s a system working in California and several Cana- dian provinces. Most juris- dictions are on the same marketplace, managed by Western Climate Initiative. Oregon would likely join the marketplace. On Tuesday, officials from Western Climate Ini- tiative and Quebec followed Dayaratna to explain how the policy has worked in recent years. The hearing was among the most popular at the Cap- itol this week, with view- ers spilling into two overflow rooms. Many audibly scoffed as Dayaratna posited that the committee should instead be focused on getting Oregonians the cheapest energy possible. Cap-and-trade policy, he said, would “kill thousands of jobs, make families poor and have a negligible impact on climate.” When asked about increased extreme weather, Dayaratna said the narra- tive purporting an increase in frequency and severity of droughts and hurricanes are “myths propagated by the mainstream media.” Dayaratna was invited by state Sen. Fred Girod, R-Stay- ton. 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Girod twice thanked Dayaratna for traveling from the East Coast for the hear- ing, saying the committee was “blessed” to have him provide his perspective. The Quebec officials painted a different picture. The province implemented cap and trade in 2013, and the follow- ing year partnered with Cali- fornia to trade credits. Cap and trade regulates Quebec com- panies responsible for 85 per- cent of the province’s green- house gas emissions, officials said. But the regulations haven’t put a chokehold on industry. Officials testified that the reg- ulation increased competition, giving the province its stron- gest economy ever and a 5.6 percent unemployment rate, third lowest in Canada. Past Oregon legislation, including a 2017 bill that died despite 33 co-sponsors, indi- cates the policy would also include an investment ele- ment. In a 2018 bill, credits were projected to have a floor of $16 per metric ton, and then increase each year due to infla- tion. 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