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GREATER GORGE
Hood River Library hosts Feb. 14 event
In “Raptor Love Stories: An
Intimate Exploration into the
Lives of Avian Couples and
Families,” Ellen Donoghue,
PhD, explores the wonders
of connecting with wildlife
with an intimate look into
the lives of several raptor
pairs and their families. The
presentation will be Feb. 14
at 5 p.m. at the Hood River
Library and eatures unique
images from wildlife web-
cams.
Donoghue is a natural
resource social scientist
and empowerment coach.
Her business, Ardent Na-
ture, “helps individuals and
groups release the grips of
fear and doubt to empower
Photo by Stephen Datnoff each of us to offer our unique
gifts on behalf of all beings
‘Raptor Love
Stories’
EAGLE IN a pine tree near Newell Creek in late January. Naturalist and psychologist Ellen Donoghue speaks Feb. 14.
Columbia Gorge Tourism Summit meets
Feb. 20 in Bingen-White Salmon
Businesses, individuals,
community leaders and or-
ganizations with interest in
Columbia River Gorge tourism
are invited to the Gorge Tour-
ism Summit hosted by Colum-
bia Gorge Tourism Alliance on
Feb. 20.
“We know there is power in
traveling to new places. Every
visitor is changed through
exposure to the varied expe-
riences that make the Gorge
unique,” said Renee Tkach,
CGTA president, in a press
release.
“CGTA is committed to
developing the region as a
world-class sustainable tour-
ism destination. We are pas-
sionate about protecting the
scenic, natural, cultural and
recreational resources found
here while enhancing the local
economy.”
The Gorge Tourism Sum-
mit will explore the impacts
of over-use and congestion as
well as the value of welcom-
ing diversity in a deep-dive
conversation led by Oregon
Humanities.
Other topics explored
through the day include the
affects of short term rentals
in the Gorge as well as how
to welcome diversity both in
the outdoor and in towns and
businesses.
The summit will begin with
Gorge Trivia for participants
and the public on Wednesday,
Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Pioneer
Pizza in White Salmon.
The summit is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m
on Feb. 20 at The Society Hotel
in Bingen, a former school
house, then hostel, extensively
remodeled and expanded last
year near downtown Bingen.
Cost of the event is $35 for
existing CGTA members and
$50 for nonmembers.
“There will also be network-
ing breaks and small group
sessions to identify challenges
and opportunities the Gorge
SUMMIT DATES
Feb. 19 — Trivia Night at Pio-
neer Pizza, White Salmon
Feb. 20 — Summit at Society
Hotel, Bingen
is facing, with opportunities to
carry these ideas forward into
action,” said Emily Reed, GGTA
network manager.
Over the past three years,
CGTA partners created action
teams with projects to address
key impact areas that are im-
portant to the Gorge:
■ Car Free Visitor Trans-
portation supported the intro-
duction of easy bus trips from
Portland on the Columbia
Gorge Express, created car-free
itineraries and helped to con-
nect visitors with the different
transport systems in one seam-
less user experience.
■ Cultural Heritage helped
fund and create the Hear in the
Gorge podcast series, which
captures the history of the
region as told by local person-
alities.
■ Visitor Communications
and Marketing launched
“Ready, Set, GOrge,” which
introduces the idea of steward-
ship and helps visitors prepare
for an enjoyable experience in
the Gorge.
■ Culinary and Agritourism
worked with wineries, farms
and restaurants to create the
East Gorge Food Trail, which
focuses on local food and gives
visitors in-person experiences.
■ Workforce Training devel-
oped the We Speak The Gorge
program, which trains front-
line staff to introduce visitors
to areas of the Gorge they may
not have heard of — interest-
ing restaurants, museums and
local sites that are off the beat-
en path, relieving congestion
and spreading the “economic
love.”
■ O u t d o o r R e c re a t i o n
painted the vision of the up-
coming Towns to Trails ini-
tiative, which will create a
signature trail loop that spans
the two states, leading hikers
across scenic vistas and into
the towns that connect them.
“The summit will give an
opportunity for recreation and
‘Rufus and the Army Camp’
history talk set for
Feb. 15 in The Dalles
“Rufus and the Army Camp
that Helped End World War
II” is the title of the Feb. 15
program at the Original Wasco
County Courthouse, 410 W.
Second Place, The Dalles.
Saturday’s program begins
at 1:30 p.m. and is third in a
month-long series of presen-
tations.
“Rufus survives after near-
by villages in the Columbia
River flood plain disappeared
when the dams were built,”
said a press release. “It was
always a unique settlement in
old Wasco and later Sherman
County, but never more so
than when the U.S. Army set
up operations during World
War II. The purpose was to ex-
periment with pontoon bridge
technology in preparation for
crossing the Rhine.”
hospitality professionals, pub-
lic agencies, local non-profits
and elected city and county
leadership to gather and talk
about opportunities and chal-
lenges in collaboratively man-
aging and developing the tour-
ism economy in the Gorge,”
Tkach said.
Event sponsors include
Travel Oregon, Columbia Area
Transit, Global Sessions, Or-
egon Humanities, Martin’s
Gorge Tours, Society Hotel and
Mugs Coffee.
Additional event sponsor
and vendor opportunities are
available. For more details and
to register, go to gorgetourism-
summit2020.eventbrite.com.
For more details about the
Summit or CGTA partnership,
contact Reed at emily@colum-
biagorgetourismalliance.org.
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on this planet,” according to
Donoghue, www.ardentna-
ture.com.
She has studied the con-
nections between people and
nature in a variety of places
around the world, according
to a press release. Donoghue
said the natural world has
been an enduring constant
and the most influential
teacher in her life. She is
an avid outdoor enthusiast,
was a wilderness guide in
the Pacific Northwest and a
competitive dog musher in
Alaska. This program is free
and open to the public.
For details, contact the
Hood River County Library
District at 541-386-2535 or
info@hoodriverlibrary.org,
or visit hoodriverlibrary.org.
Correction
pFriem Head Brewer Gavin Lord was incorrectly titled in a
Feb. 1 article.
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Speaker Cal McDermid is the ground floor to serve those
director of Fort Dalles Museum unable to climb stairs.
and a Sherman County native.
He served in the past as direc-
tor of the Sherman County Mu-
seum. That museum inherited
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