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April 5, 2019 T he C olumbia P ress 4 Benefits: Living near protected areas could promote health, better lifestyle Continued from Page 1 off-limits to local people while others are multiple-use pro- tected areas that permit limit- ed harvests of natural resourc- es. Residents who stood to benefit most from their prox- imity to a protected area were those who lived near the mul- tiple-use areas, Gerkey said. Similarly, tourism associated with protected areas may pro- vide a range of benefits to peo- ple living nearby. Many of the positive impacts were found in protected areas with estab- lished tourism. The data included environ- mental and socioeconomic data from about 87,000 chil- dren in 60,000 households either near – within about 6 miles -- or far from 600 pro- tected areas in 34 developing countries around the world. In their analysis, the re- searchers found: • Households situated near protected areas associated with tourism had higher levels of wealth, by 17 percent, and lower levels of poverty by 16 percent, compared to similar households living far from the protected areas. • Children under age 5 living near multiple-use protected areas had higher height-for- age scores, by 10 percent, and were less likely to have stunt- ed growth, by 13 percent, than similar children living far from the protected areas. “The multiple-use areas are where you see a lot of the positive impacts for people’s health and wealth,” Gerkey said. “The boundaries are re- laxed in a way that allows local people to access resources but doesn’t impinge on the larger goal of conservation.” Art: Gala rejoices in the young child Continued from Page 1 stretch their abilities.” About 100 very young art- ists will be featured during Art Walk in the former Abeco building. The space was donated by building owner Will Kemp, a local artist and teacher. April is Month of the Young Child and members of As- toria Downtown Historical District, which organizes Art Walk, wanted to celebrate it. The show will feature stu- dents at Warrenton Prep and kindergarten through second graders at Warrenton Grade School, plus community partners Warrenton Head Start, Astoria School District, Kinder Ready Kids, Simply Kids Preschool, Salmonberry Play School, Bumblebee Art Studio, and Seaside Heights Kindergarten. “We just feel it’s so import- ant as teachers to come to- gether,” DeVos said. “This is a way for us to celebrate the young artists.” The group also hopes to ex- pose parents to all types of art. “It’s so amazing to watch all those families intermingle and break out of their shell,” she said. Burn: New policy in works for city Continued from Page 1 guise of seeking information about burning on his own property. The answers were all different and confusing. Commissioners decided to revise and add clarity to the city’s burn permit rules, which will come back to the commission at a future meet- ing. Proposed guidelines in- clude allowing no commer- cial or slash burning within city limits and a limit on the size of debris piles to 10-feet by 10-feet by 4-feet.
