2020 Tourism Stakeholder Survey Open

Take Survey Dear Tourism Industry Partners,  Make your voice heard, complete this survey and forward this to others before the deadline of Oct. 30th, 2020 if you are concerned about economic growth, over-tourism, workforce investments, protecting the environment, building more tourism infrastructure (trails, kayak launches, etc.) or all of the above.  Your feedback becomes part of the official record at the state level (Travel Oregon) and for Oregon Coast Visitors Association (OCVA) at the coast-region, which determines how funding is allocated across our departments, programs and projects over the next two years.  2020 has presented new and dynamic challenges that require innovative problem-solving and leadership. Your responses will directly inform our investments and solutions to our shared coastal challenges. We know it’s long (15 minutes start to finish), but your feedback is absolutely critical to ensure investments made in OCVA’s 2021 – 2023 Regional Cooperative Tourism Program plan are on target and address your concerns. The survey is available in English and Spanish.  View the results of the 2018 Oregon Tourism Stakeholder Survey, which guided the development of our current 2019-2021 Regional Cooperative Tourism Program plan and all of our active projects listed in our RCTP Dashboard.  Thank you for your time, diligence and commitment to the Oregon Coast. Respectfully and Gratefully,  The OCVA Team  Take Survey

When we are lucky, the skies are clear and if light pollution is low then the sky above is filled with stars. It is a spectacular view to see and if you look close you can see some important starts that have been used for navigation for a very long time.

The Big Dipper

The Big Dipper is an asterism, or a group of notable stars that form a pattern, in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear. Due to it’s prominent shape and brightness, it is one of the most familiar star shapes in the northern sky.

It contains eight stars where seven are usually visible to most. The Big Dipper is named for the shape the stars appear in, a handle and a bowl.

Each of these stars have a name. Starting from the handle and going around to the bottom of the bowl they are known as: Alkaid, Mizar-Alcor (the first double star to be discovered through a telescope), Aloith, Megrex, Phecda, Merak and Dubhe.

Polaris

Another important star to know is the North Star, Polaris. This star is very easy to find if you know where the Big Dipper is.

If you draw a line through the two outer stars of the bowl it points right to it! Many sailors’ depended on this star to navigate because it points the direction of north.

References

https://www.space.com/27758-big-dipper.html

http://earthsky.org/tonight/use-big-dipper-to-locate-polaris-the-north-star

Love Trivia Quizes?

You can now take…and share a quick trivia quiz to learn about the Oregon Marine Reserves!

As part of the efforts to help inform people about Oregon’s natural resources and especially the Oregon Marine Reserves we have created an online trivia quiz. This quiz supports our six online short courses (30 minutes) that address the reserve system at each of five reserves.

Links

Find the Oregon Marine Trivia Quiz at: https://milesphillips.typeform.com/to/JVL2Y9

Find the Marine Reserve courses at: https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/tourism/training/oregon-marine-reserves