Season 25 Episodes
14 episodes1
Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood's Secret World
A first look inside newly-discovered glacier caves.
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Oregon Coast Sneaker Wavew, Frank Moore, & Behind the Scenes
Sneaker waves surprise beachgoers every year and sometimes turn deadly. Meet Frank Moore, a WWII veteran and legendary fly-fisherman on the North Umpqua River. Go behind the scenes of Oregon Field Guide's "Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood’s Secret World."
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Hands-On Environmental Education In Hood River
A local program teaches Washington State School for the Blind students about wildlife
4
Buzz Bowman, School for the Blind Ski Day, Wolverines
Buzz Bowman is an 83-year old legend on Mount Hood. Kids from the Washington State School for the Blind enjoy a cross-country ski day. A woman from Alaska finds wolverines in Oregon in her very first research effort.
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Imperial Stock Ranch, Geologic Snowflake Hunters , Amphibian Declines
An Eastern Oregon stock ranch dedicated to sustainability. Rock hounds flock to Oregon from around the world to find thundereggs. Twenty years of research confirms amphibians are still declining and the causes are complex.
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Double Damned Race, The Pallisades, Apple Detectives
Annual Double Damned race from Cascade Locks to The Dalles, Oregon. A collision of recreation and conservation find a novel coexistence in central Oregon. Fruit sleuths play detective to learn what kinds of apples grow on old trees.
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Mushrooms, Ice Crawlers, Disappearing Lake
Oregonians find an amazing variety of mushrooms in their own backyards. Small caramel-colored grylloblattids, or Ice Crawlers, thrive where few insects can: in Oregon’s mountain snow fields. Paddle the mysterious disappearing ''bayou of the northwest."
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Sea Cave Kayaking, Smith Rock, Oregon Land Use
We head to the coast to explore some of Oregon's sea caves by kayak. Sport climbing at Smith Rock is 30 years old now. We take a look back. How Oregon’s 1973 radical land use planning system has survived and changed farming.
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Mustangs of Oregon: Wild Horses in Crisis
Oregon Field Guide special: Mustangs of Oregon. Wild horses are in crisis as more now live in captivity than in the wild.
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Snow School, Wildflowers, First Salmon Ceremony
Students from the Muslim Educational Trust learn to build an igloo at Mount Hood. Just above the Grande Ronde Valley is home to some of the rarest flowers in Oregon. For centuries Rogue River Indians celebrated the season's first salmon with a ceremony
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Butterfly Watching, McKenzie River Trail, Lizard School
Enter the colorful world of Chris Carvalho’s butterfly photography. 26-miles of natural wonders earn this trail the nickname “America’s #1 Trail.” Aspiring researchers learn the how-to's of wildlife research by studying the life and death of lizards in Oregon's Alvord desert.
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Corn Maze, Mountain Biking, Hot Air Balloon Makers
An Oregon farm reveals the secret to how it makes corn mazes every year. A group of mountain bikers have constructed one of Oregon's only bike only trail system. A few Oregon balloonists make their own hot air balloons.
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Kayaking, Summer Ski Camp, Behind the Scenes
Take a remarkable trip into the depths of Oregon's remote Salmon River Gorge where kayakers plunge down towering waterfalls with no possibility of retreat. Mt Hood, Oregon is the only place in North America where skiers can train year-round. We share a behind-the-scenes account of a story that will take your breath away.
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Wilderness Medics, Tsunami Anniversary, Crystal Springs
Medics carry a virtual ambulance on their backs to rescue people in the wilderness. Oregon Field looks back at the 1964 tsunami that struck the west coast. Salmon and other wildlife have returned to a once overlooked urban creek in Portland.