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Oregon Field Guide is a weekly television program produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting focusing on recreation, the outdoors, and environmental issues in the state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon zeitgeist, it is produced and hosted by Steve Amen. Named for the field guides used to identify plants, animals, and natural phenomenon, the wide-ranging series covers Oregon natural history, outdoor recreation, conservation, agriculture, rural life, and other local subjects. Produced with deep narratives rather than short segments, 13 half-hour and one full-hour episodes are shown per year.
Episode 14 : Wilderness Medics, Tsunami Anniversary, Crystal Springs
March. 26,2014
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.
Episode 13 : Kayaking, Summer Ski Camp, Behind the Scenes
March. 19,2014
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.
Episode 12 : Corn Maze, Mountain Biking, Hot Air Balloon Makers
February. 27,2014
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.
Episode 11 : Butterfly Watching, McKenzie River Trail, Lizard School
February. 20,2014
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.
Episode 10 : Snow School, Wildflowers, First Salmon Ceremony
February. 10,2014
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
Episode 9 : Mustangs of Oregon: Wild Horses in Crisis
January. 30,2014
Oregon Field Guide special: Mustangs of Oregon. Wild horses are in crisis as more now live in captivity than in the wild.
Episode 8 : Sea Cave Kayaking, Smith Rock, Oregon Land Use
November. 21,2013
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.
Episode 7 : Mushrooms, Ice Crawlers, Disappearing Lake
November. 14,2013
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."
Episode 6 : Double Damned Race, The Pallisades, Apple Detectives
November. 07,2013
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.
Episode 5 : Imperial Stock Ranch, Geologic Snowflake Hunters , Amphibian Declines
October. 31,2013
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.
Episode 4 : Buzz Bowman, School for the Blind Ski Day, Wolverines
October. 24,2013
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.
Episode 3 : Hands-On Environmental Education In Hood River
October. 22,2013
A local program teaches Washington State School for the Blind students about wildlife
Episode 2 : Oregon Coast Sneaker Wavew, Frank Moore, & Behind the Scenes
October. 17,2013
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."
Episode 1 : Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood's Secret World
October. 03,2013
A first look inside newly-discovered glacier caves.
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