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Sandhill Crane Migrations Revealed by Satellites

Satellite tracking reveals sandhill cranes can fly 35mph and cover 250 miles in a day.

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Queen Bee Project: Breeding Winter Survivors

Two men try to breed stronger bees that can survive winter in Portland.

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Ospreys Rebound, Rely On Help From Humans

The only hawk that dives into water for its food thrives with help from humans.

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Oregon Families Collect Antlers Without Killing Deer or Elk

In central Oregon there's an increasingly popular form of hunting that never kills animals. Kids and parents comb the ground in late winter searching for fallen antlers that deer naturally shed. Oregon...

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Hiker Discovers Railroad History Hidden In Columbia Gorge

Despite its sheer cliffs, the Columbia River Gorge was home to a spider web of short railroads a century ago. They hauled out trees. Today, Don Nelsen, a passionate walking history-book-of-an-explorer...

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Oregon Humongous Fungus Sets Record As Largest Single Living Organism On Earth

The humongous fungus ranks as the single largest living organism in the world and it lives underground in eastern Oregon. This honey mushroom covers more than 3 square miles in the Malheur National...

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Rockfish and Marine Reserves

Oregon's Marine Reserves are now a few years old. Fishing is banned in them. Scientists are using SMURFS, drifters, satellites and controlled fishing to determine if they have an impact. The ambitious...

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Airstream Camping

A certain breed of campers are addicted to one particular brand of trailers: Airstreams.  They’re not just pulling homes with them. Many of them have some amazing history at their backs. Baker City...

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Hyla Woods

A family-run timber company in Oregon's coast range defines profit differently. At Hyla Woods, cutting trees must profit the health of the forest more than the owners' bank account. Peter and Pam Hayes...

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Steve Jobs' 'iHouse', Complete With Apple Tree, Sits In Oregon Coast Range

As if Steve Jobs didn't have enough claims to fame, it turns out he had a septic system permit, forest management plan and maybe a house, and a pre-Apple apple tree in his name in Oregon's coast range...

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Lake Abert Dries Up

Oregon's third largest lake, Lake Abert dried up in 2014 for the first time since the 1930s. 3 million migrating shorebirds depend on it for food. Drought has hit that region of the state but some...

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Ross Island: History & Present

A new Portland park is off limits to the public. Ross Island is reserved for wildlife after a century of gravel mining dug most of the island away.

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A Year In The Portland Rose Garden

Learn what it takes to tend 10,000 rose plants across 4.5 acres of blooms at the Portland International Rose Test Garden. Harry Landers has directed the garden for two decades.

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'Yuck! This Tastes Like Wood!': Predators Fooled By Lark Decoys

Since 2009, Metro has placed streaked horned lark decoys in the restored St. Johns Prairie to attract the federally threatened species. But instead of wooing the bird, the decoys have lured some...

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Two Sea Lions Die In Trap At Bonneville Dam

Two California sea lions died in a trap at Bonneville Dam after what officials say was a mechanical malfunction.

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How Oregon Rivers Carried Millions Of Trees Into Production

Trucks carry most of Oregon's lumber out of the woods on forest roads. But before that was possible, the timber industry primarily relied on the river — some of which are still recovering.

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Why Are Humpback Whales In The Columbia River?

Humpback whales have been spotted in the Columbia River just downstream of the bridge to Washington.

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Video Offers First Glimpse Of Cormorant Killings On Columbia River

The public is getting its first glimpse of the government’s killing of thousands of sea birds near Astoria.

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Wildlife Crossings Reduce Collisions And Save Lives

Oregon's first wildlife crossing saves lives of deer and drivers. Now ODOT plans another crossing.

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Pasta And Doughnut Machines Reinvent Range Restoration with Sagebrush Tortellini

An Italian pasta machine and a doughnut maker might help regrow burned deserts.

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