Sandhill Crane Migrations Revealed by Satellites
Satellite tracking reveals sandhill cranes can fly 35mph and cover 250 miles in a day.
View ArticleQueen Bee Project: Breeding Winter Survivors
Two men try to breed stronger bees that can survive winter in Portland.
View ArticleOspreys Rebound, Rely On Help From Humans
The only hawk that dives into water for its food thrives with help from humans.
View ArticleOregon 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...
View ArticleHiker 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...
View ArticleOregon 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...
View ArticleRockfish 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...
View ArticleAirstream 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...
View ArticleHyla 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...
View ArticleSteve 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...
View ArticleLake 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...
View ArticleRoss 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.
View ArticleA 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.
View Article'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...
View ArticleTwo 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.
View ArticleHow 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.
View ArticleWhy Are Humpback Whales In The Columbia River?
Humpback whales have been spotted in the Columbia River just downstream of the bridge to Washington.
View ArticleVideo 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.
View ArticleWildlife Crossings Reduce Collisions And Save Lives
Oregon's first wildlife crossing saves lives of deer and drivers. Now ODOT plans another crossing.
View ArticlePasta 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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