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    Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 1 - Driftnet Fishing, Oregon Bald Eagles
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    #1 - Driftnet Fishing, Oregon Bald Eagles

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  2. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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  3. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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  4. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 4 - Seals and Sea Lions, Peregrin Falcons, Summer Lake
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  5. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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  6. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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  7. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 7 - Forests of the Future, How to Call and Elk, In Search of Sasquatch
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    #7 - Forests of the Future, How to Call and Elk, In Search of Sasquatch

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  8. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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  9. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 9 - Behind the Scenes of Valhalla
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  10. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 10 - Behind the Scenes of Mount Hood Glacier Caves
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  11. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 11 - Behind the Scenes Mount Saint Helens Glacier Caves
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  12. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 12 - Behind the Scenes Waterfall Kayaking
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  13. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 13 - Behind the Scenes Oregon Revealed Coastal Wonder
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  14. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14
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  15. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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  16. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 16 - Episode 16
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  17. Oregon Field Guide Season 1 Episode 17 - Behind the Scenes Unearthing the lost stories of Mt Saint Helens
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  18. Oregon Field Guide Season 13 Episode 3 - Tillamook Railroad, No Ivy League, Missoula Floods Erratics
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  19. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 1 - Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide
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    #19 - Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide

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    In 2005, just as it seemed Oregon’s urban-rural divide had grown into an unbridgeable chasm, a handful of ranchers from rural Grant county did the unexpected. They invited kids from Portland's Sunnyside Environmental school to live and work along side them and see their side of life. The Urban-Rural exchange has continued every year since. Follow a group of students as they share in both the joy and the misery that comes with real rural life.

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  20. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 2 - Bluebird Lady, Bull Run, Streaked Horn Lark
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    #20 - Bluebird Lady, Bull Run, Streaked Horn Lark

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    Elsie Elzroth is one very dedicated woman. She has spent most of her life helping restore Western bluebird populations to the Corvallis area. The ancient forest that surrounds Portland's Bull Run water supply is off limits to logging after decades of controversy. But questions loom large over fire, climate change, and the risk of leaving a water supply untreated in one of the most pristine watersheds in the nation. Streaked Horned Lark ground-nesting species probably should be extinct by now except that, surprisingly, it has survived in the Portland area because of industrial development.

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  21. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 3 - Boat Building, Sixgill Sharks, Tsunami Update
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    #21 - Boat Building, Sixgill Sharks, Tsunami Update

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    It takes an expert to build a traditional, seaworthy boat from scratch, right? See how a group of complete amateurs come together to hand-build a traditional style 12 person skin-on-frame "umiak" in just one week. Sixgill Sharks which normally spend their lives at the bottom of the world’s oceans have been found living in the relatively shallow waters of Puget Sound. Recreational divers and researchers lure sixgill sharks in for up close encounters. It’s believed Puget Sound is a sixgill shark nursery: a safe place to give birth and raise hundreds or perhaps a thousand or more young sharks. There has never been a report of a sixgill attack on a human. There’s research to show that the tsunami risk is far more severe than scientists previously thought. We look at Indian oral tradition recounting tsunamis that seem eerily accurate in light of new research. We look at the evidence that proves the risk is great, and what is being done about it in coastal communities.

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  22. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 4 - Knowles Creek Update, Vultures, Wave Power
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    #22 - Knowles Creek Update, Vultures, Wave Power

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    Knowles Creek used to be a floundering ecosystem, but Charley Dewberry and his team have successfully brought the stream back to life. In their attempts to restore the watershed basin surrounding Knowles Creek, Charley's team's efforts have caused the number of juvenile coho to triple since their restoration began in 1992. Once a controversial project, the scientists who defied conventional wisdom demonstrate how well the project has worked. Turkey Vultures are among the smartest birds in the worlds. Join Oregon’s foremost raptor expert, Jim Anderson, as he takes us on a comical journey from caves to canyons to a roadkill graveyard, all in search of a bird most people dismiss as “just plain ugly”. No, they’re not pretty, and yes, they eat food only after its long dead and stinky, but think about it… what would our world be like it all that dead stuff were left lying around? Update on Oregon State University project to use ocean waves off the Oregon coast to generate power.

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  23. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 5 - Forest Thinning, Oregon Cave Cleaning, Portland Stairways
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    #23 - Forest Thinning, Oregon Cave Cleaning, Portland Stairways

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    In Oregon's central Cascades along the Metolius river, timber harvesters and conservation groups are working together to find a better way to maintain the forests and prevent catastrophic forest fires. The process of selectively thinning restores the health of the forest and provides economic benefits to timber harvesters. Volunteer cleaners nit pick the Oregon Caves. But they’re not looking for trash. The hunt is for something much, much smaller. Even lint and hair contaminates and alters the sensitive cave ecosystem. Explore the fascinating history of Portland's hidden and not-so-hidden public stairways.

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  24. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 6 - Bending the Wallowa River, Golf Clinic, Invasive Species Rapid
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    The Wallowa River bends again at the 6 Ranch near Enterprise, Oregon. It had been straight for a century. The ranch sacrificed some pasture to restore the river to a more natural path in order to restore endangered fish. Enjoy a little time on the greens with some enthusiastic golfers with special needs. Invasive garlic mustard and Japanese Knotweed are washing like a tide over the west hills toward the Tualatin River. But one Tualatin basin agency is reaching beyond their jurisdiction and sending foot soldiers out to beat back the invaders before they infest the watershed. Two Portland men create a wildly popular bike ride by going out of their way to make it the most difficult ride in the state.

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  25. Oregon Field Guide Season 21 Episode 7 - Bryan Bates, Surfer, Devil's Staircase, Hagg Lake Expansion
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    #25 - Bryan Bates, Surfer, Devil's Staircase, Hagg Lake Expansion

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    We head to Pacific City to learn more about the growing community of hardcore surfers. There's a place in the coast range so steep, rugged and disorienting that trails don’t go there. Many have trekked in and spent unplanned nights among the ancient trees trying to get out. That place is The Devil’s Staircase, a 30,000 acre area that redefines off-trail adventure. The reward for making it to the heart of this ancient forest, a chance to lay eyes on a rarely visited waterfall and swimming hole along wild, crystal clear Wassen Creek. Washington County wants to expand Hagg Lake to secure enough water for the next 50 years of growth. After years of planning, they’ve hit an expensive snag. New tests show the current dam does not meet today’s standards for earthquake safety.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Driftnet Fishing, Oregon Bald Eagles" is the best rated episode of "Oregon Field Guide". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/16/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".