Steve Amen
Director
Oregon Field Guide (1990)
Season 25
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.
Released Feb. 2, 1990
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.nature, imdb.oregon
Watch Providers: PBS
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S25E1 - Glacier Caves: Mt. Hood's Secret World
A first look inside newly-discovered glacier caves.
Oct. 3, 2013, midnight
S25E2 - 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."
Oct. 17, 2013, midnight
S25E3 - Hands-On Environmental Education In Hood River
A local program teaches Washington State School for the Blind students about wildlife
Oct. 22, 2013, midnight
S25E4 - 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.
Oct. 24, 2013, midnight
S25E5 - 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.
Oct. 31, 2013, midnight
S25E6 - 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.
Nov. 7, 2013, midnight
S25E7 - 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."
Nov. 14, 2013, midnight
S25E8 - 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.
Nov. 21, 2013, midnight
S25E9 - 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.
Jan. 30, 2014, midnight
S25E10 - 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
Feb. 10, 2014, midnight
S25E11 - 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.
Feb. 20, 2014, midnight
S25E12 - 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.
Feb. 27, 2014, midnight
S25E13 - 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.
March 19, 2014, midnight
S25E14 - 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.
March 26, 2014, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Feb. 2, 1990
Last Air Date: Oct. 21, 2021, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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