Gitanas

Season 29 2017-2018

29-1

Crater Lake Ski Expedition; Tower Engineers Oct. 5, 2017

Three women circumnavigate Crater Lake on skis; broadcast tower engineers keep rural Oregon connected.

29-2

Search for Oregon's Tallest Tree; Horse Logger; Range Fence Removal Oct. 12, 2017

Identifying Oregon's tallest trees; a family continues the tradition of logging with horses; volunteers remove miles of barbed wire fence around the Pine Creek Conservation Area.

29-3

Rain Beetles; NF Smith; Oil Art; Wheat Farm Photo Essay Oct. 19, 2017

Hunting for a new species of rain beetle that only emerges once a year; a tour of the North Fork Smith River; a man raises awareness of oil runoff through photography; a visual tour of the farm country of Northeast Oregon.

29-4

Warner Canyon; Friends of Trees; Climate and Butterflies Oct. 26, 2017

Warner Canyon, Oregon's second oldest ski hill; Friends of Trees; the rising sea level changes the habitat of a rare butterfly on Puget Sound's San Juan Island.

29-5

Oregon Desert Trail; Willamette Falls; Pyrosomes Nov. 2, 2017

A long distance trail through the desert of southeast Oregon; the future of Oregon's largest waterfall; pickle-like creatures along the Oregon coast.

29-6

Train Mountain; Big River Tug; Horse Logger Nov. 9, 2017

A barge and tug operation glides down the Columbia and Snake rivers; the world's largest rideable miniature railroad treks through a forest near Chiloquin, Ore.; horse-logger.

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Mount Hood: Climbing Oregon's Highest Peak Nov. 16, 2017

The history, challenges and rewards of climbing Oregon's highest peak.

29-8

Food From the Wild Nov. 20, 2017

Culinary gold in the Oregon woods; cranberries from the Oregon coast; wild feast.

29-9

Drones in Research; The Shire; Eelgrass and Oysters; Valley of the Giants Feb. 1, 2018

Drones for science; architect John Yeon; climate change; photo essay.

29-10

Oregon Silverspot Butterfly; Lloyd Brothers of Mount Adams; Bob Lily; Winter Dawn at Hosmer Lake Feb. 8, 2018

Features on animals and nature in the state of Oregon.

29-11

Unlikely HIkers; Freshwater Mussels; Alpha Farm Feb. 15, 2018

Unlikely Hikers is a group dedicated to shattering conventional race, size, gender and sexual stereotypes about who gets to enjoy the great outdoors; old growth native freshwater mussels; Alpha Farm, one of the nation's oldest communes.

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Urban Falconry Feb. 22, 2018

The practice of falconry deters crows from disrupting a transit mall; a rare predator returns to the woods of southwest Washington.