The legacy of salt making is explored, from the days of Lewis and Clark to the modern salt-making facilities of Jacobsen Salt Company.

Geologist Nick Zentner (of “Nick on the Rocks” fame) takes us on an entertaining road trip to explore the "ginkgo" lava flow that erupted in central Washington and flowed all the way to the Oregon Coast 16-million years ago.

Photographer Brandon Swanson showcases the loveliness of the North Umpqua River during a rainstorm.

Exploring the surprising natural oasis in the most urban watershed in Oregon with the folks of the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and a dedicated volunteer helping to clean it up.

In 2006, invasive green crabs were just starting to show up in Oregon bays. Nearly two decades later, these non-native critters are multiplying at alarming rates and threatening Pacific Northwest shellfisheries.

This zany race combines Ford Model T’s, pigs and a dirt track at the Tillamook county fairground. The Pig-N-Ford has been an Oregon tradition for nearly 100 years.

A visual exploration of Smith Rock State Park by photographer Todd Sonflieth.

The Sunflower Sea Star once flourished along the west coast of the US. However this beautiful echinoderm has been dying out in large numbers due to a mysterious syndrome known as wasting. Jason Hodin is part of a team of University of Washington scientists that are attempting to preserve this sea star by spawning multiple generations that are more resilient to wasting.

A storybook Christmas comes to life in the small-town of Sumpter, Oregon.

Spiders have bad eyesight, so how do they "see" what's happening on their webs? Oregon State University scientists create models to understand the way web vibrations serve this function... and can even create music.

The small wonders of nature are observed in photographer Todd Sonflieth’s backyard photo essay.

The world's largest dam removal project is underway on the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California. The project will dramatically change summertime whitewater rafting and remove the lakes some people have built their lives around while reopening more than 400 miles of potential habitat for salmon that have been blocked from swimming upstream for a century.

Eric Thompson was born and raised in Oregon and comes from a long line of hunters. He travels with a German Wirehaired Pointer named “Sky” among the rugged desert grasslands of the Columbia Plateau in search of the elusive Chukar.

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde manage their land with a long-term vision for the food and resources they want to see for generations into the future.

Known as the "Colorful Cowgirl", Gloria Michelle is putting her personal twist into a 4-generation family tradition of handmaking mecate reins out of horsehair.

Rhododendron Garden Photo Essay

For a lot of folks, getting your driver's license for the first time is a major life milestone. For the teenagers of the Hood River Soaring Club, their first license won't be to drive a car but to fly a glider plane.

With an emphasis on responding to and preventing conflicts with humans, Bend-based Think Wild is a non-profit hospital and rehabilitation center for wild animals. The facility’s handful of staff and rotating group of volunteers respond to everything from animal “pest” control to rescuing, treating, rehabilitating and releasing recovered animals back into the wild.

A visual journey through Portland’s Japanese garden.

Science fiction is fast becoming a reality on the apple orchards of Central Washington, where farmers facing labor shortages are testing out robots that could be the fruit pickers of the future.