Oregon Star Party; Discover how Oregon's high desert offers quiet, solitude, and on some nights, a whole lot of stars.

A mass outbreak of pine butterflies creates a virtual snowstorm in the forest in August.

Oregon Field guide celebrates one of Oregon's most beloved naturalists, Jim Anderson.

We team up with sport climbing pioneer Alan Watts and Oregon’s Ryan Palo to revisit the ever-popular Smith Rock to see what has changed and what has stayed the same on the 30th anniversary of the start of sport climbing there. This updates our 1990 story on Alan in HD.

We follow prisoners at the Snake River Correctional Institution as they grow and transplant specially selected sagebrush seeds to assist the BLM in future eastern Oregon restoration efforts.

Burns Round-up and Branding; we visit a ranch round-up as they pass the old west ways along to the next generation.

John Hartog heads into the countryside to capture the wild sounds of nature.

A historic cattle ranch in southeastern Oregon moves cows every day. In many ways, cattle drives there have changed little since a century ago. The ranch herds cattle from one end of a million acre range to the other over the course of a year.

Explore Oregon as few ever have as we search for unknown caves.

Oregon is losing its dark and starry skies to light pollution, with consequences to both people and wildlife.

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 Forest.

Oregon Field Guide joins geologist Dr. Liz Safran and river guide Audrey Gehlhausen for a journey through the geologic wonderland of the Owyhee Canyonlands. Beginning in the small town of Rome, Oregon, our cameras reveal a raw and breathtaking landscape sculpted by lava flows, landslides and volcanic eruptions.

Hardwoods are rare on Oregon's east side but that's not the only thing that makes aspen unusual. The trees sprout from rhizomes in large "clones" or shared root systems that can live up to 1000 years, though the trees themselves rarely live beyond a century. Aspen stands are eco-hotspots, creating their own food webs and providing habitat for everything from birds to bears.

A beautiful tour of the stunning Jordan Craters and Leslie Gulch as we learn more about the wonders of Oregon geology.

Sage grouse, a desert bird that depends on sagebrush, has been in decline. The US government may add it to the endangered species list. Ranchers fear the grouse could become their spotted owl, restricting use of western lands. A number of groups are adopting conservation measures in hopes it will be enough to stop the listing as endangered.

Climbers, ultra runners, and hikers revel in the first weekend after Smith Rock State Park reopens, some finding that weeks of being cooped up from Covid-19 quarantine has made scaling sheer walls of rock even more relevant as a way to face down fear.

98-year old Frankie Dugal carries on a ranch tradition of horse-hair “mecate” ropemaking and is passing it on to the next generation in the southeast Oregon town of Jordan Valley.

A small group of loggers and environmentalists in Eastern Oregon have done the unthinkable: worked together to find common ground—and even become friends.

Glider pilots enjoy the thrill and beauty of soaring above the Alvord desert. Once a year a group of 20-30 pilots gather for a week of soaring above the playa, but their method of getting airborne is unique. Using the 18-mile long playa as their runway, these gliders forgo the traditional airplane tow and opt instead for a tow cable hitched to a car in one of the most remote corners of Oregon.

Adventurous stand-up paddleboarders embark on a multi-day journey down the John Day River. When everything has to fit on your board, how do you pack? How are rapids negotiated while standing up? What's it like to experience four days of raw geologic splendor in the John Day canyon? "SupPaul" Paul Clark shows us why "Adventure SUP" is a great new way to get down the river.