Executive producer and host Steve Amen talks with veteran producer Jim Newman about a story produced back in 1990 that profiles an organization named S.O.A.R., who unites physically challenged individuals with expert climbers and teachers of outdoor skills. Their courage and test of limitations is extraordinary.

Producer Vince Patton shares a glimpse at what it takes to film the underwater alien world in Oregon's Crater Lake, following scuba divers to witness the strangest formations you will ever see under the water.

Oregon Field Guide's Senior Videographer and Editor, Michael Bendixen talks about the perils of shooting waterfalls and rappelling with expensive video equipment on the Canyoneering story, first broadcast in 2007.

Yurt, tent or trailer? Join host Steve Amen and his family on a camping adventure where they try out each different accommodation for a few nights in an effort to find the ultimate, luxurious-yet-affordable camping experience. This story originally aired in 2001.

Harry Landers worked for and curated Portland's famous International Rose Test Garden from 1989 to 2017. In that time, he increased the garden by more than 7,000 rose plants. His army of volunteers tend the 650 varieties across 4.5 acres of blooms. Portland Parks & Recreation gets hundreds of new roses free every year from rose companies in exchange for providing research and evaluation.

Meet some folks who have spent the last ten years trying to preserve and protect a rare stretch of white oak savanna on the south side of West Linn, Oregon.

A story of dune grass, snowy plover protection, bulldozers and beetles. What it takes to save the world's fastest beetle on the Oregon coast.

Oregon Field Guide traveled to Japan nearly four years after a devastating Magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that destroyed entire towns, killed over 15,500 people and left more than 2,500 missing. Oregon faces the threat of an earthquake every bit as large as the one that struck Japan. Are there lessons we can learn from Japan's experience?

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.

Portlanders have only limited access to one of the city’s newest parks. Ross Island, a gravel mining area, now doubles as a natural wildlife natural area. If ideas from the early 1900s had come to pass, Ross Island might have had manicured croquet courts, a ball field, livestock pavilion, yacht harbor or football stadium. We examine the history and future of the island in the center of the city.

Coos Bay, Oregon is one of the most spectacular wave-watching spots anywhere. The locals have always known it but few others do. Created when the right swells meet the right tides and weather conditions, these spectacular waves smash against the cliffs at Shore Acres State Park with such force that sprays shoot up several hundred feet.

Oregon's third largest lake, Lake Abert dried up in 2014 for the first time since the 1930s. 3 million migrating shorebirds depend on it for food. Drought has hit that region of the state but some people wonder whether human use of Abert's only water source made things worse. Under Oregon law, Lake Abert has no legal right to any water at all.

A certain breed of campers are addicted to one particular brand of trailers: Airstreams. They’re not just pulling homes with them. Many of them have some amazing history at their backs. Baker City native Wally Byam founded Airstream and started the tradition of shipping trailers across the ocean and leading caravans of Airstreams over other continents, all in an era before highways.

Historically, the Oregon chub was found throughout the Willamette Valley river system, but more than a century of re-channeling the river and drying up wetlands for agriculture and residence changed all that. By the 1980s, the once ubiquitous minnow was extremely hard to find. That led to its listing as an Endangered Species. Today, the Oregon chub is the first fish to be "delisted."

A family-run timber company in Oregon's coast range defines profit differently. At Hyla Woods, cutting trees must profit the health of the forest more than the owners' bank account. Peter & Pam Hayes are 5th generation loggers whose philosophy embraces the public trust, not just personal wealth.

First began in 1993, this canoe trip is now a yearly event when tribes of the Pacific Northwest, come together to paddle, perform and share traditional songs, dance and celebrate life with feasting, gifting and praying.

Hop aboard your own pedal-powered railcar for a spectacular 12-mile round-trip on the old Joseph Branch rail line between Joseph and Enterprise, Oregon. Part bike, part old-fashioned railcar, a trip on a railrider is a one of a kind experience in Oregon.

Oregon's Marine Reserves are now a few years old. Fishing is banned in them. Scientists are using SMURFS, drifters, satellites and controlled fishing to determine if they have an impact. The ambitious plans to save entire ecosystems in the ocean may take many years to have an effect.

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.

A relaxing look at some wildlife on the Malheur refuge.