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Episode 1906

Last broadcast Thursday November 8, 2007

Christmas Valley Dunes' Fossils

Christmas Valley is home to some of the best preserved fossils in the world. We go with experts to see what we can dig up.
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Spider Woman

6-Eyed Sand Spider. Photo: Vince Patton
Meet a Portland woman who collects, breeds and milks the venom from the world's most dangerous spiders. Brown recluse spiders don't live in the northwest except a virtual colony of them in Portland. They're here for a reason, meet arachnologist nicknamed "Spider Woman" who studies their venom.
Video: Watch extra footage of the six-eyed sand spider
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East Side Big Pipe/Sewer

We check in on an incredible subterranean sewer construction project designed to protect the Willamette River.
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