View Related Episode: Wolverine, TV Tower Safety, Sandboarding

In Christmas Valley, one TV tower engineer demonstrates his dedication to providing a communication link for remote farming communities. And a group of workers from Radio Tower Company and Custom Metal Work ascends 900 feet up the OPB tower in Portland for repairs. Adverse weather, radiation exposure and gravity’s pull are all potential hazards these brave engineers must safeguard against.

First Broadcast: 2006
Producer: Jim Newman

Appeared in episode: Wolverine, TV Tower Safety, Sandboarding

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Field Journal Blog
Wolves return to Oregon in packs
by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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