View Related Episode: Toad Crossing, Wind Turbine School, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp

We take you to a classroom three hundred feet in the air to learn all about wind turbines and what it takes to keep them spinning. As more and more wind turbines come on line in north central Oregon, Columbia Gorge Community College's Renewable Energy Technology program is training the local workforce to meet the need for skilled technicians who can repair and maintain these technological marvels.

First Broadcast: 2007
Producer: Vince Patton

Appeared in episode: Toad Crossing, Wind Turbine School, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp

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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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