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Bill Friday comes from a long line of lookouts in Central Oregon. Living in a 15x15 foot shelter on the top of Green mountain in the middle of the desert, Bill looks out for fires in the surrounding forest. Bill has been doing his job for over 40 years, reporting 2,500 fires since 1965, including 3 "storms of the century"! Passionate about looking out for the forest he finds solitude in, could Bill be protecting it too well?

First Broadcast: 2008
Producer: Ed Jahn

Appeared in episode: Marmot Dam Removed, Fire Tower, Ice Worms

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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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