Producer Pick: Quagga Mussels
In January 2007, tiny mussels from Europe invaded Lake Mead, Nevada. Within months they began fouling boat engines, docks, hatcheries and even the water intakes of Hoover Dam. Now quaggas are spreading across the west and Oregon is bracing for a costly invasion that threatens everything from hydropower to recreation to salmon recovery. Can it be stopped?
First Broadcast: 2008
Production Credits: Producer: Ed Jahn; Videographers: Todd Sonflieth & Nick Fisher; Editor: Todd Sonflieth
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- 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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