Filming salmon has been a big part of my job as an “Oregon Field Guide” photographer. I’ve taken assignments up to high-mountain salmon-bearing streams and out on ocean-going research vessels.

Oregon tried to bring sea otters back once, but failed. Biologists are still trying to find answers and wonder if we've learned enough to give otters a second chance.

The Columbia River Gorge is home to an unusual population of American pikas. When the Eagle Creek Fire scorched that area in 2017, researchers feared they'd be wiped out.

Oregon poisoned the lampreys in Miller Lake in the 1950s, only to learn later they were a unique species. Now, a team of volunteers is trying to bring them back.

Two historic adversaries have learned to collaborate in eastern Oregon to make the forests and economy healthier.

What's changed in the 30 years since Oregon was thrust into the spotlight during the "Timber Wars"? Three "Oregon Field Guide" stories reflect on the spotted owl, the culture of the timber community of Philomath and whether one successful effort to find a compromise in John Day can reveal a path forward.

For the first time in 40 years, the city of Philomath cancelled its annual Frolic and Rodeo summertime event this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But organizers still found a way to bring the community together — while socially distancing, of course.

Two fish biologists search Upper Klamath Lake for an odd creature known as a Mare’s Egg in this “Oregon Field Guide” short. What they find is as uncommon as it is unusual. And it is only around for a short time each year.

Oregon's geologic record goes back some 400 million years. "Oregon Field Guide" has assembled a few of our favorite "old stories" as they are revealed in our many striking treasures and land forms.

Darryl Nelson carries on tradition as Timberline Lodge’s third-generation blacksmith.