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Season 11 Episode #1112

Woodburn #3; Coastal Erosion; Cape Arago Photo Essay

An update on some amazing archaeological discoveries that are turning up in digs around the town, including the ice age fossils of a bird with a wingspan of 14 feet. Scientists are concerned about evidence that sand is actually disappearing from our coastline. And we catch up with scientists working hundreds of feet above ground to study the workings of an old growth forest.

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Woodburn #3

An update on some amazing archeological discoveries turning up in digs around the town.

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Coastal Erosion

The coastline is always changing, and erosion happens sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly.

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Cape Arago Photo Essay

An intimate look at Cape Arago on Oregon's southern coast.

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Crab & Clam Clinic, Wlllamette Falls Sea Lions And The Siskiyou Mountain Club (3002)

October 21, 1:30 a.m. [OPB TV]

Old Growth and Birds, Mason Bees And Snorkel Survey (3003)

October 25, 8:30 p.m. [OPB TV]

Seamanship, Whales And Sound Pollution And Landsailing (3004)

November 1, 8:30 p.m. [OPB TV]

Burrowing Owls, Intertidal Zone and Totality (3005)

November 8, 8:30 p.m. [OPB TV]

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Major Support Provided By:
Carol and Velma Saling Foundation
William K. Blount Family

Additional Support Provided By:
Coit Family Foundation
Kay Kitagawa and Andy Johnson-Laird
Christine and David Vernier
Greenfield/Hartline Habitat Conservation Fund of the Nature Conservancy.

Special thanks for support by:
The Roundhouse Foundation, Barbara Emily Knudsen Charitable Foundation, Bonnie and Peter Reagan, Lee and Marcia Stevenson and Elaine Whitley