Oregon Field Guide (2025)

Oregon Field Guide is a weekly television program produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting focusing on recreation, the outdoors, and environmental issues in the state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon zeitgeist, it is produced and hosted by Steve Amen. Named for the field guides used to identify plants, animals, and natural phenomenon, the wide-ranging series covers Oregon natural history, outdoor recreation, conservation, agriculture, rural life, and other local subjects. Produced with deep narratives rather than short segments, 13 half-hour and one full-hour episodes are shown per year.

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Seasons

Season 10

Season 10

Season 11

Season 11

Season 12

Season 12

Season 13

Season 13

Season 14

Season 14

Season 15

Season 15

Season 16

Season 16

Season 17

Season 17

Season 18

Season 18

Season 19

Season 19

Season 20

Season 20

Season 21

Season 21

Season 22

Season 22

Season 23

Season 23

Season 24

Season 24

Season 25

Season 25

Season 26

Season 26

Season 27

Season 27

Season 28

Season 28

Season 29

Season 29

Season 30

Season 30

Season 31

Season 31

Season 32

Season 32

Season 33

Season 33

Episodes season 10

  • 10x1

    Missoula floods

  • 10x2

    Adaptive skiing, tillamook off-road-vehicles, mt. bailey sno-cat skiing

  • 10x3

    Silver falls state park, rodeo livestock, dungeness crab

  • 10x4

    Vernal pools, native oysters, solar energy

  • 10x5

    Feral pigeons, warner wetlands, wood ducks

  • 10x6

    Mountain goats, bee mites, clamming

  • 10x7

    Caspian terns, bear creek, williams prairie

  • 10x8

    Western bluebird, fort rock archaeology, global positioning systems

  • 10x9

    Rock art photography, lynx study, outrigger canoes

  • 10x10

    Martens, radar archaeology, the oregon garden

  • 10x11

    Sea lion study, elk rock in willamette river, sewage ponds of portland

  • 10x12

    Axial volcano, pelagic bird watch, osprey migration

  • 10x13

    Wild horse trainer, biological control of weeds, city walks

Episodes season 11

  • 11x1

    Pelagic bird watch, coast guard cliff rescue, western grebes

  • 11x2

    Owyhee petroglyphs, pack goats, powered parachutes

  • 11x3

    Silver falls state park, sharp-tailed grouse, house spiders

  • 11x4

    Sea kayaking, imnaha, worms

  • 11x5

    Bridge of the gods, dragonfly study

  • 11x6

    Willamette valley snakes, vaux swift, hosmer lake salmon

  • 11x7

    Newberry crater submerged campsite, barn owl man, lily farmer

  • 11x8

    Sunken canoe, tualatin riverkeepers, how trees are made

  • 11x9

    Air national guard flyovers, ballooning

  • 11x10

    Crook point nature conservancy, poplar: fiber of the future

  • 11x11

    Golf course environment, odot divers/bridges, beryl grilley/granny cowgirl

  • 11x12

    Woodburn iii, coastal erosion, cape arago photo essay

  • 11x13

    White water kayaking, seed saver, munson creek falls

Episodes season 12

  • 12x1

    Boomers, rufous hummingbirds, tiny bugs

  • 12x2

    Steens mountains in winter, the halsey's wildlife habitat, rodeo clowns

  • 12x3

    Portland fish story

  • 12x4

    Urban peregrine falsons, car camping, oregon rain beetles

  • 12x5

    Klamath canoe trail, back country discovery route, gyotaku

  • 12x6

    Oregon coast aquarium, crater lake in winter, silverspot butterfly

  • 12x7

    Crows, len & tom go fishing

  • 12x8

    Baby crab story, crater lake mapping

  • 12x9

    Prescribed natural fires, raptor recovery

  • 12x10

    Basque arborglyphs in the steens, the europa project

  • 12x11

    Muskrats, cy bingham arborglyphs, west coast game park

  • 12x12

    Saving the bull trout of sun creek, aquatic insects, small town ski area

Episodes season 13

  • 13x1

    Cave diving, dune mushers

  • 13x2

    Mt. st. helens snowboarding, fish trawler research

  • 13x3

    Tillamook railroad, no ivy league, missoula floods erratics

  • 13x4

    Wind power, kiteboarding, grande ronde river

  • 13x5

    Columbian white tailed deer, mountain man rendezvous

  • 13x6

    Sea bird count, coast trail, stout mtn. photo-essay

  • 13x7

    Cavity nesting bird habitat, zumwalt prairie, sensor fish/dam research

  • 13x8

    Lava hand prints, certified forests, omsi kid's science camp

  • 13x9

    Tussock moths, ag waste recycling, pygmy rabbits

  • 13x10

    Logan valley/burns paiute tribe, fish deformities, tualatin salmon toss

  • 13x11

    Aelutian geese, sea floor mapping, klamath basin animal photo-essay

Episodes season 14

  • 14x1

    Mt. st helen's conflict, tree vole, family loggers

  • 14x2

    Sea otters special

  • 14x3

    Whiteheaded woodpeckers, broken top winter

  • 14x4

    Astoria canyon

  • 14x5

    Coyotes, crater lake dying forest, green building

  • 14x6

    Paddle oregon, wallowa backcountry huts, smith rocks photo-essay

  • 14x7

    Sandhills cranes, mosquitos, skijoring

  • 14x8

    Chetco river kayak, chetco fire update, william finley

  • 14x9

    Public land fees, cost range waterfalls, malheur photo-essay

  • 14x10

    Warner uplands petroglyphs, wildlife photographer, outrigger canoes

  • 14x11

    Bend badlands, dead zones, portland sewers

  • 14x12

    Ballast water, mega-dairy, special olympics

Episodes season 15

  • 15x1

    Mountain unicycle, tide pool, branding day

  • 15x2

    Spotted owl, beneficial insects, reed canyon restoration

  • 15x3

    Blm crime, primitive living

  • 15x4

    Traffic safety, summer lake dig, john day photo essay

  • 15x5

    Dinomorph, estuary, rancher skier

  • 15x6

    Jellyfish, pueblo hike, squirt boats

  • 15x7

    Biscuit fire recovery

  • 15x8

    Mount saint helens danger

  • 15x9

    Non-lethal predator control, cutthroat trout, green power resurgence

  • 15x10

    Zoo workers, yellow rails

  • 15x11

    Aquarium divers, pacific lamprey, special track meet, cascade head photo essay

  • 15x12

    Condors, frank boyden, river surfing

Episodes season 16

  • 16x1

    Global warming, exploratory kayaking, coast train

  • 16x2

    Dam removal, fort stevens underground, wagon maker

  • 16x3

    Tsunami, ice climbing

  • 16x4

    Powerlines, river patrol

  • 16x5

    Waterfall search, columbia river trail, bird song

  • 16x6

    Wolverine, tv tower safety, sandboarding

  • 16x7

    Wolves in oregon?

  • 16x8

    Bats, pelicans, ghost nets

  • 16x9

    Deer mice, obsidian tracking, flat fish, klamath wildlife refuge photo-essay

  • 16x10

    Willapa bay restoration, underwater camera, leschi town, new sports photo-essay

  • 16x11

    Mt. hood glacier, eco-wines, obsidian trail

  • 16x12

    Extreme sports

  • 16x13

    March 2005 pledge special: oregon's ancient wonders: a geologica

Episodes season 17

  • 17x1

    Illinois river, zumwalt prairie songbirds, pest house

  • 17x2

    Meth labs, yurt skiing, weather

  • 17x3

    Rescue dogs, wild foods, animal therapy

  • 17x4

    Metro special

  • 17x5

    Pronghorn antelope, freeriding, kayak surfing

  • 17x6

    Burrowing shrimp, train mountain, taylor's checkerspot butterfly

  • 17x7

    Ocean circulation, historic photos, hobie cats

  • 17x8

    Jackrabbits, john day fossils, jenkins heritage tours

  • 17x9

    Volcanoes in our backyard

  • 17x10

    Storm petrels, sumpter locomotive, b-24 mystery

  • 17x11

    Rogue river conflicts, tree-top tour

  • 17x12

    Cave diving, dune mushers

Episodes season 18

  • 18x1

    Sudden oak death, restoring animal corridors

  • 18x2

    Managing cougar populations, indian village excavation, kayak fishing

  • 18x3

    Wave energy, salmon tracking, skateboarding

  • 18x4

    Wildcat haven, walking history tour of portland, freshwater mussels

  • 18x5

    Middle owyhee river, fish hatchery lab, anthony lakes skiing

  • 18x6

    Steens archeology, metro's greenspace program, olympia oysters, valley of the giants photo-essay

  • 18x7

    Burrowing owls, carpenter ants, crosscut sawyer

  • 18x8

    Bird flu, green crabs, borax lake chub, mickey hot springs photo-essay

  • 18x9

    High lava plains, dragonfly watching, mountain quail, stout mtn. photo-essay

  • 18x10

    Mars rover, pond turtles, tram story, ironworkers

  • 18x11

    Talus caves, adventure photographer, global warming and vineyards

  • 18x12

    Fort stevens re-enactment, mountain man rendezvous, primitive living

Episodes season 19

  • 19x1

    Elk babies, quagga mussels, paulina lake lodge

  • 19x2

    Big wave surf, plover habitat, return to opal creek

  • 19x3

    Audubon care center, wolf eels, northwest trek

  • 19x4

    Lava caves, zoo vet, berry botanic garden

  • 19x5

    Canyoneering, ocean net recovery, rock art

  • 19x6

    Christmas valley dunes' fossils, spider woman, east side big pipe/sewer

  • 19x7

    Toad crossing, wind turbine school, mt. hood kiwanis camp

  • 19x8

    Klamath levee blast, cycle oregon, antarctic research

  • 19x9

    Invasive species: the view from china, odot troubleshooters, reptile fossils

  • 19x10

    Marmot dam removed, fire tower, ice worms

  • 19x11

    Diamond lake chub, umatilla contaminated fish, youth corps

  • 19x12

    Mount st. helens mysteries, tilikum center, lake oswego rowing

Episodes season 20

  • 20x1

    20th-anniversary special

  • 20x2

    Saltmakers, undersea eruptions, underwater fossils

  • 20x3

    Bagby hot springs, bighorn pneumonia, rhododendron garden, spirit lake photo essay

  • 20x4

    Fishers, reptile hunter, terns & cormorants

  • 20x5

    Amphibian disease, immersive media, oregon garden update, vole holes

  • 20x6

    Mt washington climb, slugs, umpqua fish watcher

  • 20x7

    Beeswax ship, electric drag racing, native bumblebees

  • 20x8

    Celilo revealed, effigy beach

  • 20x9

    Hut to hut biking, pine bark beetles, stream temperature

  • 20x10

    Catlin gabel forest restoration, condor nest search, deschutes river recreation

  • 20x11

    Feral pigs, fish cam, siletz photoessay, wetland farming

  • 20x12

    Hummingbird flight, malheur refuge carp, return to mount st. helens

  • 20x13

    Cats & birds, kayak fishing, multibeam sonar, spotted owl update

  • 20x14

    Eagle cap extreme, portland biking, summer lake revisit

  • 20x15

    Jim newman salute

Episodes season 21

  • 21x1

    Crossing the urban-rural divide

  • 21x2

    Bluebird lady, bull run, streaked horn lark

  • 21x3

    Boat building, sixgill sharks, tsunami update

  • 21x4

    Knowles creek update, vultures, wave power

  • 21x5

    Forest thinning, oregon cave cleaning, portland stairways

  • 21x6

    Bending the wallowa river, golf clinic, invasive species rapid

  • 21x7

    Bryan bates, surfer, devil's staircase, hagg lake expansion

  • 21x8

    Murres & eagles, geocaching, wind and bats

  • 21x9

    Ethanol, forest surveyors, old tree

  • 21x10

    Ocean acidification, pygmy owls, green roofs

  • 21x11

    Brown pelicans, freeriding, oak savannah

  • 21x12

    Dead zone update, whychus creek, coast aquarium, sea turtles

Episodes season 22

  • 22x1

    Birdathon; cattle rustling; sturgeon balls

  • 22x2

    Forest park portland's backyard gem

  • 22x3

    Burns round-up and branding, gray whales, lansailing

  • 22x4

    Beaver assisted restoration, fish screens, juniper control

  • 22x5

    Log drives, sharp-tailed grouse update, sustainable prisons project

  • 22x6

    Bagby hot springs, falcon comeback, lewis's woodpeckers

  • 22x7

    Living with wolves an oregon field guide special

  • 22x8

    Diving crater lake; pixieland restored; portland mounted patrol unit

  • 22x9

    White nose syndrome in bats

  • 22x10

    Crayfish invasion; heritage trees; lichen; conservation dogs

  • 22x11

    Astrophotography

  • 22x12

    Exploring the oregon dunes

  • 22x13

    Lamprey decline

Episodes season 23

  • 23x1

    Arctic white geese, paragliding race, treeverse

  • 23x2

    Elk at mount st. helens, lighthouse photoessay, snowkiting

  • 23x3

    Bighorn release, photogeology, willamette valley fen

  • 23x4

    Bald eagle recovery, cyclocross, jim anderson

  • 23x5

    Nature sound recording, silver falls state park, zumwalt cooperation

  • 23x6

    Avalanche safety, fishing quotas, music in nature

  • 23x7

    Columbia gorge: the fight for paradise

  • 23x8

    Open water swimming, pine butterflies, radon

  • 23x9

    Chetco river revisited, gold fish, muddy boots

  • 23x10

    Beacon rock climbing, ditch fish, newberry crater geothermal

  • 23x11

    Balloon archaeology, biscuit fire 10 years later, collier glacier

  • 23x12

    Kite festival, trees and pollution, ultralight hiking

  • 23x13

    Bug chicks, canoe journey, cape arago photoessay, pacific crest trail

  • 23x14

    Mount hood climbing oregon's highest peak

Episodes season 24

  • 24x1

    Cranberry farming, grebes walk on water, north umpqua geology

  • 24x2

    Citizen science, ice diving, time-lapse photography

  • 24x3

    Cattle drives, gorge weeds, timberline 75th

  • 24x4

    Mt. hood's volcanic past, warren falls, yellow tuft alyssum

  • 24x5

    Cloud cap inn, drift diving, jim rogers

  • 24x6

    Aerial fish stocking, hiking from portland to the pacific coast, stormwater

  • 24x7

    Autumn rivers photo essay, condors and lead bullets, outdoor school

  • 24x8

    Christmas bird count, forest park bioblitz, llama backpacking

  • 24x9

    Backpacking the olympic coast, columbia river toxins, portland fruit tree project

  • 24x10

    River of the rogues

  • 24x11

    Diving for science, hanami

  • 24x12

    The white salmon river runs free: breaching the condit dam

  • 24x13

    Dory builder, the tuesday crew, willamette greenway

  • 24x14

    Classroom at crater lake, photographer bill wallauer, wolf haven international

Episodes season 25

  • 25x1

    Glacier caves: mt. hood's secret world

  • 25x2

    Oregon coast sneaker wavew, frank moore, & behind the scenes

  • 25x3

    Hands-on environmental education in hood river

  • 25x4

    Buzz bowman, school for the blind ski day, wolverines

  • 25x5

    Imperial stock ranch, geologic snowflake hunters , amphibian declines

  • 25x6

    Double damned race, the pallisades, apple detectives

  • 25x7

    Mushrooms, ice crawlers, disappearing lake

  • 25x8

    Sea cave kayaking, smith rock, oregon land use

  • 25x9

    Mustangs of oregon: wild horses in crisis

  • 25x10

    Snow school, wildflowers, first salmon ceremony

  • 25x11

    Butterfly watching, mckenzie river trail, lizard school

  • 25x12

    Corn maze, mountain biking, hot air balloon makers

  • 25x13

    Kayaking, summer ski camp, behind the scenes

  • 25x14

    Wilderness medics, tsunami anniversary, crystal springs

Episodes season 26

  • 26x1

    Discovery on mount saint helens, photographer finds healing

  • 26x2

    Oregon's rivers, working goats, sage grouse

  • 26x3

    Zombie survival camp, sandhill cranes, wildflower show

  • 26x4

    Queen bee project, snowcat sculpting, urban youth & fly-fishing

  • 26x5

    Stumptown skiing, christmas greens, osprey rebound

  • 26x6

    Endurance riding, collecting antlers, forest seed orchard

  • 26x7

    Railroad history, elk, humongous fungus

  • 26x8

    Railriders, rockfish, native canoe ride

  • 26x9

    Airstream camping, oregon chub recovery, hyla woods

  • 26x10

    Giant waves, lake albert, ross island, steens

  • 26x11

    Japan's earthquake, portland rose garden

  • 26x12

    Siuslaw hairy-necked beetle, roberta's savanna

Episodes season 27

  • 27x1

    Unprepared: an oregon field guide special

  • 27x2

    Wildlife crossings, behind the scenes, sand labyrinth

  • 27x3

    Range restoration, cormorant vs. salmon, honeybees

  • 27x4

    Urban beavers, dam removals, sandcastle contest

  • 27x5

    Frogs, halfway calendar,

  • 27x6

    Sea lions, oyster meroir

  • 27x7

    Japanese fly-fishing, lost lake, festival of speed.

  • 27x8

    Waterfall hunters, meacham creek, christmas ships

  • 27x9

    Discovering valhalla: oregon's hidden gorge

  • 27x10

    Pika, monarchs & milkweed and invasive species bbq

  • 27x11

    Swan transplants & alvord gliders

  • 27x12

    Buzz holmstrom & 1 million plants in a year

  • 27x13

    Backyard habitat & 2nd-graders at the bay

Episodes season 28

  • 28x1

    John day river paddleboarding and behind the scenes on valhalla

  • 28x2

    Disappearing meadows

  • 28x3

    Columbia river bar pilots

  • 28x4

    Crossing the urban-rural divide

  • 28x5

    Who's watching oregon's wildlife, slot canyon geology and eulachon smelt

  • 28x6

    Wenaha river packrafting, outdoor preschool and tractor museum

  • 28x7

    Mountain goat survey, blue mountain wildlife and vaux's swift chimneys

  • 28x8

    Tillamook rock lighthouse, river snorkeling and the ship report

  • 28x9

    Lower owyhee river, bioluminescence and oaks bottom forge

  • 28x10

    Return to mt. hood glacial caves and columbia gorge geology

  • 28x11

    Oregon prison sagebrush project, oregon star party, steam up, and scenic oregon

  • 28x12

    Disappearing lake, bat mystery, jeff douglas remembered and klamath lake canoe trail

  • 28x13

    Farewell to steve amen

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Episodes season 32

  • 32x7

    Tribal land transfer, sea jellies, buzz holmstrom

Episodes season 33

  • 33x2

    Opal creek after fire; rogue dogs

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