Oregon Field Guide — Managing Cougar Populations, Native American Village Excavation, Kayak Fishing

Episode 1802

Managing Cougar Populations: Cougars are common in Oregon, but they're hard to find. Weighing up to 200 pounds and measuring six-feet long, cougars are so stealthy that locating and tagging them for study is extremely difficult. Human civilization is encroaching further and further on cougar territory, and although not one person has been killed by a cougar in Oregon in the last 16 years, people remain fearful of potential attacks. Debate surrounds the cougar "problem".; Read More and Watch this story

Native American Village Excavation: An area at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers was once home to a thriving Native American village. Hidden underground in a section of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge near Vancouver are clues to an ancient culture that occupied the land from around 1450 to 1835. Lewis and Clark were greeted by villagers when they visited the area 200 years ago. Excavations in the 1990s uncovered over 10,000 artifacts.; Read More and Watch this story

Kayak Fishing: Most people can't put the concept of kayaking and fishing together. But for one Oregon couple, it's the only way to fish. Field Guide journeys to the waters off the beautiful Beverly Beach to see how these two kayak fishermen can get into areas that big boats can't and catch prized lingcod.; Read More and Watch this story