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Restoring America's Rivers: Preparing for the Future - 26:00
Tells the inspiring stories of four communities that removed dams and levees to improve public safety, reduce flood damage, and restore fish and wildlife.
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Rethinking Ocean Management: Port Orford Stewardship Area - 15:00
The Port Orford area is biologically rich, extraordinarily beautiful, and produces an abundance of seafood harvested by local fishermen using sustainable fishing practices. Port Orford is committed to conserving the biological integrity of the area by establishing a Stewardship Area.
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Hypoxia: Dead Zone - 4:30
PISCO scientists are working to understand how upwelling, a normal event that brings rich, life-giving water to the Oregon coast, can turn deadly, causing one of the largest known hypoxic dead zones in the world. On display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
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Strange Beauty – 4:00
What lurks beneath Oregon’s ocean? Catch a glimpse of the amazing life beneath the waves. Created to inspire people to protect Oregon’s marine life by establishing a network of marine reserves and marine protected areas.
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Safe Havens - 13:00
A lyrical reflection of Oregon’s ocean life written by renowned Oregon poet George Venn.
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The Best Country: People Restoring Rivers – 35:00
View clip Two longtime Wallowa valley ranching families tell their stories about restoring salmon and steelhead habitat on their land.
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This Place Has A Name – 32:00
Reflections on land use and tenure of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
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Program host, Russell Sadler, Oregon historian and journalist, introduces viewers to ocean issues and the challenges we face in Oregon with regard to marine resources. |
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Through graphic animation this segment highlights the benefits of marine reserves to marine ecosystems. |
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St. Croix East End Marine Park - 2:25
Blending science and local voices with vibrant images of culture, music, children, marine life & fishermen, this film informs and inspires St. Croix residents and Virgin Islanders to support a new marine protected area established in their Caribbean waters. |
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St. Croix East End Marine Park - “Spotlight segment” 1:25
A key goal of the Marine Park outreach and education work in St. Croix is to build appreciation for the marine environment. Here a popular St. Croix band introduces viewers to their undersea world.
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Taking a Second Look - “West Bend, Wisconsin excerpt” 1:40
The people of West Bend, Wisconsin relate their concerns about a problem dam and how the now free-flowing river has transformed their town.
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Taking a Second Look - “Augusta, Maine excerpt” 1:30
Augusta’s city manager conveys the city’s original opposition to removing the Edward’s dam and the positive economic impact they’re experiencing since the dam’s removal.
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Peace by Piece: Youth Take Action - “Rebecca segment” 2:10
This segment explores one Native American teen’s way of expressing her culture as a tool to educate and diffuse prejudice and violence through sharing her tradition of dance.
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Reusable Textiles: The Responsible Choice - “Title sequence” 0:30
In this program the American Reusable Textiles Association promotes the use of reusable textiles to medical and long-term care industries. This graphic and video sequence opens the program while at the same time defines a range of reusable “green” textiles.
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Reusable Textiles: The Responsible Choice - “Program Introduction” 1:40
Here the host introduces viewers to the problem with disposable health care products and the solution that modern, reusable textiles offer.
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Bringing Back the Salmon - 1:40
The story of salmon is a story that lives in the people of the Northwest. It is a story told by all. People across the region are working to remove Snake River dams so that the Snake River salmon may once again thrive.
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Upstream, Downstream: Preserving Our Way of Life - 1:40
In this story about rural Americans working to preserve their way of life by protecting and restoring their watershed, this graphic and visual image sequence defines the term “watershed”.
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