Oregon Field Guide

Season 28, Episode 2

Episode Title: Disappearing Meadows

Air Date: 2016-10-13

Overview:

We investigate why natural meadows are disappearing from the Pacific Northwest. 98 year old Frankie Dugal carries on a ranch tradition of horse-hair “mecate” ropemaking and is passing it on to the next generation in the southeast Oregon town of Jordan Valley. We travel to Washington's Methow Valley to see how they're adopting a new form of recreation - fat bikes.