Oregon Cave Cleaning
View Related Episode: Forest Thinning, Oregon Cave Cleaning, Portland Stairways
Volunteer cleaners nit pick the Oregon Caves. But they’re not looking for trash. The hunt is for something much, much smaller. Even lint and hair contaminates and alters the sensitive cave ecosystem.
First Broadcast: 2009
Producer: Vince Patton
Videographer/Editor: Todd Sonflieth
Appeared in episode: Forest Thinning, Oregon Cave Cleaning, Portland Stairways
For more information:
Oregon Caves National Monument
- Online: NPS.gov/orca
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