Outdoor Elements
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Sundays @ 9:00 am (34.1)
Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm (34.1)
Sundays @ 12:00 pm (34.2)
Local Productions
- Dinner & a Book
- Economic Outlook
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- Experience Michiana
- Outdoor Elements
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- Raising of America
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- Legends Of Michiana
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Featured Productions
PBS Kids
- Alma's Way
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- Clifford the Big Red Dog
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- Hero Elementary
- Let's Go Luna!
- Martha Speaks
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Molly of Denali
- Nature Cat
- Odd Squad
- Peg + Cat
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific
- Ready Jet Go!
- SciGirls
- Sesame Street
- Sid the Science Kid
- Splash and Bubbles
- Super Why!
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- Wild Kratts
- WordGirl
- WordWorld
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
State & National
- 8 Days: To the Moon and Back
- A Chef's Life
- A Legacy of Memories: Silver Beach Amusement Park
- A Wild Idea: The Birth of the APA
- Amanpour and Company
- America's Forests With Chuck Leavell: Arkansas Delta
- America's Heartland
- America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated
- American Black Journal
- American Experience
- American Masters
- Antiques Roadshow
- Arts@IU South Bend
- Ask This Old House
- Austin City Limits
- BBC World News
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- Beads, Baubles, and Jewels
- Best of Sewing With Nancy
- Beyond the CANVAS
- Beyond Your Backyard
- Bloodline
- Body Electric
- Camp TV
- Charlie Bee Company
- Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
- Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
- Ciao Italia
- Classic Albums
- Classic Gospel
- Classical Stretch: By Essentrics
- COBRA
- Colombia -- Wild and Free
- Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
- Cook's Country
- Coop Dreams
- Craft in America
- Crossing South
- Curious Crew
- Cyberchase: Space Waste Odyssey
- Cycle Around Japan Highlights
- Deer 139
- Democracy Now!
- Dining With the Chef
- Dinosaur Train: Zeppelin Adventure
- DIY Science Time
- Education Counts Michiana
- Elinor Wonders Why
- Elvis and the USS Arizona
- Epic Trails
- Fair Legislation -- The Byron Rumford Story
- Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South
- Father Brown
- Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Firing Line With Margaret Hoover
- Fit 2 Stitch
- Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
- Frankie Drake Mysteries
- Frontline
- Functional Fitness With Suzanne Andrews
- Great Lakes Now
- Great Performances
- Growing a Greener World
- Happy Yoga With Sarah Starr
- History Detectives
- History With David Rubenstein
- Home Diagnosis
- In Their Own Words
- Independent Lens
- Indiana Week in Review
- Inside Indiana Business
- Into the Outdoors
- It's Sew Easy
- J Schwanke's Life in Bloom
- Jazzy Vegetarian
- Journey Indiana
- Journeys in Japan
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
- Knit and Crochet Now!
- Legacy List With Matt Paxton
- Les Stroud's Beyond Survival
- Lidia's Kitchen
- Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
- Lost River Sessions
- Lucy Worsley Investigates
- Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets
- Luna & Sophie
- Make It Artsy
- Make48
- Michigan Out of Doors
- MotorWeek
- Museum Access
- My Grandparents' War
- National Memorial Day Concert 2022
- Native Report
- Nature
- Nature Cat: The Return of Bad Dog Bart
- New Day New Chef
- NHK Newsline
- No Passport Required
- NOVA
- Off the Record
- On Story
- Overheard With Evan Smith
- Pacific Heartbeat
- Paint This With Jerry Yarnell
- Painting and Travel With Roger & Sarah Bansemer
- Painting With Wilson Bickford
- Pati's Mexican Table
- PBS News Weekend
- PBS NewsHour
- Quilting Arts
- Real Road Adventures
- RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Ridley Road on Masterpiece
- Samantha Brown's Places to Love
- Second Opinion With Joan Lunden
- Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Shelter Me: 2020
- Simple Gift Series
- Simply Ming
- Sit and Be Fit
- Song of the Mountains
- Songs at the Center
- Start Up
- Step It Up With Steph
- Steven Raichlen's Project Fire
- Story in the Public Square
- Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan
- The American Woodshop
- The Best of the Joy of Painting
- The Daytripper
- The Farmer and the Foodie
- The Friday Zone
- The Garage With Steve Butler
- The Great Polar Bear Feast
- The Hunter
- The Laura Flanders Show
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- The Queen at War
- The Seaside Hotel
- The Swamp Ghost
- The Travel Detective With Peter Greenberg
- The Whitney Reynolds Show
- The World of Wisdom & Wonder
- They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
- This Old House
- To Dine For With Kate Sullivan
- To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé
- Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Travels With Darley
- Twice as Good
- Under the Radar Michigan
- Unsettled History: America, China and the Doolittle Tokyo Raid
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
- Wai Lana Yoga
- Washington Week
- Weekends With Yankee
- Welcome to My Farm
- Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero's Journey
- Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure
- Woodsmith Shop
- Yndi Yoga
- Yoga in Practice
About the Show:
The NEW Outdoor Elements Webisodes can be found right here on the Outdoor Elements Web Page and also on Facebook and Youtube every Wednesday. Viewers can join host Evie Kirkwood and explore the region's parks, lakes, forests, dunes and more without leaving home. Along the way Evie and guests share their considerable knowledge on things like Bald Eagles, Coyote, Grass Frogs, Acorns, Paw Paw, and Native and Invasive Species to name a few. Get information about things you may encounter along a nature trail with Evie's Field Guides. And find answers to some of your own questions through Viewer Questions.
Webisodes
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Webisode
Big Blue Stem
Upload Date: 05/18/22A tall native grass, Big Blue Stem use to cover most of the great planes region and great lakes prairies.
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Webisode
Turtle Research Along Lake Erie
Upload Date: 04/27/22We caught up with a research team from The Ohio State University that is surveying turtle populations along marshes of Lake Erie to learn more about their habits and habitats, with a special emphasis on Blanding's Turtles, a species of special concern.
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Elkhart's Rivers Converge Here
Upload Date: 04/20/22Rivers are an important part of a cities recreation and at Island Park in Elkhart there is a convergance of two rivers.
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Webisode
So Many Ants!
Upload Date: 04/14/22Next time you see a swarm of ants, watch closely!
A swarm of ants can collectively find the shortest, easiest path to the best food source or locate a new nesting site.
Recent Episodes
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Preserving Animals for Study
Episode #1808You may have seen very lifelike animals preserved in museums and at parks and nature centers.
Re-Airdate: 09/19/21
Original Airdate: 11/01/20 -
Benefiting Bird Migration
Episode #1808It's amazing how birds migrate sometimes thousands of miles each year and find just the right places to be coming and going.
Re-Airdate: 09/19/21
Original Airdate: 11/01/20 -
Eastern Moles
Episode #1808The Eastern Mole is not often seen as it burrows through the ground, but many of us think our yards would be better off without them.
Re-Airdate: 09/19/21
Original Airdate: 11/01/20 -
Lamprey in the Elkhart River
Episode #1807 Re-Airdate: 09/12/21
Original Airdate: 10/25/20