Radio Curious visits with Roger Brandt, the manager of visitor services and education at the Oregon Caves National Monument, one of the few marble caves in the world. Located in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California, the Oregon Caves are home to rare plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
The Oregon Caves, located about 70 miles northeast of Crescent City, California in the Oregon Caves National Monument, are a place full of interest, mystery, and history.  The caves were located in 1874 when Elijah Davidson chased his dog into the caves.  The Oregon Caves are very uniqueâpossibly due to the fact that it is one of the few cave systems located on tectonically active ground, known as a subduction zone.  Their uniqueness may also be due to the fact an old growth Douglas fir forest grows directly above the caves, or the fact that they were created from what used to be a tropical reef that was pushed about 12 miles below the surface of the earth and then brought back up to its current location, and is still rising. I visited the Oregon Caves in 2006 and knew at once it would be a first-time, unique experience.  I spoke with Roger Brandt, the manager of visitor services and education of the Oregon Caves in June, 2006. We began when I asked him about the Oregon Caves and what they represent.   The book Roger Brandt recommends is âGolden Days and Pioneer Waysâ by Ruth Phefferle.
Radio Curious is a half-hour, weekly, long-form interview program, now in it's 24th year. We interview people on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. Our website is www.radiocurious.org. If your station airs Radio Curious please let us know curious@radiocurious.org, we will add you to our list of syndicate stations. We also welcome questions, feedback and program ideas. Radio Curious 280 N. Oak St. Ukiah, Ca 95482. (707) 462-6541.
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