a look at films featuring the willamette river, the l.a. river, and the colorado. coming up, on "earth focus." "willamette futures,jeremy monroe looks at how everyone, frfrom city-dweller r to farmers connected d in helpingng revitae oregon's willamitte river. >> the water starts out some of the purest water on earth. crystal clear, cold. >> wewe have some of the bebest wateter quality coming outut ofe ground in n the world. >> that's the type of water that we start with in our headadwaters. >> the question is,s, as it goes downstream, what are we doing to that? >> i guess the main mmotivation for thiss film was to sortrt of shine a l light on this movemen, this national movement to restore rivers. anand we're doining that througe lens of ththe willamititte rive, in oregon. so, the willamitte river system isis a big river syststem in wen oregon, and i think of it as oregon's big riviver, because it really flows through our biggest cities and our richest farmland. i think in oregegon, and nationwide, there''s stitill a question in people's mind, "what--what's the va

a look at films featuring the willamette river, the l.a. river, and the colorado. coming up, on "earth focus." in the u united states, we havae more than 3.5 millioion miles of rivers. tthat's enoughgh to circlele the globe 140 times. rivers s shape our landscapes,se home toto many spspecies, fill u glass, and even inspire filmmakers. >> if 're goioing to be a society y that uses rivers, anad leses along thhem, then n weo need to live in a more river-conscious way. >> seeing kids get so excited about the river is, uh, probably ththe most graratifying eexperie that a filmmaker can have. >> they m may start o out pure,t polllution, urbaninization, , ad agriculture hahave degraded rivers. in hisis upcomining film, "willamette futures,jeremy monroe looks at how everyone, frfrom city-dweller r to farmers connected d in helpingng revitae oregon's willamitte river. >> the water starts out some of the purest water on earth. crystal clear, cold. >> > we have some of the e best wawater quality coming o out ofe ground i in the world. >> that's the type of water that we start

public institutions willamette most of this demand. either by expanding existing campuses or constructioning entirely new ones, such as the university of south florida in tampa. established in 1956, usf was, at its first president, john allen, liked to claim, the first four-year public university conceived, planned and built in the united states in the 20th 20th century. when it opened to students in 1960, the university had a bugged of -- budget of 2'40"00000, ten buildings, 341 employee, and fewer than 2,000 students. one decade later, usf's budget was 38.4 million, and included 73 buildings, over 1700 employees, 834 full-time fact can i and almost 18,000 students and a branch campus in st. petersburg. remarkable growth. is designed intentionally to serve a, quote, nontraditional urban commuter student population. so these are students who for a variety of ropes, often financial, may not have previously pursued a college degree. in fact, when usf opens it has no dormitories because the state wants to save money by not having to build