PRE-SEASON offers a peak behind the curtain into the work that gets done in the retail side of the ski industry, in order to prepare for the upcoming season.

As a group project, members of Salt document the topics of river driving, logging, and cooking for loggers.

Matthew Ozug explores the world of bingo players at Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, speaking briefly with bingo players about their hobby.

The population of wild salmon is in danger of becoming extinct, but a group of conservationists in East Machias are trying to save them. Nora Saks documents the efforts of the members of the East Machias Aquatic Research Center to save the wild salmon.

With the vision to build a dam in Eastport, Norman Laberge has been trying for 35 years to harness the power of the tides. Emily Friedman documents Laberge's plan to harness the power of the tide and the pushback he has encountered.

Benite Birkeland highlights the life of deaf individuals who have received cochlear implants, allowing them to hear sounds and speech. Birkeland discusses how the implants help with learning and how it affects deaf culture.

For any relationship, it is important that both individuals respect and show care for one another in any situation. Elizabeth O'Keefe speaks with workers from Family Crisis Services on how their abuse prevention program works to address domestic violence for high school students.

When artists enter towns, they usually herald incoming change. Tonee Harbert captures how this is taking place in Belfast, and how some people in the community do not want the change.

Each day, ten men are needed for group prayer at the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Portland. R. Todd Hoffman captures the work members of the congregation do to keep their Jewish traditions and culture alive.

When the mills in Biddeford closed, the town's economy began to suffer. Emma Morgenstern documents how organizations in the town are trying to develop the economy again through the downtown area, and how some residents don't agree with the changes.

Working in Tehran as a chef during the Iranian revolution, Somchai Sirweawneter recounts his experience hiding five Americans before they could get help from the Canadians. Catherine Louli speaks to Somchai about helping the Americans and how he put his life in danger.

Placed on the endangered species list over a decade ago, the salmon population has started to grow slowly thanks to hatcheries. Megan Detrie documents the works that scientists are doing to raise the salmon population at the Pleasant River Hatchery.