Port Protection - Season 1 (2015)

Mary Miller heads into the nearby woods to hunt her first black bear. Gary Muehlberger sets out to trap a beaver in the hopes of teaching Port Protection's newest resident, Amanda Makar, how to skin and treat it for its fur. Hans and Timbi Porter overcome their recent surgeries and hike up a nearby mountain for firewood to an astonishing patch of land known as "the blow down."

When Curly tries help his friend Jiggy with a rotten tree that threatens to fall on his house, he finds his experience and determination tested. Mary passes the torch of knowledge to Amanda, teaching her the finer points of how to hunt and track game, to provide her with the tools to survive on her own. Sam readies the fire patrol boat, staging a fire drill with other community members, which involves setting a real fire.

Spring has arrived, and in Port Protection that means there is work to be done, despite lingering bad weather. Hans and Timbi start a greenhouse to grow fresh vegetables and herbs for the year. Sam scours an old warehouse for materials to build a portable stove. Mary travels to town to acquire supplies needed for the spring hunting season, and Curly takes Amanda out for a grueling lesson in dropping trees and collecting firewood.

Timothy and Amanda set out to catch halibut with some borrowed equipment. Gary decides to test his mettle (and age) and return to his old hunting grounds to catch a "hooter" and see if he's still got it what it takes. Resident inventor Sam tries to cobble together a vertical-access wind turbine out of junk and scrap metal. And Hans tests the pH levels of town's water supply, only to discover a dead-standing tree threatening the town's pipeline.

The community of Port Protection encounters tasks and challenges as Gary goes shrimping, something he hasn't done for a while. Meanwhile, Timbi searches for a natural remedy for Hans' aches and pains. Curly tries to pull a tree from the forest, and Sam takes a camping trip into the island's wilderness to hunt bear.

Spring has arrived in Port Protection and the community takes advantage of the season to complete necessary builds and essential chores, as Hans and Timbi call on the community to help build a duck pen, Sam scours the coastline for firewood, Curly constructs a new flatbed for his truck, and Mary heads inland for freshwater trout.

Gary Muehlberger makes a supply run to Wrangell, Alaska and is asked by Hans and Timbi Porter to bring back some very precious cargo (ducks) that the whole community is counting on. Timothy "Curly" Leech, needing meat for the summer season, sets out on a solo bear hunt. Sam Carlson and his friend try to solve the mystery of the town's water shortage.