"IN WISCONSIN," MARCH 24, 2011.

>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."

I'M PATTY LOEW.

WE'RE BACK THIS WEEK WITH REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO RECLAIM A BIRDING OASIS IN THE HEART OF MILWAUKEE.

>> AND DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?

>> HE'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING A UNIVERSAL GENIUS.

HE'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING A BOTANIST, A GEOLOGIST, A METEOROLOGIST.

>> INCREASE LAPHAM IS CONSIDERED TO BE WISCONSIN'S FIRST GREAT SCIENTIST.

PLUS, WHERE CAN YOU GO HIKING TO CHURCH AND GET A TATTOO ALL ON THE SAME TRAIL?

ALSO, A COMPETITION FEATURING WISCONSIN'S BEST HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS.

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>> A LOOK AT THE COMPETITORS IN THE FINAL FORTE, NEXT ON "IN WISCONSIN."

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING SMOOTHLY.

ALLIANT ENERGY.

WE'RE ON FOR YOU.

AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION ANIMALS.

>> SPRING ARRIVED THIS WEEK, AND WITH WARMER WEATHER MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE WINGING THEIR WAY NORTH.

THERE'S ONE BIRDING OASIS IN OUR STATE WITH A LONG HISTORY AND A NOTORIOUS PAST.

IT'S A BIRDING HAVEN FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND CITIZEN SCIENTISTS.

JO GARRETT TAKES YOU TO THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IN THE HEART OF MILWAUKEE.

>> STRAIGHT LINE.

>> SO THIS BIRD IS CALLED A RED-EYED VIREO.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED A RED-EYED VIREO?

>> BECAUSE ITS EYES ARE RED.

>> EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 35,000 STUDENTS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THIS PLACE, THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER.

IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF MILWAUKEE.

>> BUT YOU KNOW WHERE THIS BIRD PROBABLY CAME FROM, WHERE IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO?

>> IN AN EGG.

>> WELL, IT WAS IN AN EGG A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS DEFINITELY IN A NEST AT SOME POINT.

>> FEET ARE ALWAYS THE ISSUE.

>> IT WAS IN A NEST.

WOW.

THESE ARE GREAT ANSWERS.

A LOT OF THE BIRDS THAT WE'RE STUDYING HERE, THIS IS THEIR GAS STATION.

THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO STOP AND REST FOR A FEW DAYS AND GET SOME FOOD.

>> THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IS ADJACENT TO THIS CITY PARK, RIVERSIDE.

IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY POCKETS OF FORESTLAND IN THIS BUSTLING CITY OF TWO MILLION.

THIS 12-ACRE PARK SERVES AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM FOR THE CENTER.

IT'S HANDS-ON LEARNING.

>> I THINK IT LIKES YOU.

MUST HAVE WARM HANDS.

>> THIS IS TIM VARGO, AND THE REASON WHY VARGO HAS BIRDS IN HAND, MANY BIRDS, TO SHOW THE CHILDREN --

>> THE CHESTNUT SIDED WARBLER.

>> IS BECAUSE IT'S SPRING AND VARGO IS DIRECTING A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT MIGRATING BIRDS AND COLLECTING DATA.

THEY'RE DOING SCIENCE.

THEY ARE CITIZEN SCIENTISTS.

>> OKAY.

>> JUST LET IT GO.

>> VARGO IS THE MANAGER OF RESEARCH AND CITIZEN SCIENCE AT THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER.

EVERY RESEARCH PROJECT HERE REQUIRES THE USE OF CITIZEN SCIENTISTS.

NO DEGREES NECESSARY.

JUST DEDICATION.

>> THE VALUE IS TREMENDOUS.

THE WORK THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING ARE PUBLISHED IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS.

THEY ARE DOING REAL SCIENCE.

>> BEN, VOLUNTEER, CITIZEN SCIENTIST.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BLOW TO SEE HOW MUCH FAT THIS BIRD HAS ON IT.

THERE'S A V BONE IN THEIR CHEST.

IF IT'S REAL CONCAVE, THAT MEANS THE BIRD HAS PROBABLY JUST MIGRATED.

>> AS LONG AS THEY'RE TRAINED WELL AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A GOOD PROTOCOL IT'S REAL SCIENCE WHETHER IT'S A GRADUATE STUDENT DOING IT OR IT'S A BARTENDER OR SOMEBODY ELSE YOU TRAINED.

THERE'S A PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSISTANT.

THERE'S A HOMESCHOOL STUDENT.

THERE'S A RETIRED PROFESSOR, A BALLET DANCER.

>> WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT SIDE OF THE NET HE CAME IN ON, AND THAT'S THIS SIDE.

THEY FLY IN AND HIT AND FALL INTO A POCKET.

>> ROBIN SQUIRIERS IS A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER.

SHE'S TRAINED HERE IN THE TECHNIQUES OF SCIENCE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

>> IT'S THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN DO SCIENCE AND NOT HAVE A ZILLION DEGREES AFTER YOUR NAME AND YOU'RE NOT IN A LAB.

YOU'RE OUT HERE AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS HAVE VALUE.

>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR TARGET SPECIES.

>> I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER AND KNEW ABOUT THIS PLACE WHEN IT WAS A PARK THAT HAD A LOT OF CRIME IN IT.

>> RIVERSIDE PARK HAS A LONG AND WINDING HISTORY.

IT WAS CREATED IN 1890 BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEAD, THE FATHER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, THE SAME MAN WHO DESIGNED CENTRAL PARK AND THE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN WASHINGTON D.C.

OVER THE YEARS, RIVERSIDE, ONCE SO POPULAR, WAS ALLOWED TO DECAY.

THE RIVER WAS FOULED AND POLLUTED.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY TALK OF GIVING UP ON THE PARK AND TURNING THE LAND OVER TO DEVELOPERS.

>> IN THE 1970s CRIME GOT TO ITS PEAK.

THERE WAS A VERY ACTIVE DRUG TRADE HERE, MURDERS AND RAPES, AND BASICALLY EVERYBODY KNEW THIS WASN'T A SAFE PLACE AND PEOPLE STOPPED USING THE PARK.

>> THE NEIGHBORS GOT MAD.

THEY WANTED THIS GREEN SPACE.

>> THE SIMPLEST WAY THAT THEY THOUGHT OF SAVING IT WAS JUST TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO USE THE PARK.

IF YOU GET PEOPLE BACK, YOU GET MORE EYES HERE.

IF YOU'RE A CRIMINAL, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LESS SECURE IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.

>> THAT WAS AWESOME!

>> IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW.

BUSY AND SAFE.

AND THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT TURNAROUND.

THE CURRENT DAY SOUNDTRACK, KIDS, CITY NOISE AND A CHORUS OF BIRD SONGS SPEAK TO THE SURPRISING IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE AND THE NEED FOR RESEARCH.

>> I THINK URBAN FORESTS TEND TO BE OVERLOOKED.

>> 81, THE WING.

>> WHAT'S OFTEN OVERLOOKED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN HABITAT FOR MIGRATION.

>> BIRDS STOP HERE AND REFUEL.

ONE OF THE STUDIES THE CENTER IS INVOLVED IN IS LOOKING AT TRIGLYCERIDES AND MIGRATING BIRDS.

HOW FAST CAN THEY PACK ON THE FAT.

>> FOR A BIRD THAT'S TRYING TO GET FAT, HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES ARE A GOOD THING.

THAT MEANS IT'S PUTTING ON FAT QUICKLY.

IT WILL MINIMIZE THE TIME IT SPENDS HERE.

WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD.

>> ALL YOU'RE COLLECTING IS JUST A DROP?

>> JUST A DROP.

BY MEASURING THE TRIGLYCERIDES, THAT WILL TELL US HOW QUICKLY THAT BIRD IS REFUELING.

THE SKIN IS VERY TRANSLUCENT.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT.

THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH FAT IS IF THEY'RE GOING TO HEAD OUT, HIT THE ROAD.

A BIRD THAT'S PUTTING ON THAT MUCH FAT IS PROBABLY GOING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES AT LEAST.

>> THE DATA COLLECTION.

THIS CAREFUL ACCUMULATION.

BIRD.

>> NO FAT.

>> BY BIRD.

>> 13.5 GRAMS.

>> FACES DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN AN URBAN FOREST.

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

>> A DOG WENT THROUGH OUR NEST.

>> THERE'S AN URBAN RESEARCH FOR YOU.

>> YEAH.

>> WE'VE HAD A SNAKE TAKE A BIRD OUT OF A NET AND TRAILING AWAY WITH THE NET AND THE BIRD TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY.

>> THIS URBAN FOREST IS A CRITICAL STOP-OVER FOR MIGRATING BIRDS AND A GREAT PLACE FOR RESEARCH, LEARNING AND A TOUCH OF THE WILD.

>> YOU HAVEN'T LET A BIRD GO IN A WHILE.

YOU WANT TO DO THIS ONE?

>> SURE.

>> KERRY JEAN IS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER.

SHE'S VOLUNTEERED AS A CITIZEN SCIENTIST FOR YEARS.

>> YOU ARE HOLDING A BIRD THAT MIGHT HAVE STARTED IN MEXICO OR PANAMA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE AND JUST REALIZING THAT YOU'RE ONLY JUST A PART OF THE WAY OF WHERE IT'S GOING AND WE'RE JUST A TINY PART OF ITS LIFE.

YOU CAN GO.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE PART OF SOMETHING REALLY BIG AND YET REALLY SMALL AT THE SAME TIME.

>> BYE BYE.

>> BYE BYE.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IN MILWAUKEE, INCLUDING THOSE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, wpt.org/inwisconsin.

WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR NEWLY COMPLETED DOCUMENTARY CALLED "OUR BIRDS."

JOURNEY MORE THAN 2,000 MILES AS REPORTER JO GARRETT AND VIDEOGRAPHER FRANK BOLL EXPLORE THE RISKY TRACK MADE BY WISCONSIN'S MIGRATORY BIRDS.

YOU CAN WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY AND GET A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AT wpt.org.

IT'S A QUESTION IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR STATE AND DEEP INTO THE CENTRAL AMERICAN RAIN FOR REST.

WE SHOWED YOU SOME CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IN OUR FIRST REPORT.

THE MAN CONSIDERED TO BE WISCONSIN'S FIRST SCIENTIST, INCREASE LAPHAM.

HE WAS SELF-TAUGHT, BUT HIS WORK IN BOTANY, FORESTRY AND METEOROLOGY IS STILL HAVING AN INFLUENCE TODAY, 200 YEARS AFTER HIS BIRTH.

THIS MONTH MARKS LAPHAM'S BY CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY.

ANDY SOTH TAKES YOU ON A QUEST LOOKING FOR LAPHAM'S LEGACY AND THAT JOURNEY STARTS IN THE WISCONSIN DELLS.

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>> NOT FAR FROM DOWNTOWN WISCONSIN DELLS YOU'LL FIND TAYLOR'S GLEN.

AND IN TAYLOR'S GLEN, AT LEAST ON THIS CRISP FALL DAY, YOU'LL FIND TWO HISTORY BUFFS ON A MISSION.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

>> THAT'S DEFINITELY THE LOCATION.

>> IT'S A MATTER OF OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE LIGHT AND SHADOW IS AND ALL THE REST OF THAT.

>> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE SETTING OF A 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH, A PICTURE WITH PERSONAL MEANING FOR EACH OF THEM.

IT WAS TAKEN BY H.H. BENNETT, WHOSE VIEWS OF THE DELLS MADE IT KNOWN THE WORLD OVER.

BENNETT'S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, DEBRA JEAN, HOPES TO RETAKE THE PICTURE.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE COME HERE TO SEE THE WATERPARKS, BUT I'M SAD THAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING OUT ON THE NATURAL BEAUTY.

>> BENNETT'S, DATES THAT HE'S WORKING HERE, 1865.

>> HISTORIAN ROB NURRE WILL PORTRAY THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH.

THAT'S LAPHAM EXAMINING THE ECOLOGY OF TAYLOR'S GLEN.

NO ONE IN WISCONSIN'S EARLY HISTORY HAD AN APPRECIATE OF THE WONDERS OF THE STATE AS LAPHAM.

>> HE'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A GENIUS, A BOTANIST, A GEOLOGIST, A METEOROLOGIST.

IT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH A HANDLE FOR WHAT THIS MAN WAS.

>> HE WAS A SELF-TAUGHT CIVIL ENGINEER WHEN HE CAME TO BUILD A CANAL A DOZEN YEARS BEFORE STATEHOOD.

THE CANAL WAS NEVER BUILT, BUT WITH HIS CURIOUS MIND, HE NEVER LACKED FOR THINGS TO DO.

>> HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST PERSON WHO HAS NOW COME WEST OF LAKE MICHIGAN WHO HAS AN INTEREST AND SKILL IN COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.

>> UPON HIS ARRIVAL, LAPHAM IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DOCUMENTING LOCAL PLANTS.

>> THIS PROBABLY IS THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES.

>> LAPHAM PUBLISHED A LIST OF THE PLANTS OF MILWAUKEE.

LATER HE DONATED THOUSANDS OF SPECIMENS TO WHAT BECAME THE UW HERBARIUM, A LITERARY LIBRARY OF PLANTS.

>> THESE SPECIMENS ARE A SERIES OF EXAMPLES OF NATURE'S BOUNTY.

>> THE HERBARIUM TODAY HOLDS MORE THAN A MILLION SAMPLES FOR BOTANICAL RESEARCH.

LAPHAM BROUGHT THE SAME SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO DOCUMENTING A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE.

EFFIGY MOUNDS CONSTRUCTED CENTURIES BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL.

BOB BIRMINGHAM POINTS OUT INTACT EFFIGY MOUNDS IN MADISON.

>> HEAD, LEG AND THEN ANOTHER LEG HERE, BODY COMING ACROSS HERE AND THEN TERMINATING IN A VERY LONG TAIL.

>> AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A MODEL OF THIS EFFIGY TO THE HO-CHUNK NATION.

>> IT'S A PART OF A SET OF MOUNDS RECENTLY DEDICATED.

>> THE FACT THAT THESE MOUNDS REMAIN INTACT AND THE CONNECTION THEY HOLD WITH CONTEMPORARY HO-CHUNK OWES A LOT TO LAPHAM.

>> LIKE THE MOUNDS, NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE PERSISTED.

>> PHD CANDIDATE LIBBY TRONNES HAS BEEN STUDYING HOW EFFIGY MOUNDS HAVE BEEN INTERPRETED OVER TIME.

>> PEOPLE ARE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THESE MOUNDS, SO PEOPLE ARE INVENTING STORIES THAT THEY'RE BUILT BY PEOPLE FROM ATLANTA, THE GREEKS WERE HERE -- ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS HERE.

HE'S REJECTING THE PREVAILING THAT THERE'S A LOST RACE.

THE CONCLUSION IS THERE'S A CONTEMPORARY NATIVE TRIBE.

>> IT'S A WAY TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE.

>> 40 YEARS LATER THE SMITHSONIAN MAKES THE SAME DECLARATION.

>> LAPHAM'S UNDERSTANDING OF FORESTRY.

>> SOME PEOPLE BEFORE THIS TIME SAID THERE IS AN UNENDING SUPPLY OF WOOD IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

THERE'S NO WAY WE WILL EVER FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS EVER HAVE ENOUGH DEMAND THAT WE WOULD NEED THE WOOD FROM NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

BUT CLEARLY LAPHAM REALIZES THAT ISN'T THE CASE.

>> IN 1867 LAPHAM AUTHORED A REPORT FOR THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

>> IT'S ENTITLED "THE DISASTROUS EFFECT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF FOREST TREES."

>> DESPITE THE TITLE'S DIRE WARNING, THE FOREST DISAPPEARED.

>> AND WE END UP CUTTING OFF NORTHERN WISCONSIN THE GREAT CUT-OVER AS IT'S EVENTUALLY REFERRED TO.

>> LAPHAM HAD BETTER LUCK WHEN IT CAME TO THE WEATHER.

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM WHAT TODAY IS CALLED LAPHAM PEAK.

NOT FAR AWAY SITS THIS MASSIVE RADAR INSTALLATION, PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR SULLIVAN.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER HIM THE FATHER OF THE WEATHER SERVICE.

>> METEOROLOGIST STEVE BRUESKE KEEPS A PORTRAIT OF LAPHAM ON HIS OFFICE WALL.

>> I THINK HE'D BE STUNNED LOOKING AT THIS RADAR OR SEE THE COMPUTERS WE HAVE.

>> BUT HE WOULDN'T BE STUNNED BY THE WORK BEING DONE BY TODAY'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

>> TODAY LOOKING AT THAT WEATHER MAP WE SEE ON TELEVISION, HE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY CREATED THE SYSTEM THAT WE STILL RELY ON TODAY.

>> THEY SAY EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT INCREASE LAPHAM ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

HIS ORIGINAL MOTIVATION WAS TO WARN SHIPS OF COMING FOUL WEATHER.

>> OUR PRIMARY MESSAGE IS SAVE LIVES BY WARNING.

THE MISSION IS THE SAME TODAY.

>> ONE OF THE MANY PLAQUES IN HIS HONOR REMEMBERS HIM AS A SCIENTIST.

IN PREDICTING WEATHER AND PRESERVING TREASURES OF WISCONSIN, LAPHAM SERVED THE PUBLIC, AN INFLUENCE THAT CAN STILL BE SEEN WHEN YOU LOOK FOR LAPHAM.

>> THAT REPORT ABOUT INCREASE LAPHAM IS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE HERE AT WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION CALLED QUEST.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO questwisconsin.org.

YOU'LL FIND A MULTIMEDIA APPROACH TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING.

YOU CAN ALSO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INCREASE LAPHAM AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN WISCONSIN.

FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION HAS FEATURED GIFTED TEEN MUSICIANS IN THE STATEWIDE BOLZ'S YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION.

THEY'VE BEEN AUDITIONING.

ONLY FOUR REMAIN STANDING ON THE STAGE OF OVERTURE HALL.

ONE OF THOSE COMPETITORS IS ELLIOTT YANG OF NEW BERLIN.

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>> HE BRINGS A FOCUS TO HIS MUSIC THAT'S LASER SHARP.

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>> WHETHER PLAYING IN COMPETITIONS OR DURING SUNDAY SERVICE AT CHURCH.

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>> ELLIOTT PLAYS AT THIS CHURCH, IN PART BECAUSE HIS FATHER, JOSEPH, IS THE PASTOR.

AND IN PART BECAUSE HIS MOTHER, SUSAN, ASKED HIM TO.

SHE'S ON VIOLIN.

>> YEAH.

MY MOM HAS PERFECT PITCH, SO SHE HEARS EVERY NOTE THAT'S WRONG.

>> EVERYONE IN ELLIOTT'S FAMILY PLAYS AN INSTRUMENT.

HIS OLDEST SISTER RACHAEL CHOSE THE VIOLIN.

>> SHE WAS THE LUCKY ONE.

SHE GOT TO PICK WHAT INSTRUMENT SHE WANTED TO PLAY.

>> HIS OTHER SISTER, STEPHANIE, PICKED THE PIANO.

ELLIOTT JOKES HIS PARENTS WANTED A TRIO SO HIS ONLY CHOICE WAS THE CELLO.

>> I'M GLAD I WAS BORN LAST.

>> ALTHOUGH HE REALLY ENJOYS SPORTS, LAST YEAR HE DECIDED TO DEVOTE ALL HIS FREE TIME TO THE CELLO.

>> SOME DAYS I DON'T GET TO TOUCH THE CELLO AND THOSE DAYS FEEL BARREN.

>> BUT NOW HE ENJOYS THE TEAM SPIRIT OF THE MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

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>> JUST BEING ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE WITH THE SAME INTERESTS IS REALLY GREAT AND MAKING MUSIC WITH THEM IS REALLY REWARDING.

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>> AND MAKING MUSIC IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

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>> I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD EVERY DAY THAT I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

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>> HE IS INSPIRING.

THAT REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY LIZ KOERNER AND NARRATED BY WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO'S LORI SKELTON.

ONE OF THE COMPETITORS ELLIOTT FACES IS ARIELA BOHROD FROM MADISON.

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>> WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO ARIELA NEXT WEEK ON "IN WISCONSIN."

ALL 14 MUSICIANS WILL BE FEATURED PERFORMING WITH THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN A PROGRAM CALLED WISCONSIN YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETE, THE FINAL FORTE.

YOU CAN WATCH THE COMPETITION, MONDAY, MARCH 28, AT 8:00 P.M. RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE PROFILES OF ALL FOUR COMPETITORS BY GOING TO wpt.org AND CLICKING ON "IN WISCONSIN."

WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING THIS WEEK, WE'VE GOT A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN REALLY VENTURE OUTDOORS, THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL MEANDERS ACROSS OUR STATE, FOLLOWING WHERE THE LAST GLACIER ADVANCED IN WISCONSIN.

THIS WEEK WE TAKE YOU TO SCENES THROUGH THE LENS OF VIDEOGRAPHER MIKE EICHER IN JANESVILLE.

>> I WANTED TO SEE FOR MYSELF WHAT DOES A HIKING TRAIL THROUGH A CITY LOOK LIKE.

JANESVILLE IS THE LARGEST CITY ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL AND IT SITS AT THE SOUTHERNMOST REACHES OF THE TRAIL.

FOR ITS DIVERSITY ALONE, THE JANESVILLE SECTION PROBABLY HOLDS THE MOST INTEREST.

HIKE THROUGH THIS LAKE ON THE 1,000 MILE ICE AGE TRAIL AND YOU CAN GO BOWLING, ATTEND MASS AND GET A TATTOO ALL ON THE SAME DAY.

>> NICE.

>> THE TRAIL ALSO SKIRTS TWO GOLF COURSES AND A RENOWNED ROTARY GARDENS, A BOTANICAL WONDER.

THE TRAIL OFTEN FEELS LIKE ANY CITY'S JOGGING PATH.

MOMS WITH STROLLERS, RETIRED FOLKS WALKING AND KIDS USING IT AS THEIR MAIN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE TRAIL REFERRED TO AS THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY TO THE ICE AGE TRAIL IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, TAKING YOU DOWNTOWN FOLLOWING THE ROCK RIVER, ANOTHER GIFT OF THE GLACIER THAT ENDED 10,000 YEARS AGO.

I STOPPED IN AT A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP FOR A PICK-ME-UP, AND IT DAWNED ON ME THESE GLACIERS MADE THESE CHANGES WITH NOTHING MORE THAN FROZEN WATER AND TIME.

I RECALL SOMETHING ABOUT GLACIERS IN SCHOOL.

>> SCIENCE IN ACTION.

WE HAVE INVITED A SPECIAL GUEST ON SCIENCE IN ACTION, THE FAMED GLACIER PRIEST.

WELCOME TO SCIENCE IN ACTION.

>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

>> IF WE STARTED OUR STUDY OF THE GLACIER WITH SUCH THINGS AS ICE CRYSTALS, THEY LOOK LIKE THIS.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE MOVEMENT OF ICE BEGINS TO FORM WHAT WE CALL A GLACIER.

>> EVENTUALLY IT PACKS DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE THE FLOW STARTED.

>> IT OSCILLATES AND KEEPS PUSHING UP LIKE A BULLDOZER.

>> THE GLACIER PUSHES AND CARVES A NEW TERRAIN.

THE TRAIL'S MOST NATURAL SECTION IS DEVIL'S STAIRCASE IN RIVERSIDE PARK, WHERE YOU CAN GET LOST IN THE LUXURY OF NATURE.

FEEL THE COOLNESS OF THE STONE WALL, SOFT WITH GREEN.

AND THERE IS A PROMISE OF WATER FAR BELOW, A CANOPY OF LEAVES.

>> AND SO I'VE DISCOVERED THE ICE AGE TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH JANESVILLE WAS A GIFT LEFT BY THE LAST GLACIER.

>> FOR A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OTHER REPORTS ON THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE, wpt.org, AND THEN CLICK ON "IN WISCONSIN."

NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN WISCONSIN."

>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER FREDERICA FREYBERG.

THE DNA IS LAUNCHING A STUDY ON WHITETAIL DEER.

>> THIS IS A WAY TO INVOLVE HUNTERS DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD RESEARCH, ALONGSIDE OF US, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

>> FIND OUT WHAT'S NEEDED AND HOW YOU CAN HELP.

>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ANDY SOTH.

>> THESE PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> I'LL TAKE YOU ON A HIGH-TECH TREASURE HUNT AS WE ZERO IN ON THE GAME OF GEOCACHING.

>> SO WE'RE AT A RATE OF FINDING 6.5CACHES A DAY.

>> I'M LIZ KOERNER.

VIOLIN LESSONS COME AT A COST SOME PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD.

WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO A WOMAN WHO'S GIVING THEM THE GIFT OF MUSIC.

>> THOSE "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:30 RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

JUST A REMINDER, YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW US ONLINE WITH OUR INTERACTIVE BLOG CALLED "THE PRODUCER'S JOURNAL."

IT'S UPDATED EACH WEEKDAY BY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES.

WE HOPE YOU'LL CHECK OUT "THE PRODUCER'S JOURNAL" AT wpt.org AND THEN CLICK ON "IN WISCONSIN."

FINALLY THIS WEEK, THE SNOW IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HAS MELTED, BUT NORTHERN WISCONSIN IS DIGGING OUT FROM A SPRING STORM.

AT THE HORICON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, THE GRASSLAND PLAINS WILL SOON TURN GREEN.

THE 32,000 ACRE HORICON MARSH IS THE LARGEST FRESH WATER CATTAIL MARSH IN THE UNITED STATES.

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ALLIANT ENERGY.

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AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION ANIMALS.