>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THE FLU SEASON IS HERE AND
REPORTS OF H1N1 ARE COMING IN
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
BUT ONE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE
HARDER HIT THAN MOST.
FIND OUT WHY MILWAUKEE IS IN
THE BULL'S EYE.
PLUS, THE BIRTH OF THESE BIRDS
IS STILL BIG NEWS IN WISCONSIN.
SEE HOW THIS MAN IS HELPING
PEREGRINE FALCONS MAKE A
COMEBACK IN PLEASANT PRAIRIE
AND ACROSS THE STATE.
AND IT POURS EASY AND GOES DOWN
--
THE SECRET TO THE SUCCESS OF
WISCONSIN'S OLDEST TAVERN IS IN
THIS BOTTLE.
THOSE REPORTS THIS WEEK 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.
OFFERING ENERGY SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB, AND BY THE ANIMAL
DENTAL CENTER OF MILWAUKEE AND
OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH AN
UPDATE ON THE H1N1 FLU.
MILWAUKEE IS FIFTH IN THE
COUNTRY FOR ASTHMA SUFFERERS.
AS FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS,
THAT'S COMPLICATING THE FIGHT
AGAINST H1N1 IN MILWAUKEE.
>> SHE'S A LITTLE WHEEZEY.
REALLY COARSE BREATH SOUNDS.
>> BABY OLIVIA HAS ASTHMA.
DOCTORS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
DOWNTOWN HEALTH CENTER HAVE
WORKED TO STABILIZE HER
CONDITION.
HER MOTHER WORRIES ABOUT OLIVIA
GETTING H1N1, IT SLAMMED
MILWAUKEE LAST SPRING.
>> CONCERNED FROM PARENTS AND
OVERWHELMED WITH PHONE CALLS,
PARTICULARLY WHEN THE SCHOOLS
CLOSE.
WE HOPE THINGS WILL BE BETTER
THIS FALL AND WINTER.
>> PEOPLE AT ASTHMA ARE AT
HIGHER RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS
FROM H1N1, LIKE PNEUMONIA.
THEY SAY HERE IS WHAT TO WATCH
FOR.
>> THEY MAY HAVE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS WITH COUGHING AT
NIGHT, WHEEZING WHEN THEY PLAY
AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY VISIT.
>> WE SAW MOST PEOPLE WERE
SEEKING THE EMERGENCY ROOMS
BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING
COMPLICATIONS DUE TO INFLUENZA
AND ASTHMA.
>> MILWAUKEE'S HEALTH
COMMISSIONER SAYS THE CITY'S
HIGH RATE OF ASTHMA AMONG
CHILDREN MEANS A LARGE OUTBREAK
OF H1N1 COULD DEAL A DANGEROUS
BLOW TO THE UNDER 24-YEAR-OLD
GROUP MOST LIKELY TO CONTRACT
THE VIRUS.
>> WE ARE CERTAINLY CONCERNED
ABOUT ASTHMA AS ONE OF THE
COMPLICATIONS THAT IN INFLUENCE
EN -- IN -- IN INFLUENCE --
MOST OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.
WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
THAT.
>> WITH THAT KIND OF VIRUS MEAN
POTENTIALLY FOR YOUR KIDS?
>> THEY WOULD BE VERY SICK.
>> KEN AND ANTOINETTE HAVE A 10
AND 11-YEAR-OLD WITH ASTHMA.
>> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT GETTING
THE FLU?
YEAH, WHY?
>> SCARED.
>> IT MIGHT BE HARD TO BREATHE
THEN?
>> IT'S SCARY WHEN THEY HAVE,
WHEN THEY HAVE AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
SO I WILL GO TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM A LOT.
>> BUT THOSE E.R. TRIPS ARE NOW
A RARITY.
BECAUSE THE HERRING CHILDREN
HAVE THEIR ASTHMA UNDER CONTROL.
THAT'S THANKS TO HELP FROM A
GROUP CALLED FIGHT ASTHMA
MILWAUKEE ALLIES, OR FAM ALLIES.
HEADED BY DR. MEURER.
>> OUTREACH EDUCATION, NURSES
VISIT HOMES, PARENTS, CHILDREN
AND SCHOOLS, CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AND GYM TEACHERS.
>> THE EDUCATORS TAUGHT THE
HERRINGS THAT HOUSEHOLD
CLEANING PRODUCTS TRIGGERED THE
CHILDREN'S ASTHMA.
>> CLEANED UP DURING THE DAY,
IN THE NIGHTTIME YOU ARE IN THE
E.R. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT
CHEMICALS THEY ARE TAKING IN.
>> TAMIKA GLENN HAS TWO KIDS
WITH ASTHMA AND HAS LEARNED
FROM THE GROUP.
>> I WAS MAKING A LOT OF E.R.
VISITS, AND THEN SHOWED UP
DOING OUTREACH WORK.
>> TRYING TO BEAT THE STREETS
AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THE
DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE
ASTHMA WE ARE NOT HEARING
ANYTHING ABOUT.
>> GLENN --
>> I'M THE COORDINATOR, AT THE
DOMINICAN CENTER.
>> SHE TOOK TO THE STREETS
HERSELF TO FIGHT ASTHMA IN
MILWAUKEE AND NOW IS THE FAM
ALLIES OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
DOOR TO DOOR HEALTH EFFORT.
>> THANKS FOR TALKING WITH ME.
>> MOST OF THE CHILDREN
AFFECTED WITH ASTHMA SPEND
THEIR DAYS AT SCHOOL.
MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO PART
OF THE FAM ALLIES COALITION.
>> IS YOUR ASTHMA BOTHERING YOU?
YOU DIDN'T TAKE YOUR INHALER
BEFORE?
>> THAT'S WHERE SCHOOL NURSES
COME IN WITH ASTHMA CONTROL.
>> WHEEZEY OR TIGHT?
>> A RECENT $1 MILLION,
FIVE-YEAR GRANT FROM THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOR
MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS IS DESIGNED
TO HELP STUDENTS MANAGE THEIR
ASTHMA.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GET
THEM UNDER CONTROL SO THEY
DON'T MISS SCHOOL.
>> THE GRANT GOES TOWARD
ENSURING GOOD INDOOR AIR
QUALITY IN SCHOOLS AND
ENCOURAGING THE USE OF ASTHMA
INHALERS BEFORE RUNNING AROUND
AT RECESS OR GYM CLASS.
>> STUDENTS SAY THEY CANNOT
PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE ASTHMA
IS ACTING UP AND THEN WE HAVE
THE ADDITIONAL PROBLEM OF
OBESITY AND ASTHMA ARE STRONGLY
LINKED.
>> THIS IS AN OPTI CHAMBER.
>> THE C.D.C. PAYS FOR THE
CHAMBERS, THEY ALLOW THE
MEDICINE TO GET INTO THE LUNGS
INSTEAD OF JUST THE BACK OF THE
THROAT.
>> SEE WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS
TODAY.
LAST WEEK IT WAS 101.3.
>> MEANWHILE, SCHOOL NURSES ARE
FERRETING OUT POTENTIAL CASES
OF H1N1, AMONG A POPULATION IN
MILWAUKEE WITH HIGH RATES OF
ASTHMA.
WORKING THEIR PLAN TO PREVENT
THE SPREAD.
>> THE TAKE HOME FOR PARENTS IS
FEVER OF 100 OR GREATER AND
COUGH OR SORE THROAT, PLEASE
KEEP THE CHILD AT HOME.
>> SO IS A CITY THAT MARKS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF H1N1 CASES IN
THE COUNTRY LAST SPRING.
MOVES THROUGH THE FALL AND
WINTER.
>> YOU CAN HEAR SHE HAS REALLY
CONGESTED UPPER AIRWAY.
>> HIGH NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AT
RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS OF THE
VIRUS PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
PREVENTION, WHILE WAITING TO BE
FIRST IN LINE FOR THE H1N1
VACCINE.
>> EXPERTS SAY MILWAUKEE'S
ASTHMA PROBLEMS STEM FROM
HIGHER RATES OF POLLEN AND
RAGWEED, BAD AIR QUALITY,
SMOKING IN THE HOME, AND
INADEQUATE PRIMARY CARE.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
H1N1, INCLUDING OTHER REPORTS,
LECTURES AND INFORMATION FROM
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL, GO TO WPT.ORG/H1N1.
YOU CAN FIND ALL THE ANSWERS ON
ONE PAGE.
OUR NEXT REPORT FOCUSES ON A
WILDLIFE SUCCESS STORY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DELISTED
PEREGRINE FALCONS FROM THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST IN 1999.
JUST THIS FALL, THE D.N.R. IS
STARTING DISCUSSIONS TO TAKE
THEM OFF THE LIST.
AS "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER DISCOVERED, THAT'S IN
NO SMALL PART DUE TO ONE MAN'S
EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE AND IN
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.
>> YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION
IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT SOMEBODY'S
GOT TO DO IT.
SOMEBODY IS GREG SEPTON.
>> PEREGRINE FEATHER FROM THE
LEFT SHOULDER.
>> THIS DIRTY JOB, CLEANING OUT
A NEST BOX IS ONE OF THE MANY
THINGS HE DOES TO BRING
PEREGRINE FALCONS BACK TO
WISCONSIN.
>> KEEPING THAT CLEAN YOU KEEP
BACTERIA DOWN, KEEP A CRUST
FROM FORMING ON TOP, FROM EXTRA
HUMIDITY AND IT IMPROVES THE
HATCH RATE TREMENDOUSLY.
>> BY THE MID 1960s, PEREGRINES
HAD BEEN KILLED OFF IN
WISCONSIN BY D.D.T.
THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
SPECIES PLACED ON THE FEDERAL
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
>> THIS YEAR BETWEEN 25 AND 30
NESTING PAIRS.
LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE,
27 PAIRS NESTING BOTH THOSE
YEARS.
AND BOTH IN 2007 AND 2008, A
KNOWN TOTE -- TOTAL OF 81
YOUNG PRODUCED.
>> THE AMAZING COMEBACK HERE IS
DUE IN NO SMALL PART TO
SEPTON'S EFFORTS IN EASTERN
WISCONSIN.
IN 1980s, HE BEGAN RELEASING
PEREGRINES THAT WERE RAISED IN
CAPTIVITY.
WHAT MADE THEM STAY WAS A
STRING OF NEST BOXES MOUNTED ON
TALL BUILDINGS ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORE.
>> WE HAVE A PEREGRINE.
SHE'LL COME IN IF I GET OUT OF
HERE.
>> WE STARTED A CONCERTED
EFFORT TO GET NEST BOXES PUT UP
ALONG THE MAN-MADE STRUCTURES
ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN, A MAJOR
MIGRATION ROUTE AND PEREGRINES
LOVE FOLLOWING SHORELINES.
DUH, THE INGREDIENTS ARE HERE,
LET'S PURSUE IT.
>> ON TALL BUILDINGS LIKE BANKS
AND GRAIN ELEVATORS, AND THE
TOWERS OF ENERGY PLANTS.
THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS
PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
>> THEY GIVE US ACCESS TO BAND
THE BIRDS AND CLIMB UP ON THE
BUILDINGS, WITHOUT THE
CORPORATE BUY-IN IT WOULD NOT
HAVE HAPPENED.
>> THERE ARE CAMERAS IN THE
NEST BOXES AT ALL THE PLANTS.
>> WEB CAMS SITUATED ON EACH OF
THE NESTING BOXES THAT WE HAVE
INSTALLED, SIX.
I THINK THE BIGGEST BENEFIT WE
GAIN FROM THAT HELPS GREG OUT
IN BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE
INDIVIDUAL ADULTS THAT ARE
USING THE NEST SITES AND
PAIRING UP AS A NESTING PAIR.
>> SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
PROJECT, 60% OF THE CHICKS BORN
IN WISCONSIN HAVE HATCHED AT
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SITE.
BECAUSE OF THE BIRDS RECOVERY
IS SO SUCCESSFUL, THE SEARCH
FOR TERRITORY AND A SUITABLE
MATE SENDS THEM FURTHER AFIELD.
>> ENOUGH BIRDS PRODUCED THAT
THE YOUNG NEED TO DISPERSE AND
LOOK FOR PLACES TO GO, AND
CONSEQUENTLY, THEY ARE DOING
THAT.
>> SEPTON HAS NEST BOXES PUT UP
AT A NUMBER OF OTHER SITES IN
VIEW OF WATER, INCLUDING ONE AT
ALLIANT ENERGY COLUMBIA
GENERATING ALONG THE WISCONSIN
RIVER NEAR PARDEEVILLE.
>> THREE BABIES.
>> ON THIS VISIT, ASTONISHING
EIGHT EGGS HAD BEEN LAID.
HE LATER LEARNED ONLY THREE
CHICKS SURVIVED.
EVEN IF THEY SURVIVE THE
COMPETITION IN THE NEST, THEY
ARE NOT HOME FREE.
>> 50 TO 70% OF THE BIRDS ARE
GONE THE FIRST YEAR.
AND IT'S SAD, TOUGH TO SEE, BUT
IT'S NATURE'S WAY OF ENSURING
THE BEST GENES ARE PASSED ON
AND THE BIRDS WHO SURVIVE ARE
TOUGH AND WILL CONTINUE.
>> ENOUGH BIRDS HAVE SURVIVED
TO SEND THEM TO ANOTHER SPOT
NEAR WATER, THE PLANT IN
MADISON.
STEVE SCHULTZ PUT UP THIS NEST
BOX 10 YEARS AGO.
>> GREG TOLD US WE WERE NOT
REALLY ON THE BEATEN PATH FOR
PEREGRINES, SO IT MIGHT TAKE A
LITTLE WHILE.
BUT WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD
TAKE ALMOST 10 YEARS TO GET A
NESTING PAIR OF PEREGRINES.
>> AS HE DOES AT ALL THE SITES,
SEPTON RISKS THE RATH OF THE
PARENTS BY TEMPORARILY STEALING
THE CHICKS FROM THEIR NEST.
HE TAKES THEM INDOORS TO BAND
THEM AND COLLECT INFORMATION
THAT HELPS SCIENTISTS MANAGE
RECOVERY EFFORTS.
HIS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT IS
SCHULTZ'S SON COLE, WHO HELPED
BUILD THE NEST BOX.
>> WHEN WE BAND THE BIRDS, WE
CAN DETERMINE HOW THEY SURVIVE,
HOW LONG THEY LIVE AND
REPRODUCTION, AND HOW FAR THEY
DISPERSE.
3/4 OF MALES NEST LESS THAN 100
MILES FROM WHERE THEY WERE BORN.
THE FEMALES, 200 MILES FROM
WHERE THEY WERE BORN.
THE OTHER QUARTER ARE THE FAR
RANGING DISPERSERS.
SOME GREAT DISTANCES, ONE MALE
IN SHEBOYGAN, HE WAS FROM
MANHATTAN ISLAND.
>> OVER THE YEARS, HE'S CLAMPED
I.D. BANDS ON MORE THAN 500
PEREGRINES.
A CLEAR INDICATION OF HIS
PASSION FOR THE SPECIAL BIRD.
>> TAKE YOUR TIME, TAKE ALL THE
PHOTOS YOU WANT.
THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL GET A
FAMILY PORTRAIT OF THESE GUYS.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED
PEREGRINES SINCE I WAS A KID,
AND OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
WORKING AT THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC
MUSEUM, THAT'S WHERE I
INITIATED THE PROJECT AND
FORMED A NON-PROFIT TO RAISE
ADDITIONAL MONEY.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED PEREGRINES.
>> SEPTON WORKS AS A PRIVATE
CONSULTANT TRAVELING THE STATE
TO HELP THE BIRD HE LOVES.
>> AS LONG AS I'M PHYSICALLY
ABLE AND CAPABLE, I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE DOING IT.
I LOVE WHAT I'M DOING.
>> IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007 "IN
WISCONSIN" BROUGHT YOU A REPORT
ABOUT THE PEREGRINE FALCON
RECOVERY WORK DONE AT SITES
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
TO VIEW THAT REPORT, JUST GO TO
OUR WEBSITE AT WPT.ORG.
AND CLICK ON "IN WISCONSIN."
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HELPS SET
THE BORDER BETWEEN MINNESOTA
AND WISCONSIN.
FURTHER NORTH, THE ST. CROIX
NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY CARVES
OUT THE BOUNDARY.
ONE OF ONLY FOUR AREAS IN THE
STATE PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM.
TWO RIVERS MAKE UP A 252 MILE
SCENIC RIVERWAY.
ST. CROIX AND THE NAMEKAGON.
WE FOCUS ON THE WILDER OF THE
TWO, THE NAMEKAGON IN DOUGLAS
COUNTY.
>> UNBELIEVABLY WONDERFUL,
MYSTICAL, MAGICAL PLACE, THE
NAMEKAGON RIVER.
>> FISHING IS SECOND TO NONE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN THIS
AREA.
>> WISCONSIN IS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL STATE I'VE EVER SEEN.
IT'S JUST GORGEOUS.
I LOVE ALL THE TREES, THE WATER.
IT'S JUST SO ALIVE THAT IT'S
JUST VERY PLEASANT BEING HERE.
>> NAMEKAGON RIVER FLOWS FOR
100 MILES THROUGH NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.
A CENTURY AGO, THE RIVER
CARRIED MILLIONS OF LOGS
DOWNSTREAM TO BUSY SAW MILLS TO
MAKE THE LUMBER THAT BUILT THE
CITIES OF THE MIDWEST.
TODAY AS PART OF THE ST. CROIX
NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY, THE
NAMEKAGON IS PRESERVED AS A
NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL
CORRIDOR.
>> I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS SHOW
JEALOUS, HOWEVER, THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT I HAVE THE GREATEST
JOB OUT THERE.
>> BRANDA THWAITS WORKS FOR THE
PARK SERVICE.
>> MY JOB IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE
TO THE RIVER.
SO, IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT THE TURTLES OR THE
HISTORY OF THE RIVER, CULTURAL
HISTORY, NATURAL RESOURCE, WE
TRY TO GIVE THEM MORE
INFORMATION TO CONNECT THEM TO
WHY THIS PARTICULAR RESOURCE IS
SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I WILL HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TELL
ME I'VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE
I WAS A KID, I BROUGHT MY KIDS,
AND WE HAVE BEEN -- THIS IS OUR
30th YEAR TAKING OUR ANNUAL
TRIP ON THE RIVER, OR I DRIVE
UP FROM IOWA EVERY YEAR WITH MY
BUDDY HERE AND WE HAVE BEEN ON
THE RIVER.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY
PEOPLE COME BACK TO THIS RIVER
YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE
SOMETHING ABOUT IT JUST REALLY
CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I REMEMBER,
YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE RIVER
AND YOU WOULD RARELY SEE ANY
TRAFFIC AT ALL, EVEN, YOU KNOW,
CANOES OR NEVER INNERTUBES.
IT WAS KIND OF, YOU HAD IT ALL
TO YOURSELF.
EVEN 11 YEARS AGO WHEN WE CAME
BACK, THERE WAS A LOT LESS
TRAFFIC.
IT'S BEING ENJOYED A LOT MORE
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> WENDY WILLIAMSON GREW UP ON
THE NAMEKAGON.
TODAY SHE MAKES HER LIVING ON
THE RIVER AND IT'S OBVIOUS SHE
CARES DEEPLY ABOUT IT.
>> MY HUSBAND LARRY AND I OWN
THE HAYWARD FLYFISHING COMPANY
AND HAVE BEEN GUIDING ON THE
RIVERS 11 YEARS NOW.
I GUESS THE THING THAT I WOULD
LIKE MORE THAN ANYTHING WOULD
BE FOR THERE TO BE THE PROPER
RESPECT FOR THE RIVER, THAT IT
IS NOT A WATER PARK, THAT THERE
ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT LIVE
HERE THAT WERE HERE WAY BEFORE
WE STARTED DOING THIS, WHETHER
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE INSECT
LIFE, THE FISH THEMSELVES,
TURTLES, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE
THE WILDLIFE THAT IS HERE.
AND FOR US TO COME INTO THEIR
WORLD AND DISTURB IT I THINK WE
NEED TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF
THAT AND UP THE RESPECT FOR
THIS RIVER.
>> NOT BAD, TWO CASTS, TWO FISH.
>> FISHING IS A BIG DEAL ON THE
RIVER.
THE MOST POPULAR IS CANOE AND
KAYAKING AND TUBING FOR SURE.
AND YOU CAN DO A SHORT STRETCH
THAT MIGHT TAKE YOU AN HOUR AND
YOU CAN GO OUT FOR FIVE, SIX
DAYS IF YOU WANT.
A PLACE LIKE THE GRAND CANYON
MIGHT BE LIKE A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME ENCOUNTER THAT REALLY
AFFECTS YOU DEEPLY.
IT MIGHT BE ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
THE NAMEKAGON IS MORE LIKE YOUR
OLD FRIEND THAT YOU JUST, YOU
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF AND YOU
CAN'T QUITE PUT YOUR FINGER ON
WHY, BUT THAT PERSON JUST
BECOMES A PART OF THE FABRIC OF
YOUR LIFE AND THAT HAPPENS WITH
THIS RIVER.
>> WE ARE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE
OF KANSAS CITY AND WE ENJOYING
TRAVELING AROUND AND DOING
CAMPGROUND HOSTING, AND WE WERE
ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
>> ANYTHING YOU NEED, LET US
KNOW.
WE ARE RIGHT OVER HERE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> YOU BET, SEE YOU LATER.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
REALLY IMPRESSED ME ABOUT THE
WHOLE SITUATION OF THE ST.
CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY,
THE EMPLOYEES, WHETHER YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RANGER,
INTERPRETIVE RANGER, THE
MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, NO MATTER
WHO IT IS, THE THE PRIMARY
OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THE
VISITORS GET THE MOST OUT OF
THEIR VISIT HERE.
IT'S REWARDING TO SEE THAT.
>> I REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRESERVING WHAT WE HAVE HERE,
AND THIS ONE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
IT IS, IT'S A PARK AND IT'S
WILD AND SCENIC, AND IT'S BEEN
DESIGNATED AS SUCH, AND I WOULD
JUST HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF.
>> I SPEND A LOT OF TIME
THINKING ABOUT THIS, A LOT OF
TIME THINKING WHY IS THE
NAMEKAGON VERSUS OTHER RIVERS
PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM, AND YOU KNOW, TIME AND
TIME AGAIN WHEN I TALK TO
VISITORS, IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S
NOT SOMETHING I CAN SAY TO YOU
IT'S BECAUSE, AND THIS IS TRUE,
THE NAMEKAGON AND THE ST. CROIX
HAVE AN INCREDIBLY HEALTHY
POPULATION OF MUSSELS, OR
BECAUSE THE RIVERS ARE FAIRLY
CLEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
IT'S MORE THE WAY IT MAKES
PEOPLE FEEL AND MORE HOW
CONNECTED THEY ARE AND I THINK
WHEN IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT WAS FROM
THE GROUND UP.
PEOPLE CARED.
>> TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER
THREE NATIONAL PARK SITES IN
WISCONSIN, JUST GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT WPT.ORG.
AND CLICK ON THE NATIONAL PARK
SEGMENT.
YOU'LL FIND OUR REPORTS ON THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE, NORTH COUNTRY, AND
THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC
TRAIL.
A BIT OF TRIVIA NOW, WHAT DO
WASHINGTON ISLAND AND THE
ISLAND OF TRINIDAD IN THE
CARIBBEAN HAVE IN COMMON?
GOOD QUESTION.
IT HAS TO DO WITH A WORLD
RECORD THAT HAS ISLAND VISITORS
SAYING I'LL DRINK TO THAT, IN
DOOR COUNTY.
>> THE FOLKS OF WASHINGTON
ISLAND CAN BOAST ABOUT MANY
THINGS.
LIKE THEIR MAJESTIC NORWEGIAN
STAVEKIRKE, THEIR GOLDEN FIELDS
OF ISLAND WHEAT, AND THE OLDEST
CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING BAR IN
WISCONSIN.
THIS IS HISTORIC NELSEN'S HALL.
>> 44.6% ALCOHOL.
>> BACK IN 1899, THIS USED TO
BE THE TOWN HALL.
THIS USED TO BE THE DENTIST
OFFICE.
THEY HAD A MOVIE THEATER IN
HERE.
IT WAS JUST A GATHERING OF THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE ISLAND.
>> TODAY IT'S WHERE CO-OWNERS
ROBERT DITELLO AND DOUG
DELAPORTE MAKE SURE THE GUESTS
PARTY TO THE END.
>> NUMBER ONE THE BITTERS.
>> WE HAVE OVER 10,000 PEOPLE
JOINING THE CLUB EACH YEAR.
>> I CAN'T WAIT.
>> ESTABLISHED IN 1899.
TOM NELSEN, THE ORIGINAL OWNER,
BROUGHT BITTERS WITH THEM.
HE LIKED THE TASTE OF IT AND
DRANK A PINT OF BITTERS A DAY.
>> TODAY NELSEN'S IS THE WORLD
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BITTERS
CLUB.
LOCALS STILL COME HERE, BUT
ALSO A DRAW FOR TOURISTS.
AND IN THIS PUB, THERE IS A
TECHNIQUE TO DRINKING BITTERS.
>> DON'T SMELL IT, SIP IT AND
DON'T SPILL IT.
>> LET'S SEE HOW DID -- DEANNA
DOES.
A FIRST TIME BITTERS -- POURS
EASY AND GOES DOWN -- WELL, HER
FACE SAYS IT ALL.
>> IT WAS HORRID, ABSOLUTELY
HORRID.
TEARS IN MY EYES, BURNING IN MY
STOMACH.
>> THEY SAY IT TASTES LIKE
CLOVES.
OR MAYBE A BIT SPICY.
BUT THAT TASTE HAS NOT STOPPED
VISITORS FROM POUNDING SHOTS AT
WISCONSIN'S OLDEST TAVERN FOR
MORE THAN 110 YEARS.
NOT EVEN PROHIBITION COULD STOP
TOM NELSEN FROM GETTING THEM
FROM TRINIDAD.
>> 90 PROOF, YOU NEEDED A
PHARMACEUTICAL LICENSE TO SELL
IT.
SO HE WENT DOWN TO DOOR COUNTY
AND GOT THE PHARMACEUTICAL
LICENSE.
>> NELSEN'S BITTERS BAR FOUND A
WAY TO BEAT PROHIBITION FROM
1919 TO 1933.
BUT NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT.
>> SOME OF THE OLDER GENTLEMEN
ON THE ISLAND HAVE TOLD ME THE
FEDS DID COME IN TO NELSEN'S TO
SHUT THEM DOWN.
HE HAD TO GO TO COURT QUITE A
FEW TIMES.
>> SO HE WENT TO COURT, AND HIS
LAWYER ACTUALLY TOOK A BOTTLE
OF BITTERS, TWO QUARTS, POURED
A SHOT FOR THE JUDGE.
THE JUDGE DRANK IT AND SAID
CASE DISMISSED, THERE IS NO WAY
ANYBODY WOULD DRINK THIS FOR
RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
HAS TO BE MEDICINAL.
>> IF I HAVE A COLD COMING ON,
I'LL DO A COUPLE SHOTS.
YOU FEEL BETTER.
>> ON THE LABEL FOR ANGUSTORA
AROMATIC BITTER, IT CLEARLY
SAYS THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO
DIAGNOSE, TREAT, OR PREVENT ANY
DISEASE, AND NOT EVALUATED BY
THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHEN PROHIBITION ENDED THEY
DEVISED A NEW HOOK.
>> SO WHEN GUNNER TOOK THE BAR
OVER.
>> GUNNER IS THE NEPHEW OF TOM,
THE ORIGINAL OWNER.
>> HE STARTED THE BITTERS CLUB
WHERE YOU GET YOUR CARD AND
SIGN THE BOOK.
FROM 1953 OR 1954.
WE GO THROUGH PROBABLY 50 CASES
OF BITTERS A YEAR.
10,000 CARDS.
>> THE BITTERS CLUB IS A
WASHINGTON ISLAND TRADITION.
>> I KNEW I HAD TO DO IT FOR
THE FAMILY HONOR.
ONCE AND DONE.
>> IT COSTS $3.75 FOR YOUR SHOT
OF BITTERS AND MEMBERSHIP IN
THE CLUB.
THE BITING BITTERS FROM
TRINIDAD, HOWEVER, ARE NOT THAT
UNIQUE.
BITTERS ARE A STAPLE IN EVERY
BAR AND ARE USED IN COCKTAILS
LIKE OLD FASHIONS, AND
MANHATTANS.
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE REPORTS
WE ARE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT
EDITION OF "IN WISCONSIN."
>> THIS IS ART HACKETT.
D.N.R. IS BUYING AND
PRESERVING THIS PARCEL OF LAND
SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO.
>> THE PROPERTY HAS A VERY
BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY, GREAT
VIEWS.
>> DESCRIBED AS A PEARL ON A
STRING.
I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.
>> THIS IS JO GARRETT.
HIDDEN IN THE WILDS OF
WISCONSIN ARE AMAZING ANIMALS.
CHECK OUT THE NIGHTTIME
PREDATORS.
IT'S A ONCE A YEAR EVENT AT
WOODLAND DUNES.
>> LIZ KOERNER.
TWO STUDENTS HERE ARE FIGHTING
AN UPHILL BATTLE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO RAISE ENOUGH
MONEY FOR TUITION, NOT FOR
THEMSELVES, BUT TWO WOMEN FROM
THAILAND.
>> DESCRIBED THEM AS EITHER A
FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH OR A
JAUGERNAUT.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY AT
7:00 RIGHT HERE ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH
A LOOK AT THE WILD RIVER LEGACY
FOREST IN FLORENCE COUNTY.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEW WILD
RIVER DESIGNATION IN WISCONSIN
IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS UNTIL
THIS YEAR.
IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'LL
BRING YOU REPORTS ON THE TWO
NEWEST EDITIONS.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK 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 LIVE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY.
OFFERING ENERGY SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB AND BY THE ANIMAL
DENTAL CENTER OF MILWAUKEE AND
OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
A NEW LAND PRESERVATION
PROJECT NEAR WATERLOO.
DESCRIBED AS A SPRING OF PEARLS.
>> THE PROPERTY HAS A VERY
BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY, GREAT
VIEWS.
>> PLUS, A RARE SIGHT AT THE
WOODLAND DUNES.
>> NOT BABY OWL, FULL GROWN.
>> JOIN US THURSDAY AT 7:00 ON
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
A NEW LAND PRESERVATION PROJECT
NEAR WATERLOO DESCRIBED AS A
SPRING OF PEARLS.
>> THE PROPERTY HAS A VERY
BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY.
GREAT VIEWS.
>> PLUS, A RARE SIGHT AT THE
WOODLAND DUNES.
>> THESE ARE NOT BABY OWLS.
THESE ARE FULL GROWN.
>> JOIN US FOR "IN WISCONSIN"
TONIGHT AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> THIS IS ART HACKETT.
THE D.N.R. IS BUYING AND
PRESERVING THIS PARCEL OF LAND
SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO.
>> THE PROPERTY HAS A VERY
BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY, GREAT
VIEWS.
>> UNLIKE OTHER PRESERVATION
PROJECTS.
DESCRIBED AS A PEARL ON A
STRING.
I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.
>> THAT REPORT AND MORE ON "IN
WISCONSIN" THURSDAY NIGHT AT
7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
>> THIS IS JO GARRETT.
HIDDEN IN THE WILDS OF
WISCONSIN ARE SOME AMAZING
ANIMALS MOST OF US WILL NEVER
SEE.
>> THESE ARE NOT BABY OWLS.
THESE ARE FULL GROWN.
>> CHECK OUT NIGHTTIME PREDATOR.
IT'S A ONCE A YEAR EVENT AT A
PLACE CALLED WOODLAND DUNES.
>> THAT REPORT AND MORE ON "IN
WISCONSIN" THURSDAY NIGHT AT
7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.