WELCOME TO
"I N
WI SCO
NSIN."
TTY
L OE
W.
THIS WE
EK SE
E WH
Y 75
Y EA
RS
THI S
PRA IR
IE R EST
ORA TION
LDS WORLDWIDE
SI G
NI F
ICANCE.
>> THI
S IS
A MI
CR O
COSM OF
S
OLUTIONS G
LO BA
LLY .
>> P LUS
WA TER
IN WI
SCO N
SIN IS
AS
TER THAN YO U
>> TH
IS ARE
A HERE WAS
A
SPRI NG.
>>
IT IS
A C ONT
RO VERSY
W IT
H
DEEP UNDERCURRENTS.
HO ME
S
M
ES IS
OF F
OR CLO
SURE.
>> I
S AI
D I CAN
'T PAY
THAT.
N 'T.
>> T
HOS E
RE PO
RT S NEXT O
N " IN
>> MAJO
R FU
NDI NG
F OR
"IN
WI
SCONSIN" IS
PR OV
I DED
BY THE
PEOPLE
OF AL
LI ANT
EN ERG
Y WHO
BRING SA
FE ,
RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIEND LY
ENE RGY
TO KEEP HOM
ES , N
EIG HB
ORHOODS
AND L
IF E I
N WIS
CO NSIN
RUN NI
NG
SMOOTH LY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, WE'RE ON FOR
AND
THE A
VE TE
RIN ARY
TE AM
WORKING
W IT
H V ETE
RI NARIANS
C
AR E
OF SMA
LL C
OM PAN
ION
ANIMALS WI
TH AD DI
TI ON
AL FUNDING
>> THIS
WEE K
WE BEG
IN WI
TH A
REPORT
OUT ON T
HE P
RAIRIE.
DEEP IN
TH HE
EA RT OF
OU R
CAPITOL CITY.
THE 12
60 A
CRE U
NIV E
RSITY OF
WISCONSIN
AR BOR
E TUM IS
AN OA
SIS
NA TUR
E IN AN
URB AN
SE TT
ING .
NOT
ON LY
TH E O
LD EST
B UT
T HE
MOST
E XTE
N SIVE
COLLECTION OF
RESTORED ECOSYSTEMS IN THE
ST
AT ES.
"IN WI SCONSIN" REPO
RTE R L
IZ
Y OU
HOW IT
STARTE
D 75 Y
EA RS
A GO
AS AN
A
ND TH
E R ES
EARCH
CONTINUES TO
THIS DA Y I
N
>> I WA
NT TO
S EE
IF YO
U CAN
SME
LL T
HA T W
E HA
VE
FR OM
HE RE.
THAT NIC
E, P
LEASANT KI
ND OF
BUTTERY SMELL.
>> T
HE SC
EN T
S AND S
IG HTS
FO UN
D
HERE WER
E NEARLY
L OST
TO
HISTORY.
CURTIS
P RAI
RI E S
TRE TC
HE S OVER
IN
M AD
IS ON.
HAS TH
E DIS
T INC
TION OF
B EI
NG
OL DES
T PRA
IRI E RESTORATION
IN THE W
OR LD.
>> THE MOST
BEA UTIFUL
T HI
NGS
ABOUT IT ARE VER
Y SMA
L L.
YOU HAVE TO COME C
LOS E AND
TA KE
A
L OOK
AT TH
E LI
TTL E
FL OWE
RS.
THE
H IST
ORY OF
IT G
OE S B
AC K O
F
US ANDS
OF YE
ARS WH
EN
U SED
TO BE
AN OA
K OPE
NI NG.
THEN IT
W AS
DIS RUPTED BY
HU MAN
ACTIVITY.
>> TH
IS LAN
D SO
UTH OF
L AK
E
WINGRA W
AS D
ISR U
PTED BY
FA R
MING
BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY BOUGHT IT
IN THE 193 0s.
IT WAS
HE RE
TH AT
TH E
AR BO
R ETUM
O
UT ON
AN
M.
>> IT
WA S A
RTIC ULATED IN
AL DO
IN
193 4 AT
T HE
DEDICATION OF
T HE
A RB
ORE TUM
HE E
XPR E
SSED TH
IS VIS
ION
OF
R EC
REA TING
RE PRE
SEN TATIVE
ECOSYSTEMS OF WISC
ONSIN IN ONE
PLACE AND S
O TH
IS WA
S F AI
RLY
>> IT W
AS RE
VOL UTI
ONAR Y BEC
AU SE
THEY W
AN TE
D TO RO
LL B
ACK TIME
F
OR MER
F ARM
, S OM
E THING
HAD NEV
ER B EE
N AT
TE MP
TED T
RI AL
AND E
RR OR
PROCESS
AN D S
TIMES THEY GOT
IT
RIG HT
ON THE
F IRS
T T RY
.
RE ST
ORATION R ES
E ARCH.
>> TH
E FI
RST L
ES SO
N I S T
HAT
NTI RE
SODS OF
PRA I
RIE
FROM
SIT ES
TH AT W
ER E
DES TI
NED
FOR DE STR
UCTION WA
S MO
RE
N E STA
BL ISH
ING
NA
TIVE P
LA NTS
TH AN
EI TH
ER
BRINGING IN LET
'S S
AY HA
Y FR
OM
A MO WED
N ATURAL PR
A IRIE
OR
W ERE CO
L LECTED.
>> THE
Y HAD
TO SC
AVENGE THE
SE
CLUMPS OF SOD FRO OM
UT OF
T HE
WAY PLA
CE S L
IK E R
AI LROAD RI
GH T
OO K
ADVANTAGE OF
T
HE YO UT
HF UL E
NE RGY
OF T
HE
CONS ER
VATION C
ORP S F
OR
HE AVY
L IFT
IN G.
ANOTHER L ESS
ON LERNDS OVE
R TIM
E
TO U
SE F
IRE TO
K EEP
THE
PRAIRIE FROM
LO SIN
G OUT
TO
S.
>>
IN THI
S REGI
ON IT'S
FAI RL
Y
WELL U ND
E RSTOOD TH
AT N
ATIVE
AMERICANS WERE USI NG FIRE AN
D
THAT
F IRE
WAS A F
REQU ENT
PA RT
THE
NATU RAL
LA ND
SC APE.
FIRE WAS
AN OB
VI OUS
RE ST
ORA TION
T
HE D
EVE LO
PMENT
NS TEAD
OF WOO
DL AND.
>> 7 5 Y
EA RS
AFT ER
SETTING OU
T
TH IS
RES TO
RA TION
EXP ER
IME NT
RE
SEARCHERS ARE S TI
LL C
ARR Y
ING
ST
UD IES
IN C
UR TI
S PRAI
RI E
INVESTIGATING THI NGS
L IKE
AND
POL LI
NATING
INSECTS. EVEN T
HE I MPACT OF
ROAD SAL T.
>> AL
L OF
THOS E T
HIN GS
ARE --
VE M
ON ET
ARY VAL
U E.
PEOPLE C
ARE AB OUT
T HOSE THINGS.
>> ONE
STU DY
IS T
RY ING
TO
ANSWER T
HE QU
EST ION,
WIL L M
OR E
PLANT DI
VER S
ITY PROV ID
E MORE
BENEFITS TO HUMANS?
SO I
THO UGHT
CU RT
IS PR
A IRIE
AT
PLA CE
TO TES
T
THAT ID
EA A
ND HA VE
FO UND
UDENTS TO
P ART
I CIPATE.
GRA DU
A TE ST
UDE NT
JI M
DOHERTY
>>
I' M G
OI NG
TO P
IC K A
SE T A
REA
JU ST
LA Y
DOW N A
S AM
PLE FR
AM E
AND
W ITH
IN TH
T I 'L
L I DENTIFY
UNT
H OW
MA NY
E A
ND TH
EN M
AKE AN
OF
TH EIR
C OVE
R.
THEN I W
IL L A
NA LY
ZE IT
FR OM
ABOUT
60 PL
OTS WITHIN
TH IS
PRAIRIE
AN D
TRY TO
DISC ER
N SO
ME
RELATIONSHIP B ET
WEEN THE
DIVERSITY AND
TH E
PRO DU
CT IVITY.
>> A
NOT HE
R R ESE
AR CH
PR OJ
ECT IS
AN SW
ERING QUE
ST ION
S
AB OUT
A GRO
WI N
G PROBLEM IN
CURTIS
P RA
IRI E.
R
EED CANARY
GLASS.
--
G RAS
S.
IT'S WI
SC ON
SI N'S WORST WETLAND
F
THE EX
TE NT
OF
ARE A
IT DOM
INA TES.
SOME 5
00 ,0
00 ACR
ES OF
WI SC
ONSIN
WETLANDS ARE DOMINATED
BY T
HIS
>>
TO UN
DE RS
TAND THI
S A CR
EAG E,
KE LA
KE W
IN NEBA
GO AND
MULTIPLY
THE SU
RFACE A
RE A
BY
THAT'S
THE C
UR RE
NT A CR
EA GE
OF
REED CANARY G RASS IN
WIS CO
N SIN.
>>
SO IT
IS A P
LA NT
T HAT
IS
WORTHY OF
CON TR
OL NO
T BEC
AU SE
ONLY BECA U
SE IT S
PRE A
DS R AP
IDL Y
BUT BEC
AUSE THE PLANT S T
HA T
LIVE
WI TH
IT , T
HE NA
TI VE
SPECIES, AR
E RAPIDLY ELI
MIN ATED.
>>
TH EI
R IN
ITI AL
R ESE
AR CH
PROVED THA
T REE
D CAN
ARY GR
ASS
GROSS BE
TT ER
THA N
NAT IV
E GRASS
GIVEN C
ER TA
IN CON
DITIONS. W
AT ER
THAT
BRI NG
S A LO
NG TO
PS OIL
AND
L IKE
STORM
WATER.
>> I'M
S TA
NDI NG
IN A C
RE EK
BE D
FOR
S TO
RM WAT
ER T
HAT H
AS
PR AI
SH Y.
>> S TOR
M WA
TER THAT
P OUR
S IN
TO
E AR BO
RE TUM HAS
I NC
REA D SE
TIM E.
AVER
A GES
A LM
OST H
ALF A
GAL
LO NS A
YEA R.
TO A
DDR ES
S TH
E INV
AS ION
OF R
EED
ASS Z
EDL E
R FI RST
NE EDS
TO
FI GU
RE OUT
WHE RE
TH AT
WATER
FLOWS.
>>
WE DO N'
T REA
LL Y U
ND ER
STAND
HOW M
UC H
OF C
URT IS
P RA
IRI E I
S
T EI
TH ER
HI S
TORICALLY OR
AS
THE RESULT OF I
NF LO
WIN G STORM
WATER.
MADELINE FIS HER IS
A RES
EA RCH
ASSOCIATE WITH US A
ND SH
E IS
HE
CA NA
RY G RAS
S AS
ONE
OF
WHE RE
WE HAV
E
WETLANDS AN
D THR
EE O
THER
SPECIES AS WELL.
>> I'M LO
OK IN
G FO R
PLA C
ES W
HERE
THESE P
LA NTS
AR E
75% OF
THE
COVERAGE OR GR
EAT ER
SO THE
Y ARE
BASICALLY ARE
AS WH
E RE
THE SE
PLANTS DO
MI N
ATE A ND
I' M W
AL KIN
G
ALONG THE
EDG E A
TA KING
A GP
S
DING E
VE R
Y 15 FEET OR SO
TO
A BLE
TO M
AP TH
EIR
SO THE
AR BOR
ETUM
CA N S
EE H
OW TH
E DIS
TR IB
UTION IS
T HE
RE ARE
O THER
EXP ER
I MENTS
IN
CUR TIS
P RAIRIE A
T TEMPTING TO
OW
TO CO
NTR OL REE
D
NARY G
RA SS
AND O
THE R
INVASIVE
ALONG THE WAY
IT' S
CERT A
IN T HAT
SS A
GGR ESSIVE
NAT I
VE PLANTS
WILL BE
LO ST.
THE WOR
K TOD
AY IS NOT
AB OU
T
THE PA
ST.
RA
THE R
WE NE
ED TO
TRY AND
OF TH
E EC
OS YS
TEM
FUNCTIONS
TH AT
WE C
ONS IDE
R A
HE ALT
HY URBAN
LA NDS
C APE.
>> ZE DL
ER AN
D O TH
ER S
CONT I
NUE
TO
WO RK
T OW
AR D T
HA T
GOA L
AN
D IM
PR OV
ING O N
THE EX
PE RIM
ENT KNOWN AS C
URT IS
PRAIRIE.
>> WE
SE E
CURTIS PRA
IR IE
AS
UNIQUE. SPE
CI AL
PL AC
E.
IT'S
WHE RE
TH E
AR BOR
ETUM BE
GAN
OKI BACK NOW,
N OT
J US
T
TO TH
E 19
60 s,
BU T
TO 19
3 4,
19 35
TH
E A RBORETUM
WA S
DESIGNATED A
S A R
ES EA
RCH AN D
TEACHING AREA, I
C AN
S EE
T HA
T
WAS W
AY AH
EAD OF
ITS TIM
E.
>> RE
SE CHAR
DON E O
VE R
TH E
YE ARS
CUR
TIS P
RAI RIE IS
A PPL
I ED I
N
AR EA
S A RO
UND T
HE WO
RLD A
ND
THROUGHOUT W IS
CONSIN.
TH
E DI
RE CT
OR O F
MADISON'S
CO NSE
R VATION PARKS,
INCLUDING CHE ROKEE
MARSH. SOME
OF THE
L
EA RNED
FR OM
AR BUM
RE
SEARCH IN OUR
WEB EX
TRA .
TO V
IE W
IT LOG
ON TO
OU R
WEB SI
TE
wp
t.o r
g AN D C
LIC K O
N IN
WISCON
SIN FOR H
IS CO
MM E
NTS A ND
BE
AU TI
FUL FOOT AGE
OF TH
AT
>>
C ON
TIN UIN
G COV ERA
GE N OW
ON A
K
ILL P
RO BL
EM IN
CEN TR
AL
WISCONSIN
ALO NG
THE BI
G EA
U
PLEINE RESE
R VOIR.
FI
RST R
EP ORTE
D LA
ST AP
RIL
F GAM
E FISH
FFOCATED IN
TH E
WAT
ER N
EAR
SINEE. ER
A ERA
TO R CONTR
IBUTED TO
DI
EOF F.
A
NEW A
ER ATO
R WILL BE
INS TA
LLED
EN THE
L AK
E I CES
OV ER
.
IT IS
C ON
SI DE
RED A
FI RS
T STE
P
A DD
R ESS
CHR ON
IC WATE
R
QUALITY PRO
BL EMS
C AU
SE D B
Y F ARM
RUNOFF AND
RE CEN
T DR
OUG HT
CONDITIONS.
80% OF
TH E G
AME FI
SH TH
E RE
DIE D.
THE HO PE
IS TO
E VEN
TUALLY
RESTOCK TH E F
IS H.
WATER PRO BLE
MS IN
CE NTRAL
WISCONSIN ARE
RE SULTING IN
A
LOT OF FIN
GER PO
IN TI
NG AS
T HE
ST
ATE LEGISLATURE C ON
SI DERS
NEW
WE S
HOW ED
Y OU
HOW
SOME LA KES
AND S
TRE AM
S IN
C
OUN TIES
HAV E
VA NIS
HED.
THIS
W EE
K " IN
WIS CO
NSIN" ET
T
WH
ETH E
R THE
PR
OBLEM IS
DR OU
GHT-RELATED.
WE LLS
, O R
BO TH
.
EITHER WA
Y, F
ARM E
RS AR E
STANDING
TH EI
R GROUND NE AR
TH
E LIT
TL E P
LO VE
R I S A
SM ALL
STR
EA M R
UNN IN
G T HR
OUG H
R UR
AL SUBDIVISIONS
ST
EVE NS
POI NT
.
FOR TH
E PA
ST THR
EE SUMMERS IT 'S
>> T HE
D AY
IT DR
IED UP
A ND
I
CAME OU
T HE
RE TH
E BA
N KS
W ERE
--
W AS
B LAC
K MUD
USU AL
LY
ATH TH E W
ATE R
WERE
CRACKED AND DRI
ED.
ONE
C OU
NT Y T
O T HE
SOU TH
N EAR
NFIELD, LONG
LAKE HAS G
ONE
FROM A FIS
HI NG
HOT S
POT TO
A
AIRIE.
>> IT
JU ST
KE PT
G OIN
G DOW
N AN
D
DOWN AN
D D OWN
AN D I
T WA
S GO
NE,
>> U
NLI KE
TH E S
UDD EN
R UP
TU RE
D
LAK E D
ELTO N
IN TH
E
2 F0
08, TH
E LOS
S OF
LONG
L AKE
HAPPENED IN
SLO W
MOTION.
IN
20 00
, U W
STE VE
NS POI
NT
GROUNDWATER R ESEARCH GEORGE
CRAFT WORRIED THERE WAS LI
T TLE
TH
E LITTLE PL OVER.
TIM E
HE W
AS W
ORR IE
D
EF FEC
TS FROM
A
NEW WELL DR IL
L ED
BY T
HE VIL
LA GE
>>
W E'
VE DO
NE SOM
E P RE
LI MINARY
IF
THE WE
L LS GE
T TO
THE IR
DE SI
GN
CAPACITY, TH
AT IN
DE ED
WI LL
BE
MISSING
MA YBE AS
MU CH
AS 40%
OF
THE F
LOW OUT OF
THE STRE AM.
>> CR
AF T W
AS C
ON CER
NED TH
E
AREA'S G ROU
NDWATER R ESOU
R CES
WERE NEARING A BR
EA KI
NG PO
INT .
NEARLY
A DE
CAD E
LAT ER
, C RAF
T
SAYS THE R ESO
UR CE
IS B
ROKE N.
>> TEN
YEA RS
A GO
I T HI
NK TH
IS
WAS A
BUB BL
ING SPR
I NG
.
YOU CO
ULD SE E
TH ER
E I S A
S IDE
CHANNEL HE
RE T HA
T FL
OW ED
IN TH
E
DAY AND OB
VI OU
SLY B
EC AUS
E THE
FLOWS AR
E LOW
, WE
H AVE
JU ST
A
FEW INCHE
S O F W
ER IN
MO ST
CA
N S EE T
HAT TH
E - -
TH
E FLO
W S HA
VE BE
EN LOW
F
ICANT T
IME , W
E HA
VE
AS
S A ND
SU CH
ENCROA CHING
>>
T HE
CR EE
K'S S
URV IVA
L D EPE
ND S
UM
PE D W
ATE R
AD DED
BY
A ND
CA NNI
NG CO
MP AN
IES.
BARB FELT
Z WH
O MO
NI TOR
S T HE
P
LOV ER'
S F LOW
AT AN
O LD
GAUGING STATION
ON HE
R P ROP
ER TY
SAYS T
HE RE
AS ON
THE CR
EE K DRIED
OF TH
E PUM
PS K
EEPING
IT ALIVE F AI
LE D.
>> RIG
HT NOW
IT 'S
AL L
ARTIFICIAL.
AFTER T HE
DR Y-
UP WITH
T HE
D EAD
FISH, VIR
TUA LLY
IF TH
EY WO
LDU
I T W
OU LD
BE D
RY .
>>
BU T C
R AFT
SAYS TH
OSE PMP
US
WHICH D
RA W I
RRI GA
TION WA TE
R
FROM THE A QU
IF ER
JUS T B
ELO W
TH E
SURFACE
AND O
TH ERS
U SE
D B Y
L
LA GES A
ND CITIES ARE
OF
TH E PR
OBL EM.
>> THE RE
HAVE B ENC
H DR
IER
W E
DID N'
T
HAVE THE SE KI
ND OF
LO W
WA TER
E WOR
K TH
AT W
E' VE
D ONE
FO
URT H O
F
THE MIS
SI NG
WA TER
TO M
UNI CI
PAL
PUMPING, ABO
UT A Q
UAR TE
R O R S
O
THEN TO
IN D
UST RIAL
PU MP
ING AND
ABOUT
HALF TO IR
RIGATION
I BE
LI EVE
IT 'S
VE RY
IMPORTANT THAT YOU
B EG
IN TO
TAKE
A LO
OK AT
T HE
CU MUL
A TIVE
A WE
LL .
>> WA
TER FR
ONT PROP ERTY OW
NER S
R
EP RES
ENTATIVES O F
THE
STATE'S AG RICULTURAL INDUSTRIES
H
AT T
HE T
AB LE
AS T
HE
STATE C
ON SID
ERS CH
ANG ES
IN
AW.
MY
FATH ER
B UIL
T THE
FIR ST
IN
19 50.
>> J
IM BU
RN S F
A MIL
IES HAS
B EE
N
FARMING FOR OV
ER 100
YEA RS.
HE AN
D O T
HER VE
GET AB
LE GROWERS
IN T
HE
OBLEM.
HE SAID THE
P RO
BL EM
IS SI
MPLE.
Y THE LAS
T FEW
YEARS.
>>
W EL
L, TH
AT 'S
TO MY MIN
D
NOTHING MORE THA N A
CO NSE
QUE NCE
OF THE
C YCLES
WE GO
TH ROU
G H.
P AS
T HU
ND RE
D Y EAR
S OF
HISTORY I H
EAR AB
OU T
FR OM
OLD
OPLE, TH OS
E L AKE
S HA
VE N
DRY
B EFOR
E AN
D I'
VE S
EEN T
HE M
ALREADY
W HEN
T HE
WA TER WA
S
NNING ACROSS THE RO
ADS A
ROUN D
THEM.
OBL
EM IS
HE RE
HASN'T
BEEN ENOUGH RUN
OFF.
S NO
W I N T
HE W IN
TER TIME
SOAKS RI
GHT IN
TO T
HE G
RO UND
AN D
THE R AI
NS AR
EN '
T HE AV
Y E NOU
GH
R CA
US E A
R UN
OFF I
NTO
THOSE LA
KE S.
J
UST BE
EN NO
RE CH
ARGE
FROM THEIR
NATURAL S
OURC E
S OF
WATER.
>> B
UT TI
M A SPLU
ND, A WA
TE R
WITH T
HE
EP A
RTMENT OF
NA TUR
AL
RES
OURCES SAYS SOM E
THING ELSE ORK.
>> THE
RE IS
A C AI
N
PR
OPORTION OF THE
DR OP
TH AT
'S
REALLY NO T
EXP LA
INED VE RY
WE LL
BY JUS
T L OOK
ING AT
CL IMATE
A ND
AT
TERNS.
ERE IS A
RO LE
OF P
UM PI
NG A
DUE
TO
PU MPING.
AND IT'S A
SI GNI
F ICANT
AMOUNT I
AY .
IN
T HE
O RDE
R OF
A FEW
F EET
,
T HR
EE F
EET OR
EVE N M
OR E.
>> B UR
NS, ME
AN WH
ILE, PO
INT S TO
HIS OWN
W EL
LS SU
CH AS
TH IS
ONE
NEAR A
LMO ND.
IT'S BEEN TH ERE
S INC
E 1 9
59.
S TH
E DEP
TH OF
TH E
MAI
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