>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
FOR THE PAST DECADE WE'VE
CHRONICLED THE COMEBACK OF
WHOOPING CRANES IN OUR STATE.
>> WE'RE WATCHING HISTORY IN
THE MAKING.
>> LATE LAST YEAR TWO MAJOR
SETBACKS, SEE WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES.
ALSO, A SNAPSHOT OF OUR STATE'S
ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE FROZEN IN
TIME.
>> THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING
QUITE RAPIDLY AT THE PRESENT
TIME.
>> WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
ICE RESEARCH IN VILAS COUNTY.
IN OUR MONEY MATTERS SERIESING
IT'S A NEW YEAR AND TIME FOR
THE MAKEOVER.
AN EDUCATIONAL MAKEOVER.
>> I'M HAPPY.
HAPPY TO LAND AND FINALLY GO
BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET GOING ON
THIS DREAM.
>> PLUS, YOU'LL MEET A
17-YEAR-OLD WHO PERFORMS MAGIC
ON THE MARIMBA.
>> I FEEL LIKE IF I WERE IN
SOME OTHER FIELD I WOULD JUST
WISH I WERE IN MUSIC.
>> THOSE REPORTS COMING YOUR
WAY 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 THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS, WITH ADDITIONAL
FUNDING PROVIDED BY BIKE WHICH
IS.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH OUR
ONGOING MONEY MATTERS SERIES.
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN ON THE
RISE IN WISCONSIN AND MANY
PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT A NEW
BEGINNING IN THE NEW YEAR.
ENROLLMENT IS UP AT COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE
STATE AS PEOPLE LOOK FOR AN
EDUCATIONAL MAKEOVER TO IMPROVE
THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ANDY
SOTH SHOWS YOU HOW THE ECONOMY
IS AFFECTING A NUMBER OF HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN
WISCONSIN.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?
>> LINDA O'MALLEY IS A BUSY
WOMAN.
>> I'M WORKING THREE JOBS TO
FEED THREE HUNGRY TEENAGERS.
THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF MY
MONEY GOES, TO THE GROCERY
STORE.
I'M ONLY STAYING AFLOAT.
>> ONE OF THE THREE JOBS
KEEPING O'MALLEY AFLOAT THE
STYLING HAIR AT A NURSING HOME.
AFTER YEARS OF MAKING OVER
CLIENTS.
SHE IS LOOKING FOR A MAKEOVER
OF HER OWN.
O'MALLEY WANTS TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL FOR A NURSING DEGREE.
>> I REALLY FEEL IT'S MY
CALLING.
>> JUST WHEN SHE WAS
CONTEMPLATING GOING BACK TO
SCHOOL.
>> DO YOU NEED SOME DIRECTION
IN YOUR LIFE?
>> SHE LEARNED ABOUT A
SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST AT A LOCAL
COLLEGE.
>> YOU CAN ENTER THE CONTEST.
>> THE PROMOTION HAS BEEN DONE
AT A NUMBER OF UW COLLEGES, THE
TWO-YEAR CAMPUSES OF THE UW
SYSTEM.
>> A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $2,600.
>> THE ONLY THING HOLDING ME
BACK NOW IS MY FINANCIAL
LIMITATIONS.
PLEASE HELP ME WITH AN
EDUCATION MAKEOVER.
WE'RE READY AND THE PATIENTS
ARE WAITING.
>> THE JUDGES LIKED O'MALLEY'S
LETTER.
>> REMEMBER THAT CONTEST?
>> I WON.
>> THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR
HER TO START HER NURSING
EDUCATION WITH A SEMESTER OF
FREE TUITION AT UW WASHINGTON
COUNTY.
>> IT IS A LITTLE START BUT
IT'S THE START I NEED.
>> WHILE THE UW COLLEGES CAN'T
MAKE IT FREE FOR ALL THEY'VE
RESISTED RAISING TUITION FOR
THE LAST THREE YEARS.
>> IT IS OUR PARTICULAR MISSION
IN THE STATE TO MAKE HIGHER
EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE
WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT STRUGGLE.
>> IN THIS DOWN ECONOMY THE UW
COLLEGES HAVE SET ENROLLMENT
RECORDS.
IN FACT, ENROLLMENT IS UP
ACROSS THE UW SYSTEM.
INCLUDING FOUR YEAR CAMPUSES
LIKE UW-PLATTEVILLE.
WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON
ENGINEERING AND OTHER
PROFESSIONAL TRACKS IS BURSTING
AT THE SEAMS WITH A 50%
ENROLLMENT INCREASE OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS.
>> WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THOSE
CRITICAL MAJORS FOR THE FUTURE.
IN TECHNOLOGY, IN FORENSIC
INVESTIGATIONS, IN ENGINEERING,
IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY.
>> PLATTEVILLE HAS A LONG
ENGINEERING TRADITION BUT ITS
RINDT GROWTH COMES FROM BETTER
MARKETING OF THE PROGRAM IN THE
TRISTATE AREA IT SERVES AND
LETTING STUDENTS FROM IOWA AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS PAY IN-STATE
TUITION.
>> IT'S A WIN FOR THE STUDENTS
ATTENDING BUT A WIN FOR THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
BECAUSE WE'RE PRODUCING
ENGINEERS.
>> WHILE EMPHASIZING CAREER
OUTCOMES HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL
FOR PLATTEVILLE, BEING TOO
FOCUSED ON TRAINING FOR A
PARTICULAR TYPE OF CAREER COMES
WITH RISKS.
>> THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO
IS GO WITH A FAD.
A FEW YEARS AGO IN THE DOT COM
BUBBLE IT WAS COMPUTER SCIENCE.
EVERYONE SHOULD GO INTO
COMPUTER SCIENCE.
THAT BUBBLE BURST.
NOW IT'S BIOTECHNOLOGY.
EVERYONE GOES INTO
BIOTECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT'S A GREAT FIELD, IT IS
A GROWING FIELD, BUT THINGS
CHANGE AND IF YOU'VE LEARNED
HOW TO LEARN AND HAVE THOSE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS, YOU HAVE
THOSE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS,
YOU'LL BE A SUCCESS.
>> IT'S PRIVATE COLLEGE WEEK
AND ROLF WEGENKE IS TAKING HIS
MISSION TO THE AIR.
>> PRIVATE COLLEGE ISN'T ALWAYS
MORE EXPENSIVE.
>> A BIG PART OF THE JOB IS
CONVINCING PEOPLE IT'S
AFFORDABLE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING
PRIVATE COLLEGE WEEK.
HE SAYS THE STATE'S PRIVATE
SCHOOL AVERAGE ANNUAL TUITION
LOOKS HIGH AT $22,000 BUT THE
AVERAGE AID RECEIVED TOTAL
$17,000 FOR A NET COST OF
$5,000, COMPARABLE TO UW SYSTEM
CAMPUSES.
>> WE'RE COMMITTED TO FINDING
THE AID, FINDING THE RESOURCES
SO YOU CAN PURSUE THAT DREAM AT
THE COLLEGE OF YOUR CHOICE.
>> THAT DREAM SEEMED UNDER
THREAT FOR SOME AT BELOIT
COLLEGE IN THE FALL OF 2008.
IN NEARBY JANESVILLE THE GM
PLANT CLOSING SENT ENROLLMENTS
SOARING AT BLACKHAWK TECH AND
UW ROCK COUNTY.
AT BELOIT THE DOWN ECONOMY
AFFECTED AN ENROLLMENT DROP AND
THEY LAID OFF TEACHERS.
>> WE PUT IT OUT THERE NOT SO
MUCH THAT THE COLLEGE WAS GOING
UNDER, BUT THE COLLEGE WAS
RESPONDING QUICKLY.
>> ONE YEAR LATER BELOIT'S
ENROLLMENT IS BACK UP TO A
HEALTHY LEVEL AND THE TOTAL
ENROLLMENT FOR ALL OF
WISCONSIN'S PRIVATE COLLEGES AS
NEVER BEEN HIGHER.
>> OUR PIECE OF THE PIE
ATTRACTS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
INDIVIDUAL, A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
STUDENT, A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
PARENT AND THE DEMAND IN SUPPLY
IS ALMOST INELASTIC.
THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET HERE.
>> MULTIPLIED BY THE SMALL
THICKNESS.
>> LIKE ANY VIBRANT MARKETPLACE
THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
IN THE COLLEGE MARKET.
THE CHALLENGE IN TOUGH ECONOMIC
TIMES IS MAKING THE SALE.
AT LEAST FOR NOW LINDA O'MALLEY
IS A SATISFIED CUSTOMER.
>> I'M HAPPY.
HAPPY TO LAND AND FINALLY GO
BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET GOING ON
THIS DREAM.
A GOOD DREAM.
WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE
IS HELP PEOPLE AND HELP THEM TO
FEEL BETTER.
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND I FEEL
A STRONG DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> LINDA O'MALLEY TELLS US HER
COURSE WORK AT UW WASHINGTON
COUNTY IS GOING WELL.
IT WILL TAKE HER THREE MORE
YEARS OF PART-TIME SCHOOLING TO
EARN HER ASSOCIATES DEGREE.
THEN SHE WANTS TO GO ON TO UW
MILWAUKEE TO COMPLETE HER
TRAINING AS A REGISTERED NURSE.
IT'S BEEN A SEASON OF SETBACKS
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRANE
FOUNDATION IN BARABOO.
FIRST VANDALISM AT THEIR
HEADQUARTERS AND THEN THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF A PRIZED
WHOOPING CRANE DURING MIGRATION.
THERE ARE 360 WILD CRANES IN
THE ENTIRE WORLD, A FEW DOZEN
OF THEM CALLING WISCONSIN HOME.
FOR THE PAST DECADE "IN
WISCONSIN" HAS CHRONICLED THE
COMEBACK OF WHOPPING CRANES IN
OUR STATE.
HERE IS A LOOK BACK AT THEIR
FUTURE IN WISCONSIN.
>> A FIELD IN SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN ON A DAY IN JUNE.
WITNESS SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
A RETURN.
A RETURN OF THE WHOOPING CRANE
TO WISCONSIN.
>> THE WHOOPING CRANE IS ONE OF
THE RAREST BIRDS IN THE WORLD.
AT ONE TIME THE NUMBER WAS ONLY
21 BIRDS IN THE WILD.
>> FONDROW OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CRANE FOUNDATION TRACKS
WISCONSIN'S POPULATION OF
WHOOPING CRANES.
TODAY IN THIS FIELD THAT'S SIX
BIRDS OUT OF THE ONLY 36 OR SO
THAT MIGRATE IN AND OUT OF THE
STATE BUT CALL WISCONSIN HOME.
WORLDWIDE THE BIRDS' NUMBERS
ARE SMALL.
THERE ARE ONLY 400, INCLUDING
THOSE IN ZOOS.
FREE FLYING WHOOPING CRANES
NUMBER LESS THAN 200.
THE BIRDS THEMSELVES ARE
MASSIVE.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT SPARROW
SIZED.
>> WHOOPING CRANE STANDS UP TO
ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL.
IT HAS SNOW WHITE FEATHERS AND
BLACK PRIMARY WING TIPS AND IT
HAS A BLACK TRIANGULAR MASK
ACROSS ITS FACE AND A RED PATCH
ON TOP OF ITS HEAD.
>> THEY'RE DISTINCTIVE.
HARD TO MISS TRUCKING ACROSS
THE LANDSCAPE BUT NOT SO EASY
TO FIND.
>> TYPICAL MIGRATION DAY THEY
CAN FLY UP TO 200 MILES ADAY
DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF
TAILWIND AND THERMAL ACTIVITY
THEY HAVE TO SORE ON.
>> SHE TRACKS WHOOPERS AS THEY
FLY THROUGH THE SKIES AND
NOTING THEIR SOCIAL BEHAVIOR ON
THE GROUND.
TAKE THE SUBJECT OF THE BIRD'S
DANCING.
THE MOVEMENT OF WHICH MAY BE
MUCH MORE THAN SOCIAL.
>> THEY DANCE WHEN THEY'RE
NERVOUS.
IT CAN DANCE TO BE AGGRESSIVE,
DANCE TO RELIEVE STRESS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT IS DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT.
>> THE CONTEXT HERE MAY BE ONE
OF TERRITORY.
THE WHOOPERS SITE A RIVAL.
A PAIR OF SANDHILL CRANES AND
THEN REACT TO THE INTRUSION.
AND DANCE AT THE CONCLUSION.
FONDROW'S FIELD WORK IS PART OF
A REINTRODUCTION PROJECT THAT
IS YEARS IN THE MAKING AND THAT
WILL LAST MANY MORE.
IT INCLUDES A FLOCK OF STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
ONE OF THE COLLABORATORS, THE
NECEDAH WILDLIFE REFUGE.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 125
BIRDS, WITH 25 BREEDING PAIR.
OF COURSE, WE'D BE HAPPIER WITH
MORE THAN THAT.
WE'LL BE MONITORING THIS FOR AT
LEAST ANOTHER TEN YEARS.
>> ENDANGERED OR NOT THE CRANES
MAY BE FORCED TO CONFRONT
CIVILIZATION DURING THE LONG
MIGRATION FROM HERE TO FLORIDA
OR IN THIS DAY'S PURSUIT OF
BUGS IN A FARMER'S PLOWED FIELD.
BUT THE RESEARCHERS ASK, IF YOU
SEE THEM, STAY A DISTANCE AWAY.
KEEP THEM WILD.
AND ENJOY THEIR REMARKABLE
RETURN.
>> HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED
TO SEE THIS CREATURE WE THOUGHT
WE WERE GOING TO LOSE ALL
TOGETHER AND NOW IT'S BACK AND
SO FAR SO GOOD.
WE HOPE IT WILL THRIVE.
WE'RE WATCHING HISTORY IN THE
MAKING AND WE'RE PART OF
SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
A PLANETARY IMPACT.
IT'S REINTRODUCING AND TRYING
TO SAVE THIS SPECIES FOR THE
WORLD.
>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, A
PRIZED BIRD WAS KILLED DURING
MIGRATION IN DECISION.
THREE GROUPS ARE NOW OFFERING A
$10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION
ON ABOUT WHO SHOT AND KILLED
THE RARE BIRD.
THE FEMALE WHOOPING CRANE SEEN
IN THIS VIDEO WAS FOUND DEAD IN
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.
IT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
WITH THIS PARTICULAR FEMALE
BIRD BEING CALLED LIKELY THE
MOST IMPORTANT BIRD IN THE
ENTIRE EASTERN MIGRATORY
POPULATION.
HERE IS WHY.
THE 7-YEAR-OLD CRANE IDENTIFIED
BY A LEG BAND WAS THE ONLY
FEMALE TO HAVE HATCHED AND
RAISED A WILD WHOOPING CRANE
CHICK.
SHE LEARNED TO MIGRATE BEHIND
ULTRALIGHT PLANES BUT HER CHICK
MIGRATED FOLLOWING THE PARENTS.
THE CRANE SHOT WAS AMONG 19
WHOOPING CRANES MIGRATING FROM
SUMMER GROUNDS NEAR.
>> FLYING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER
MIGHT APPEAL TO SOME PEOPLE BUT
FOR SCIENTISTS ON TROUT LAKE IT
IS PRIME TIME FOR KEY RESEARCH.
WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM A SHEET
OF ICE?
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ART
HACKETT EXPLAINS THAT ICE COULD
HOLD THE KEYS TO OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE AND HE
SHOWS YOU WHY IN VILAS COUNTY.
>> THESE TWO ARE LIMNOLOGY
RESEARCHERS AT TROUT LAKE
RESEARCH STATION.
LIMNOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF
LAKES, WHAT'S IN THEM AND WHAT
SURROUNDS THEM.
IN OCTOBER OF 2007, SMALL AND
RUSAK WERE TAKING THEIR NEXT TO
THE LAST SAMPLES OF THE YEAR.
>> WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL
THE LAKES TURN OVER AND THEN
THAT'S WHEN WE DO OUR FINAL
SAMPLINGS.
CINDY MONITORS THAT WITH HER
TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN PROFILE.
>> WHEN A LAKE TURNS OVER IN
THE LATE FALL ORGANIC MATTER
RISES TO THE TOP.
IT HAPPENS AS TEMPERATURES DROP.
SPENDING FOUR HOURS IN A BOAT
BECOMES LESS ATTRACTIVE.
>> WE'RE USUALLY RAREING TO GO
ON THAT LAST DAY.
>> THREE MONTHS LATER THE CREW
FROM THE UW TROUT LAKE STATION
ISN'T IN A BOAT.
THEY ARE ON THE ICE.
TIME MEINKE PULSE WATER SAMPLES
FROM VARIOUS DEPTH.
>> HE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
15-INCH PLUG OF ICE PULLED FROM
THE SAMPLING HOLE.
>> THE ICE GREW AND MOTION
TOWARD THE BODY OF THE LAKE.
SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE HAD SNOW
AND RAIN ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF
THE SURFACE.
THEN WE HAD A WARMING SPELL.
THIS WHITE STUFF THAT IS NOT
CLEAR LIKE THE REST OF THE ICE
BLOCK IS THE STUFF THAT HAS
REFORMED SINCE THE ORIGINAL
FREEZING AND IT CONTAINS DIRT
AND AIR AND OTHER PARTICLES
THAT MAKE IT CLOUDY LIKE THAT.
>> THE ICE CREATES A RECORD OF
POLLUTION FROM THE AIR AND
RUNOFF FROM SURROUNDING LAND.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
ABOUT THE ICE MEINKE AND OTHER
RESEARCHERS AT TROUT LAKE HAVE
NOTICED.
>> WE ARE FINDING ICE FORMING
ON THE LAKES MUCH LATER IN THE
YEAR AND THE ICE IS LEAVING THE
LAKES MUCH EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
>> ICE IS SORT OF LIKE A
MINER'S CANARY FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE AND WARMING.
>> DR. JOHN MAGNUSON IS A
PROFESSOR OF LIMNOLOGY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.
ICE, HE SAYS, IS A GOOD
INDICATOR FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
>> AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, IT IS
SO SENSITIVE TO WARMING.
ICE MELTS QUICKLY AND AS THE
ENVIRONMENT WARMS UP, IT LEAVES
A SIGNAL THAT CAN BE SEEN VERY
EARLY IN THE SEQUENCE.
>> AND THE FREEZING OF A LAKE
DOESN'T JUST REFLECT THE FACT
THAT IT IS COLD ON ONE
PARTICULAR DAY.
IT REFLECTS A PATTERN OVER TIME.
>> SO IN THE PREVIOUS ONE, TWO
OR THREE MONTHS AND SO IT'S
ALSO AN INTEGRATED MEASURE.
>> IN THE DURATION OF ICE COVER
ON A GIVEN LAKE MEASURED OVER A
SPAN OF YEARS REFLECTS THE
CLIMATE.
CLIMATE REFERS TO LONG-TERM
CONDITIONS AS OPPOSED TO
WEATHER, WHICH IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UNTIL SCIENTISTS STARTED
STAMPING THE TROUT LAKE STATION
YEAR ROUND THERE WERE NO
RELIABLE LOGS OF ICE ON AND ICE
OFF DATES FOR TROUT LAKE AND
OTHER LAKES IN THE AREA.
THE RECORD STARTS IN 1982 AND
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
>> THE GENERAL TREND IN ALL OF
THESE LAKES IS FOR LESS ICE
COVER AT ABOUT SEVEN DAYS LESS
ICE COVER ON AVERAGE EVERY TEN
YEARS FOR TAKE GROUP OF LAKES.
>> THIS IS THE GRAPH FOR TROUT
LAKE.
ITS ICE DURATION HAS DROPPED
5.6 DAYS PER DECADE.
>> THE LIMNOLOGISTS HAVE ONLY
BEEN WATCHING THE TROUT LAKE
CLUSTER FOR 25 YEARS.
TO GET REALLY LONG-TERM DATA
YOU HAVE TO COME TO MADISON'S
LAKE MENDOTA, WHERE SCIENTISTS
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE ICE COME
AND GO FOR 150 YEARS.
>> WE NOTE THAT IT'S THE FREEZE
AND BREAKUP DATES ARE VERY
DIFFERENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT
WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP TO 150
YEARS, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE
GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN
SEE THAT IT USED TO FREEZE ON
AVERAGE AROUND FOUR MONTHS A
YEAR AND NOW IT'S FREEZING ON
AVERAGE AT AROUND THREE MONTHS
A YEAR.
SO WE'VE LOST ABOUT 25% OF THE
ICE COVER ON MENDOTA.
>> MAGNUSON SAYS LAKE MENDOTA'S
ICE COVER IS BECOMING NINE DAYS
SHORTER EVERY DECADE.
>> WE'RE BEGINNING TO HAVE
LAKES IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THAT DON'T FREEZE EVERY WINTER.
NOW, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED TO
MENDOTA YET.
WE CAME CLOSE A FEW YEARS AGO.
>> IN THE WINTER OF 2000-2001
THE ICE COVER LASTED ONLY THREE
WEEKS.
MAGNUSON WON'T PREDICT WHEN THE
FIRST ICE-FREE WINTER WILL
OCCUR BUT HE OFFERS ANOTHER
PREDICTION INVOLVING SNOWFALL.
>> THE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE
IS THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH
LEVELS OF SNOWFALL AND A LOT OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE WINTER.
THAT WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN
MORE SNOW ON THE ICE AND THE
ICE WILL BE ALREADY THINNER AND
SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'LL
HAVE MORE GRAY ICE RELATIVE TO
CLEAR ICE IN THE FUTURE.
>> LIMNOLOGISTS CARE ABOUT THE
MIX OF GRAY ICE AND CLEAR ICE
FOR A REASON.
MORE GRAY ICE MEANS LESS LIGHT
ENTERS THE WATER.
LIGHT LEVELS CAN ALTER THE
POPULATIONS OF MICROSCOPIC
PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVING UNDER
THE ICE.
>> SO WE HAVE TWO SAMPLES, THE
GREENER ONE COMES FROM UP VERY
NEAR THE SURFACE.
THE CLEARER ONE COMES FROM A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT AND
IT JUST IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THE ALGAE
HAVE TENDED TO FLOAT TOWARDS
NEAR THE SURFACE WHERE THERE IS
MORE LIGHT.
>> THOSE CHANGES WORK THEIR
WAY UP THE FOOD CHAIN AFFECTING
WHAT KIND OF FISH LIVE IN
WISCONSIN'S LAKES AND THE
RESEARCHERS CARE ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF DAYS THE ICE IS
COVERED NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY
PLAN ON ICE FISHING.
>> THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING
QUITE RAPIDLY AT THE PRESENT
TIME AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE
SIGNAL OF THE WARMING THAT IS
OCCURRING IN THE ICE COVER DATA.
>> MAGNUSON LOOKS AT THE DATA
FOR LAKE MENDOTA AND SEES A
DISTURBING CLUSTER.
>> THE RED DOTS ARE THE TEN
SHORTEST ICE COVER.
ALL BUT THREE ARE IN THE MOST
RECENT YEARS.
>> THE TEN YEARS WHEN THE ICE
WAS FROZEN OVER THE LONGEST, IT
TURNS OUT, WERE ALL MORE THAN
100 YEARS AGO.
>> SEVERAL RECENT SCIENTIFIC
PAPERS FROM THE UW CONTINUE TO
DOCUMENT THE STEEP DECLINE IN
THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR ICE
COVER DURING THE LAST 40 YEARS.
WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA AND OTHER
INFLUENCES, LIKE CHANGES IN THE
OCEAN CURRENTS, CAN IMPACT
WEATHER CONDITIONS HERE IN
WISCONSIN.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS,
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION HAS
COVERED THE STATEWIDE BOLZ
YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
FEATURING GIFTED TEEN MUSICIANS
PERFORMING WITH THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
WE'VE SEEN THEM COME COMPLETE
ON VIOLIN, CELLO AND TRUMPET.
THIS YEAR AN INSTRUMENT USUALLY
FOUND AT THE BACK OF THE STAGE
IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
HIS INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA
AND HE'S 17-YEAR-OLD GREGG RISS
OF OREGON.
**
>> GREG RISS HAS A GREAT
MUSICAL ROLE MODEL.
HIS MOTHER, LAURIE.
>> IT WOULD BE PROBABLY UP.
SHE'S REALLY THE PERSON WHO
EXPOSED ME TO MUSIC AT AN EARLY
AGE.
I CREDIT HER FOR THAT.
>> LAURIE RISS IS A MEMBER OF
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
SHE GOT GREG STARTED WITH MUSIC
LESSONS WHEN HE WAS QUITE YOUNG.
AT FIRST HE FOCUSED ON GUITAR.
>> HE WAS ONLY LIKE SIX YEARS
OLD, I THINK.
WE WENT TO OUR FIRST SUZUKI
CAMP AND THE TEACHER HEARD HIM
FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HE
PLAYED HIS FIRST SONG AND THE
TEACHER SAID WOW, GREG, THAT'S
REALLY LOUD.
>> IN FIFTH GRADE HE DISCOVERED
A PASSION FOR PERCUSSION.
AND IN SEVENTH GRADE HE TOOK ON
THE MARIMBA, TOO.
>> I JUST LOVE PLAYING WITH A
BUNCH OF MALLETS.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
I LIKE BRINGING OUT THE
EXTREMES OF THE INSTRUMENT
BECAUSE THE MARIMBA CAN BE
LOUDER THAN PRETTY MUCH ANY
INSTRUMENT BUT IT CAN ALSO BE
INCREDIBLY SOFT AND JUST
DIFFERENT ARTICULATIONS.
>> GREG STILL PLAYS A RANGE OF
TRADITIONAL PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS WITH THE WISCONSIN
YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND IN
THE BAND AT OREGON HIGH SCHOOL
AND IN PRIVATE LESSONS HE TRIES
OUT SOME MORE EXOTIC
INSTRUMENTS, TOO.
LIKE THE SHEKERE, THE BRAZILIAN
RIQ AND THE REBINIQUE.
>> I'M TRYING TO GET EXPOSED TO
AS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF
THINGS AS I CAN.
>> STARTING NEXT YEAR HE'S
PLANNING TO FOLLOW HIS
CURIOSITY AND PASSION FOR
PERCUSSION BY MAJORING IN MUSIC
IN COLLEGE.
>> I FEEL LIKE IF I WERE IN
SOME OTHER FIELD I WOULD WISH I
WERE IN MUSIC.
I JUST NEED TO KEEP DOING IT.
**
>> A YOUNG MAN WHO CLEARLY
KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING.
THAT REPORT ON GREG RISS WAS
PRODUCED BY LIZ KOERNER AND
NARRATED BY WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION'S KATHY BISSEN.
GREG WILL COMPETE AGAINST THREE
OTHER HIGH SCHOOL AGED
MUSICIANS, PIANIST JOEL WENG,
LEAH LATORRACA ALSO ON VIOLIN.
THE PROGRAM CALLED WISCONSIN
YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETE, THE
FINAL FORTE, WILL AIR TWICE.
FIRST THE EVENING OF JANUARY
16th AT 7:00 AND AGAIN JANUARY
20th AT 9:00 P.M.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US.
NOW HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON
FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> DO YOUR SUMMER TRAVEL PLANS
INCLUDE ECOFRIENDLY
DESTINATIONS?
>> JUST AN INCENTIVE TO GET US
THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> THIS IS ANDY SOTH.
SEE HOW TOURISTS CAN GO GREEN
"IN WISCONSIN."
>> I'M REPORTER JO GARRETT.
JOIN US AS WE TRAVEL THE
BRUNSWEILLER, A RIVER SAVED
FROM DEVELOPMENT.
OOHY FELT IT WAS HIS LIFE
MISSION TO PRESERVE IT.
>> FIND OUT ABOUT THE
BRUNSWEILLER'S NEW SPECIAL
STATUS.
AND THAT'S REALLY ODD.
IT'S LIKE WISCONSIN'S VERSION
OF RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I'M "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT MAKES
WISCONSIN ODD.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 ON OUR NEWS PROGRAM "IN
WISCONSIN" RIGHT HERE ON
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT OUR
INTERACTIVE BLOG CALLED THE
PRODUCER'S JOURNAL.
IT IS UPDATED EACH WEEK DAY BY
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF
AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
WE HOPE YOU'LL CHECK OUT THE
PRODUCER'S JOURNAL AT wpt.org
AND THEN CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
YOU'LL FIND OUT IN ADVANCE
ABOUT REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON,
THE PEOPLE WE'VE MET AND THE
PLACES WE'VE BEEN.
FINALLY THIS WEEK WE LEAVE YOU
WITH THE FRIGID WATERS OF LAKE
SUPERIOR LOCKED IN OLD MAN
WINTER'S ICY GRASP.
ENJOY THIS SNAPSHOT OF WINTER
ALONG SUPERIOR'S DESOLATE
SHORELINE.
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 LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, WE'RE ON FOR
YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
ECOFRIENDLY DESTINATIONS IN OUR
STATE.
>> JUST AN INCENTIVE TO GET US
THINKING ABOUT A ENVIRONMENT.
>> SEE HOW WISCONSIN TOURISTS
CAN GO GREEN AND A SCENIC
JOURNEY DOWN A WILD RIVER IN
ASHLAND COUNTY AND THAT'S
REALLY ODD.
WISCONSIN'S VERSION OF RIPLEY'S
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
"IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY AT 7:00
ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
ECOFRIENDLY DESTINATIONS IN OUR
STATE.
>> JUST AN INCENTIVE TO GET US
THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> SEE HOW WISCONSIN TOURISTS
CAN GO GREEN AND A SCENIC
JOURNEY DOWN ONE OF WISCONSIN'S
NEW WILD RIVERS IN ASHLAND
COUNTY.
AND THAT'S REALLY ODD.
IT IS LIKE WISCONSIN'S VERSION
OF RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
"IN WISCONSIN" TONIGHT AT 7:00
ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> DO YOUR SUMMER TRAVEL PLANS
INCLUDE ECOFRIENDLY
DESTINATIONS?
>> PARTS OF THAT WAS THE TRAVEL
GREEN.
JUST AN INSENIVE TO GET US
THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ANDY SOTH.
SEE HOW TOURISTS CAN GO GREEN.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY AT
7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
>> I'M REPORTER JO GARRETT.
JOIN US AS WE TRAVEL THE
BRUNSWEILLER, A RIVER THAT WAS
SAVED FROM DEVELOPMENT.
>> IT IS SO UNIQUE AND SO
SPECIAL.
HE FELT IT WAS HIS LIFE MISSION
TO PRESERVE IT.
>> CONSERVATIONIST MARTIN
HANSON MADE IT HAPPEN.
FIND OUT ABOUT THE
BRUNSWEILLER'S NEW SPECIAL
STATUS.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY
NIGHT AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.