>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK A SIMPLE SHACK
INSPIRES THE GREENEST BUILDING
IN AMERICA.
IT'S REALLY A SHOWCASE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT WAS
POSSIBLE.
>> PLUS AN UPDATE ON THE
RESTORATION OF THIS FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT DESIGNED HOME IN
MILWAUKEE.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN DEPERE.
THE DREDGING OF PCBs FROM THE
FOX RIVER HAS REACHED FULL
SCALE.
>> AND THE SPECTACULAR ART
PROJECT TAKES TO THE WATER
INDOOR COUNTY.
>> THEY'RE ALIVE OUT THERE AND
THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY.
FOR BRINGING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHSLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SPECIALISTS OF MILWAUKEE
AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE FOR ANIMALS.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH THE
LEGACY OF ALDO LEOPOLD AND HIS
CHALLENGE TO MINIMIZE HUMAN
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
TODAY THAT CHALLENGE IS BEING
MET WITH SOME VERY HIGH TECH
SOLUTIONS AS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ANDY SOTH DISCOV
AT AMERICA'S GREENEST BUILDING
IN BARABOO.
>> IT'S KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS
THE SHACK.
THE QUIET RETREAT BUILT BY ALDO
LEOPOLD.
IT REPRESENTS FOR MANY A WAY OF
LIFE THAT RESPECTS NATURE.
AND TRIES TO HAVE AS LITTLE
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON IT AS
POSSIBLE.
>> IT WAS HIS TIME SPENT HERE
AT THIS SIMPLE SHACK THAT
INSPIRED ALDO LEOPOLD TO WRITE
THE ESSAYS THAT BECAME THE SAND
COUNTY ALMANAC AND NOW THE
THOUGHTS AND VALUES EXPRESSED
IN THE BOOK HAVE INSPIRED THE
INSPIRATION FOR THE ALDO
LEOPOLD LEGACY CENTER.
>> THIS IS A SITE WHERE ALDO
LEOPOLD DIED IN 1948.
>> ALDO LEOPOLD DIED FIGHTING A
FIRE ON A NEIGHBOR'S FARM.
HERE THEY KEEP ALIVE HIS LAND
ETHIC THAT ALDO LEOPOLD SUMMED
UP THIS WAY.
>> WE I THINK, AT
MIGHT BE CALLED THE STANDARD
PARADOX OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
OUR TOOLS ARE BETTER THAN WE
ARE, AND GROW FASTER THAN WE DO.
THEY SUFFICE TO CRACK THE AT
ONLY, TO COMMAND THE TI
THEY DO NOT SUFFICE FOR THE
OLDEST TASK IN HUMAN HISTORY,
TO LIVE ON A PIECE OF LAND
WITHOUT SPOILING IT.
>> ALDO LEOPOLD THIS THIS
CONCEPT OF THE LAND EPIC.
>> I LEARNED FROM THE TOUR THIS
IS NO SIMPLE SHACK.
>> THIS IS A RADIANT FLOOR
SYSTEM.
THE HEAT IS SET OFF OF
GEOTHERMAL WELLS AND THEN IS
USED TO HEAT THE FLOOR PANELS.
>> WHILE ALDO LEOPOLD CAUTIONED
ABOUT ASPECTS OF 20TH SENTRY
TECHNOLOGY, THIS MAKES USE OF
THE 21ST CENTURY TOOLS.
>> THIS IS THE SOURCE OF OUR
POWER HERE.
>> SOLAR ARRAY, THE SECOND
LARGEST IN WISCONSIN PRODUCES
NEVER POWER TO OPERATE THE
CENTER AND THEN SOME.
>> YOU'RE NOT OFF THE GRID.
>> WE'RE NOT OFF THE GRID.
WE'RE TIED INTO THE GRID.
ON A DAY LIKE THIS WE'RE
SELLING THEM POWER.
>> AT THE SAME TIME, SOME
TECHNOLOGY USED IS CENTURIES
OLD.
>> WE'VE USED WOOD HEAT AS A
SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT SOURCE IN
VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
BUILDING.
>> WHILE BURNWOOD DOESN'T
PUT PART I CAN LATE MATTER IN
THE AIR, THE CENTER'S LOCATION
IN THE SPARSELY POPULATED AREA
MAKES WOOD A GOOD CHOICE.
>> FOR US HERE IN COUNTRY
WITH A VAST SUPPLY OF WOOD ON
OUR OWN LAND AROUND US, IT'S A
DECISION THAT MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE.
>> MUCH OF THE WOOD, SOME OF IT
PLANTED BY ALDO LEOPOLD, WENT
INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.
>> THEY WERE SUSTAINABLELY
HARVESTED AND CERTIFIED BY THE
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL FOR
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST.
>> IF ALDO LEOPOLD SAW THE
CHALLENGE OF LIVING ON LAND
WITHOUT SPOILING IT, THEN HIS
LEGACY CENTER SUCCEEDS.
>> WE DIDN'T SET OUT TO BE THE
GREENEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD.
WE'RE THE HIGHEST LEED BUILDING
NOW IN THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE TIME OF THE
CERTIFICATION, WE WERE THE
HIGHEST RATED BUILDING IN THE
WORLD.
>> THE BUILDING IS OFFICIALLY
RATED AT CARBON NEUTRAL.
IT PRODUCES AS MUCH ENERGY AS
IT CONSUMES.
>> IT'S REALLY A SHOWCASE PIECE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT WAS
PROBABLE.
>> THE HOPE IS THAT COMING HERE
INSPIRES VISITORS TO DO WHAT
THEY CAN.
>> WE WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY
INSPIRED AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AS
A FAMILY LIKE ALDO LEOPOLD
FAMILY.
THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> THIS REALLY IS POSSIBLE.
WE CAN LIVE ON A PIECE OF LAND
WITHOUT SPOILING IT.
>> SPOILING IT MIGHT BEST
DESCRIBE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL
DILEMMA.
FOR YEARS WISCONSIN PAPER
COMPANIES AND THE GOVERNMENT
HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN A LEGAL
BATTLE OVER THE CANCER CAUSING
PCBs IN THE FOX RIVER.
EVEN THOUGH THE LAWSUITS
REMAIN, THE CLEANUP IS ACTUALLY
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ART
HACKETT HAS BEEN COVERING THIS
ISSUE FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES
AND HE'S STILL ON THE STORY IN
DEPERE.
>> I'VE WATCHED THE DREDGING
OUTSIDE MY DOOR DOWN HERE.
>> BUD HA LIVES JUST UP THE
HILL FROM THE FOX RIVER.
THE DREDGES ARE PART OF THE
EFFORT TO RID THE FOX OF PCBs.
HARRIS HAS BEEN WATCHING PCBs
FOR MOST OF HIS PROFESSIONAL
CAREER.
>> OK, DICK.
>> PCBs, WE KNEW THEY WERE
THERE BUT THE ISSUE WAS OK, SO
WHAT ARE THE REAL EFFECTS?
>> HE IS A PROFESSOR OF NATURAL
SCIENCES AT U.W. GREEN BAY.
>> SOME OF MY GRADUATE
STUDENTS, MOST OF THEM WORKED
ON THE WEST SHORE, WETLANDS.
AND WE WORKED WITH BIRDS.
AND I REMEMBER THE STUDENTS
BEGAN TO FIND SOME DEFORMED
BIRDS.
>> THE DEFORMED BEAKS MADE GOOD
PICTURES BUT HARRIS SAYS PEOPLE
HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LARGER
CONCERN.
>> WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS
THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS.
>> IF THESE MATERIALS ARE
HAVING TOXIC EFFECTS IN THESE
ANIMALS, THERE'S EVERY REASON
TO BELIEVE AT SOME LEVEL THEY
WILL HAVE IT IN HUMANS, TOO.
YES, I THINK IT'S A VERY REAL
CONCERN.
>> IT BECAME CLEAR IT WAS
GETTING A LIFE OF OWN AND
THEY BEGAN LOOKING AT SEDMENTS
AT THAT POINT.
>> FOR A 30-YEAR PERIOD
BEGINNING AROUND 1954, PCBs
WERE AN ININGREDIENT A FEW
MILLS USED TO MAKE PAPER.
SOME MADE SCRAPS OF THE PAPER
TO MAKE OTHER PRODUCTS.
PCBs WASHED OUT OF THE MILLS,
INTO THE WATER AND SETTLED IN
THE SEDMENT.
WHILE ATTORNEYS FOR PAPER
COMPANIES FOUGHT OVER WHO
ARGUED OVER PAYING THE BILLS,
THE CONSERVATION LOOKS AT
DREMGING THE WITHOUT
MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE.
THE DREDGING OF PCBs FROM THE
FOX RIVER HAS NOW REACHED
INDUSTRIAL SCALE.
AT TIMES, THE TWO DREDGES HAVE
OPERATED AT THE END OF
PIPELINES STRETCHING FOR 10
MILES.
>> WHAT IS THE BROWN STUFF ON
THE TOP?
>> THAT'S THE SEDMENT.
>> JUST AS THE PAPER MACHINES
OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY TURNING
FIBERS INTO PAPER, THE SEDMENT
NEVER STOPS BETWEEN THE TIME
WHEN THE DREDGE PUMPS INTO THE
PIPELINE AND THE TIME WHEN IT
DROPS INTO A PILE AWAITING A
TRUCK RIDE TO A LANDFILL.
>> THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE
SITUATION BECAUSE NOBODY HAS
EVER SET A PROCESS UP LIKE THIS
WITHOUT SOME KIND OF BR
BETWEEN THE DREDGES AND THE
PROCESS.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY
PROUD OF.
>> BECAUSE THE PCBs ARE
ATTA TO ORGANIC MATTER SUCH
AS DRIED LEAVES AND WOOD, ROCKS
AND SAND SUCKED UP BY THE
DREDGES HAS TO BE SCREENED OUT.
SOME OF IT CAN BE REUSED AS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE HAS BEEN
HOW LITTLE SAND AND GRAVEL THE
DREDGES PICKED UP.
>> ABOUT 40% SAND.
WE ONLY GET ABOUT -- AROUND 15%.
>> WHICH MEANS THAT WHILE THE
PROCESS IS MORE EFFICIENT, THE
PROJECT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE
SINCE THE ORGANIC MATERIAL HAS
TO BE LANDFILLED, SAND DOES NOT.
>> PCBs STICK TO THE ORGANIC,
NOT THE SAND.
>> THEY GO IN A LARGE, FUNNEL
SHAPED TANK AND MIXED WITH A
CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES THEM TO
STICK TOGETHER.
>> IF THEY STANDARD -- AS THE
PIECES START TO ADHERE TO EACH
OTHER, THEY FALL OUT.
>> THE MATERIAL IS PUMPED INTO
HUGE PRESSS THAT FORCE OUT THE
WATER, LEAVING NEARLY DRY
WAFERS OF CONTAMINATED CAKE.
THE PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY
REMOVE 3.8 MILLION CUBIC YARDS
OF MATERIAL FROM THE RIVER BED.
IN ADDITION, 500 ACRES OF
CONTAMINATED RIVER BOTTOM WILL
BE CAPPED WITH AN ISOLATING
LAYER OF SAND AND CRUSHED ROCK.
>> WE'RE ON SCHEDULE SEVEN
YEARS FOR DREDGING, TWO
ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR CAPPING.
MY GOAL IS TO COMPLETE AT LEAST
A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE NOW AND
WE PROJECT TO STAY AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
>> THE DECISION TO CAP AREAS
WHICH WERE TOO DIFFICULT OR
EXPENSIVE TO DREDGE WAS
CONTROVERSIAL.
BUT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST BUD
HARRIS SAYS HE ACCEPTS IT AS
PART OF THE SOLUTION.
>> I WOULD NEVER A PROPONENT OF
ONLY CAPPING BUT ONE OF THE
THINGS WE KNEW PRETTY EARLY ON,
EVEN WITH DREDGING YOU'RE GOING
TO GET RESIDUAL.
YOU CANNOT -- YOU'LL NEVER GET
IT ALL.
IT'S NOT LIKE VACUUMING UNDER
THE RUG, YOU KNOW.
>> SO FAR HARRIS SAYS THE
CLEANUP PROCESS APPEARS TO BE
WORKING.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY RECENTLY RELEASED THE
FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE PROJECT.
THE E.P.A.'S MEASUREMENTS
SHOWED REMAINING PCB
CONCENTRATIONS OF .22 PARTS PER
MILLION.
THAT IS BELOW E.P.A. STANDARDS.
>> IF, IN FACT, THEY GET THE
SEDMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN THE
RIVER TO THE .2, I BELIEVE IT
PROBABLY WILL BE PROTECTIVE OF
MOST OF THE WILDLIFE.
>> ABOUT EIGHT POUNDS.
>> MY CONCERN IS MORE IN TERMS
OF THE LONG TERM MONITORING.
NOT ONLY MONITORING THE
SECURITY OF THOSE CAPS, I THINK
IT'S TERRIBLY IMPORTANT
NEED TO BE MONITORED.
YOU HAVE TO MONITOR THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
>> WE CERTAINLY DON'T
ANTICIPATE MAJOR DISTURBANCE IN
THE CAPS.
>> THIS MAN IS WITH BOLT
CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ARE MONITORING THE
DREDGING AND THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE CLEANUP.
>> WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT
SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF FISH
AND THE WATER FALL AND OTHER
THINGS IN TERMS OF ARE THE PCBs
BEING AOE LIMB NAIMENTED FROM
THE PARENT.
>> THE QUESTION IS FOR HOW LONG.
>> THERE ISN'T A DEFINED
TIMETABLE YET.
THERE'S A GOAL TO ELIMINATE THE
FISH ADVISORIES AND THE WATER
FOWL ADVISORIES AND WE DON'T
KNOW IF THAT'S 10 YEARS, 50
YEARS.
IT'S A HARD THING TO PRESENT TO
THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, UNKNOWN
IS ALWAYS HARD TO PRESENT TO
THE PUBLIC.
>> THE CLEANUP PROCESS STILL
HAS AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS TO RUN.
THEN THERE WILL BE A WAIT FOR
THE FOOD CHAIN TO CLEAR ITSELF.
>> THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT HALF
A LIFE OF FIVE YEARS SO --
>> BUD HARRIS RAN THROUGH A
CALCULATION OF HOW LONG IT WILL
TAKE TO CLEAR MICRO ORGANISMS
AND THEN FISH AND THEN BIRDS.
>> YOU CAN BEGIN TO PROJECT
THAT OUT SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO
GET TO END THE -- IN THE WATER
COLUMN TO BE TIVE?
ABOUT TWO PARTS PER TRILLION.
THAT'S ANOTHER FOUR DECADES.
>> TWO PARTS PER TRILLION OF A
COMPOUND THAT ENTERED THE RIVER
IN 1954.
>> BY 2054 THERE SHOULDN'T BE
ANY.
>> THAT'S 100 YEARS.
>> YES, THAT'S 100 YEARS.
>> LAST YEAR A FEDERAL JUDGE
ASKED 20 COMPANIES TO PAY FOR
THE MILLION CLEANUP.
INSTEAD, JUDGE WILLIAM
GRIESBACH FOUND APPLETON PAPERS
AND NCR CORPORATION THE MOST
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PCB PRM.
BECAUSE THEY CONED MASS
PRODUCTION USING THE CHEMICALS
EVEN AFTER THEY KNEW THE RISK.
CLEANUP IS NEEDED NOW TO
PREVENT THE REMAINING PCBs FROM
ENTERING LAKE MICHIG
UP THE COAST FROM GREEN BAY IS
THE WISCONSIN TREASURE,
PENINSULA STATE PARK INDOOR
COUNTY CELEBRATED THE
CENTENNIAL LAST YEAR.
100 YEARS OF SCENES LIKE THIS
WITH BEAUTIFUL FORESTS AND
FAMILY MEMORIES.
IT'S THE SECOND OLDEST PARK IN
THE STATE AND ONE OF OUR
LARGEST.
THE PARK INCLUDES EIGHT MILES
OF LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE LINE.
AND LAST SUMMER IT INSPIRED A
UNIQUE ART PROJECT THAT MAKES A
STATEMENT ON THE WATER.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER JO
GARRETT SHOWS YOU HOW INDOOR
COUNTY.
>> THAT MAN IN THE BOAT IS
MOTORING AMID ARTWORK.
HIS ART.
MOST WOULD CALL HIM A SCULPTOR.
HE SEES HIMSELF AS SOMETHING
SIMPLER, CREATING SOMETHING
LARGER.
THE MAN IS DAN.
>> I THINK MYSELF AS AN
INSTRUMENT MAKER.
I MAKE INSTRUMENTS.
AND I'VE PUT THE PLAY IN
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR A
SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME.
I TELL THEM WHEN IT'S OVER.
AND WHAT THEY PLAY IS THE ART.
WHAT THEY PLAY IS THE SONG OF
THE LIFE OF WHERE THEY ARE.
THE ART IS WHERE WE ARE.
THEY'RE ALIVE OUT THERE.
AND THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
>> WHERE WE ARE IS PENINSULA
STATE PARK AND THIS WAS A FIRST.
THE FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS
THAT PARK OFFICIALS
ALLOWED FOR AN INILLATION
SUCH AS THIS.
HITWORK, WOOD WIND, WAS UP
FOR SIX WEEKS IN THE SUMMER OF
2009.
THE INON WAS THE 100TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF
THIS BELOVED PARK.
>> SO WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
>> WELL, I'VE DONE THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS OR SO.
>> HE HAS A NATIONAL REPUTATION
AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST AND
THIS WORK IS ALSO A THREE
PERSON EXHIBIT SPONSORED BY THE
ART SCHOOL AND GALLERY, THE
PENINSULA SCHOOL OF ART INDOOR
COUNTY.
THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED
ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THE
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.
>> WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH
SOMEONE PAINTING A LANDSCAPE.
WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PART
OF IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK MANY OF US
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT CREATING
WORK FROM AND IN A NATURAL
SURROUNDING.
>> IN AND FROM NATURAL
SURROUNDINGS.
>> IT'S MADE PRINCIPALLY OF ASH.
EVERYTHING COMES FROM A SAWMILL
FROM DOOR COUNTY.
THE ASH I CHOSE BECAUSE A, IT'S
A VERY SIMPLE MATERIAL FOR THIS
-- MAKING THESE CURVES.
SECONDLY, ASH, I KNOW, IS UNDER
A REAL STRESS FROM THE ASH BORE
AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT
UP HERE.
I USE CEDAR.
>> AND ABOVE THE SURFACE ARE
SOLAR COLLECTORS THAT POWER UP
DURING THE DAY.
TO SING A SONG AT NIGHT.
>> I THINK YOU WILL LIKE IT.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PEACE
AT NIGHT.
>> THE PIECE CHANGES AND REACTS
TO THE NATURAL WORLD BUT THE
JAZZ TUNE PLAYED BY PENINSULA
STATE PARK.
>> THIS PIECE I DO LOOK AT AS A
VISUAL MUSIC.
IT STRUCK ME THAT SOME OF THESE
PIECES ARE QUREMINISCENT OF
LIKE A TREBLE CLEF.
>> WOOD WIND COULD BE CALLED A
LOVE SONG.
>> I STARTED COMING TO DOOR
COUNTY WHEN I WAS ABOUT SEVEN
OR EIGHT YEARS OLD.
IT'S LIKE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND
I FIRST LAUGHED THER ABOUT
1,000 YARDS FROM HERE.
IT BARELY FLOATED.
IT'S A FAVORITE PLACE OF MINE
AND I HOPE IT'S A FAVORITE
PLACE OF YOURS.
>> HE HAS WORKED AROUND THE
UNITED STATES ABROAD.
WHEN HE HIT RETIREMENT, HE CAME
BACK TO DOOR COUNTY.
HE CAME HOME.
>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DRAMATIC
AND DYNAMIC AND BACK HOME.
AND THIS PIECE IS A WAY OF
CELEBRATING THAT AS WELL.
I WANT IT TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
NO QUESTION.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE IT
DESERVES MY BEST EFFORT.
>> AND IT'S TAKEN EFFORT, GREAT
EFFORT, TO BRING THIS PIECE TO
FRUITION.
>> PRETTY MUCH HAVE GIVEN UP
THE SUMMER.
I STARTED WORKING ON THIS FULL
TIME.
I MEAN, CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL
AND HAVE DONE NOTHING ELSE BUT
WORK ON THIS PIECE.
>> AND ONCE UP, THIS ART IS NOT
OVER.
>> ONCE A DAY I MAKE AN
INSPEC
THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE
INVOLVED.
I CAME DOWN HERE ONE MORNING
AND I COUNTED ONE LOST THAN
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
I LOST THREE MORE THAT DAY.
>> THE INSTRUMENTS CAN DRIFT
AND REQUIRE REALIGNING.
BEAR IN MIND THEY EACH WEIGH 40
POUNDS.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP
THE COMPOSITION TRUE.
>> THE BASIC CONFIGURATION OF
THE HARBOR, THE BAY HERE IS A
CURL, A SHAPE OF A CURL AND THE
CONFIGURATION NOT ONLY OF THE
PIECES THEMSELVES BUT THE WAY
THE PIECES ARE ARRANGED AS A
CURVE.
>> HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE
KEEPING AN EYE ON HIS ARTWORK.
A CREW OF VOLUNTEERS SIGNED ON
TO KEEP WATCH OVER WOOD WIND TO
REPORT ON ANY DAMAGES, KEEP
VANDALS AWAY AND TO EXPLAIN
>> YOU CAN UNDEND THIS MAN
GOING OUT HERE IN A BOAT AND
MAKING THESE HUGE SCULPTURES?
>> YEAH.
>> MICHELLE AND HER HUSB
GARY WERE AMONG CORE GROUP
OF THE WOOD WIND WATCHERS.
>> SOMETIMES YOU NEED SOMETHING
TO CATCH YOUR EYE BECAUSE
PEOPLE CAN DRIVE THROUGH THIS
PARK AND ALL THEY SEE IS TREES.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THAT'S
WHAT HIS PIECE DOES HERE.
IT MAKES YOU PAUSE.
STOP AND REFLECT ON WHAT MAKES
THE PARK SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
>> WOOD WIND IS NOW TAKEN DOWN,
TUCKED AWAY.
THIS SONG IS STILL.
>> I SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEA THAT
THINGS DON'T HAVE TO BE
PERMANENT IN ORDER TO BE
POWERFUL.
WE'RE ALL HERE FOR JUST A
LITTLE SHOT ACROSS THE SKY.
WE'RE JUST OUT HERE FOR A BRIEF
MOMENT, JUST A SECOND, YOU KNOW.
NOTHING IS PERMANENT.
SOME OF THE MOST POIGNANT
MOMENTS ARE OFTENTIMES
EXTREMELY GROUPED.
>> WOOD WIND IS NOW GONE BUT
THE PLACE THAT INSPIRED IT, THE
PLACE THAT DISPLAYED IT, MADE
IT, ENDURES.
>> WHOEVER THOUGHT 100 YEARS
AGO THAT YOU WOULD SET ASIDE
THIS PIECE OF LAND, ABSOLUTELY
IN MY ESTIMATION COULD BE
COMMENDED.
I'M PRIVILEGED, FEEL FULLY
PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE
PART OF THE CELEBRATION.
>> WE MOVE FROM ART ON THE
WATER TO THE ART OF
ARCHITECTURE.
MANY CONSIDER FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT DESIGNS A WORK OF ART.
NOW HIS VISION FOR AMERICA GETS
A FACE LIFT.
"IN WISCON REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER SHOWS YOU ONE STREET
BEING TRANSFORMED BACK TO THE
WAY WRIGHT HAD ORIGINALLY
INTENDED IN MILWAUKEE.
>> FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HAS BEEN
A LIFE LONG PASSION GOING ALL
THE WAY BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL.
ZOOM
>> LILEK IS A MEMBER OF THE
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WISCONSIN
HERITAGE TOURISM PROGRAM.
THE GROUP BOUGHT THIS HOUSE,
BUILT IN 1916, BECAUSE IT'S
ONE-OF-A-KIND.
>> THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL B1 OF
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM THAT WAS
EVER BUILT.
>> IT WAS WRIGHT'S WAY OF
DESIGNING HOUSES THAT WERE
AFFORDABLE FOR THE WORKING
CLASS.
HIS DESIGNS WERE LESS COSTLY TO
BUILD BUT DIDN'T SCIFRP ON WAYS
THAT MADE THE HOUSES LUXURIOUS.
>> THE FIREPLACES GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF LUXURY AND COZINESS
THAT YOU DON'T OTHERWISE FIND
IN MOST COMPACT SPACES.
>> BEFORE STARTING THE
RESTORATION, LILEK AND THE
GROUP DID A GREAT DEAL OF
RESEARCH.
>> WE CAN TELL IN THIS
PARTICULAR ROOM THERE ARE EIGHT
FINISHES APPLIED OVER THE 90 OR
SO YEARS OF THE HOUSE.
STARTING WITH THIS COLOD
THEN PROGRESSING ON AND YOU CAN
KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, IN THE
1950'S WE WENT TO A GREEN AND A
YELLOW AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THIS LITTLE HOLE IS DIFFERENT.
IN THIS CASE WE ACTUALLY DUG
OUT SOME OF THE PLASTER ITSELF
AND WE SENT THIS TO A LAB FOR
ANALYSIS SO WHEN IT COMES TIME
TO FIX ALL OF THE CRACKS AND
THINGS THAT YOU SEE, WE KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT MATERIALS TO USE.
>> THE HANDS-ON WORK STARTED ON
THE EXTERIOR TURNING BACK THE
CLOCK IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, LIKE
REMOVING A PORCH THAT WASN'T IN
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING TO
RECREATE THE ORIGINAL LOOK OF
THE EXTERIOR.
IT'S CALLED A PEBBLE DASH
FINISH.
>> IN THE STUCCO THAT WAS
ADHERING TO THE WOOD GLASS
LATH, YOU HAVE THE PEBBLES THAT
ARE MADE OUT OF SQUARTS IET AND
WHITE QUARTS.
>> AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THE
TO-DO LIST FOR THE RESTORATION
IS QUITE LONG AND THE COST OF
THE PROJECT REFLECTS IT.
>> THE ORIGINAL HOME COST $3500
TO BUILD.
AND THE RESTORATION
PROJECT IS PEGED AT $411,000
FOR THE EXTERIOR ALONE.
IT'S PRETTY PRICY.
>> SINCE THAT REPORT FIRST
AIRED LAST MARCH, THE FRONT
ENTRY WITHOUT THE PORCH, NOW
LOOKS THE WAY WRIGHT INTENDED
AND THE EXTERIOR HAS BEEN
RETURNED TO ITS HISTORIC PEBBLE
DASH FI.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS
PRACTICED VERY COMMONLY IN
NORTHERN EUROPE AND IN
PARTICULAR POLAND IN 1916 AND A
LOT OF THE CRAFTS MEN THAT
WERE HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OR CITY AT THE TIME WERE FROM
POLAND AND SO IT'S QUITE
NATURAL THAT THEY KNEW HOW TO
DO THIS BUT IT'S A LOST ART.
>> RESTORATION OF THE INTERIOR
OF THE HOUSE IS ALSO NEARLY
COMPLETED.
FROM THE WARM TONES OF THE RED
GUM WOOD TO THE WRIGHT DESIGNED
LIGHT FIXTURES SPORTING
AUTHENTIC EDISON LIGHT BULBS.
TO THE NOW CLEANED UP AND
COLORFUL, BRICK FIREPLACE.
>> THE FIREPLACE WAS REALLY A
PROCESS, A SLOW PAIN STAKING
PROCESS OF SEVERAL LAYERS OF
SOOT.
SOME WAS CIGARETTE SMOKE, SOME
WAS INDUSTRIAL SOOT FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE HOME.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STILL IN
THE PROCESS OF FUNDRAISING TO
FURNISH THE HOUSE, THEY ALREADY
OFFER OCCASIONAL TOURS.
>> THE THING, I THINK,
IS THE HOUSE IS LESS THAN 850
SQUARE FEET AND PEOPLE COME
INTO THE HOUSE AND THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF IT IS I COULD
LIVE HERE.
>> IT'S A TESTAMENT TO FRANK
LLOYD WRIGHT'S DESIGN FOR THIS
AFFORDABLE WORKING CLASS HOME
AND A TESTAMENT TO THE EFFORTS
OF ALL OF THE CRAFTS MEN AND
WOMEN AND VOLUNTEERS LIKE MIKE
LILEK WHO WORKED ON THE PROJECT.
>> WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO THE WORK WE
HAVE AND NOW INTRODUCE IT AND
BRING IT TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD.
>> THE HOUSE IS SET TO HAVE ITS
OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING THIS
SPRING.
TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AND THE
HOUSE CAN BE RENTED FOR SPECIAL
OCCASIONS.
THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
WISCONSIN TOURISM PROGRAM NOW
OWNS THREE OF THE SIX WRIGHT
BUILDINGS ON THE SAME BLOCK IN
SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
ANOTHER HISTORIC HOME TOUR IS
JUST ONE OF THE REPORTS YOU'LL
SEE ON THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> IT'S A BEACON IN THE NIGHT,
GUIDING THROUGH THE
TREACHEROUS PASSAGE.
>> WISCONSIN DOES HAVE A RICH
MARITIME HISTORY AND THIS IS
PART OF IT.
>> NOW A SELECT FEW GET TO LIVE
THE LIFE OF A LIGHT HOUSEKEEPER.
>> ROCKISLAND MIGHT BE
WISCONSIN'S BEST KEPT SECRETS.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN WATERLOO.
WE'LL LEARN 101 WAYS TO MAKE
MONEY OUT OF THINGS THAT COME
FROM COWS.
>> THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO THE WATER QUALITY HERE ON
THE ST. CROIX RIVER.
THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER
LIZ KOERNER.
THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE BOTTOM
THAT MIGHT HELP ANSWER
QUESTION.
>> WHY NOT?
>> WHAT'S A PACZKI?
THIS IS ANDY SOTH.
I'LL TAKE TO YOU PULASKI TO
FIND OUT.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
FINALLY THIS WEEK, WE TAKE YOU
BACK TO PENINSULA STATE PARK.
WHERE BIRDS CAN CATCH A BREEZE
AND SOAR OVER THE DOOR COUNTY
COAST.
ENJOY THE VIEW AND HAVE A GREAT
WEEK "IN WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, FOR
BRINGING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, WE'RE ON FOR
YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTY 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.
>> WISCONSIN REALLY DOES HAVE A
RICH MARITIME HISTORY AND THIS
IS PART OF IT.
>> AND NOW A SELECT FEW GET TO
LIVE THE LIFE OF A LIGHT
HOUSEKEEPER.
>> ROCKISLAND MIGHT BE ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S BEST KEPT SECRET.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY AT
7:00 ON WISCONPUBLIC
TELEVISION.
>> ON THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN", COME ALONG FOR AN
OVERNIGHT STAY AT OUR STATE'S
OLDEST LIGHT HOUSE.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN WATERLOO
WHERE WE'LL LEARN 101 WAYS TO
MAKE MONEY OUT OF THINGS THAT
COME FROM COWS.
>> WHY NOT?
WHY NOT A PACZKI?
>> WHAT'S A PACZKI?
WE'LL TAKE TO YOU PULASKI TO
FIND OUT.
THAT'S NEXT ON "IN WISCONSIN."
>> ON THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN", COME ALONG FOR AN
OVERNIGHT STAY AT OUR STATE'S
OLDEST LIGHT HOUSE.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN WATERLOO
WHERE WE'LL LEARN 101 WAYS TO
MAKE MONEY OUT OF THINGS THAT
COME FROM COWS.
>> WHY NOT?
WHY NOT A PACZKI?
>> WHAT'S A PACZKI?
WE'LL TAKE TO YOU PULASKI TO
FIND OUT.
"IN WISCONSIN", THURSDAY AT
7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.