>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK
>> WELCOME TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
>> JOIN THE STATE'S OLDEST
LIGHTHOUSE AND SEE WHAT IT TOOK
THE RESTORE THIS MONUMENT TO
MARITIME HISTORY.
AND AN UPDATE ON THE PINE
MARTEN REINTRODUCTION INTO THE
WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE.
WHY IS IT PROVING SO ELUSIVE?
>> THERE ISN'T A MANUAL THAT
SAYS HERE IS HOW YOU INTRODUCE
MARTENS INTO WISCONSIN.
>> A TRIBUTE TO OUR TROOPS.
WE WELCOME HOME WISCONSIN'S
LEGENDARY BLUE ARROW BRIGADE.
>>
THEY KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, WE'RE ON FOR
YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENT IS TREE AND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH WORKING
WITH FAMILY VETERINARIANS
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> THIS WEEK WE BEGIN WITH A
GROWING MYSTERY UNRAVELING DEEP
IN WISCONSIN'S NORTHWOODS.
THAT MYSTERY CENTERS AROUND AN
ANIMAL MY NATION, OJIBIWA
CALLED A FIERCE PREDATOR.
THE CLAN SYMBOL FOR THE
WARRIORS IN THE TRIBE.
JO GARRETT SHOWS YOU WHY
ELUSIVE PINE MARTEN IS
ENDANGERED AND WHAT IS BEING
DONE TO SAVE IT IN ASHLAND
COUNTY.
>> THIS IS THE STORY WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING FOR MANY YEARS.
>> DID THEY CLIMB A TREE, JUMP
OFF A TREE?
>> MYSTERY.
>> THEY'LL GO IN AND OUT OF THE
LOG.
>> A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED BY
DETECTIVE WORK.
>> WE CAUGHT IT OVER HERE.
OVER THIS WAY.
>> THROUGH TRACKING AND ELEGANT
TRAPS.
>> GRASS IN THERE AND SOMETHING
FOR THEM TO STAY WARM.
>> TEAMWORK.
>> THIS IS THE INFRARED CAMERA
AND THAT ONLY WOR NIGHT.
>> THE MYSTERY CENTERS ON THIS
ANIMAL, THE PINE MARTEN, A TINY
AND TOUGH PREDATOR.
WEIGHING IN AT 1 TO 4 POUNDS
THIS MEMBER OF THE WEASEL
FAMILY WAS ALWAYS PART OF
WISCONSIN'S NORTHWOODS.
THE ANIMAL WAS DRIVEN FROM THE
STATE BY FUR TRAPPING AROUND
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
A RECOVERY EFFORT BEGAN IN THE
EARLY 1990s.
>> THERE WE GOT HER.
>> HERE IS THE MYSTERY.
UNLIKE OTHER ANIMALS
REINTRODUCED IN THE STATE, PINE
MARTENS HAVE NOT THRIVED.
IN FACT, OVER THE LAST DECADE
THEIR NUMBERS HAVE DECLINED.
CURRENT NUMBERS RESEARCHERS
ESTIMATE THERE ARE FEWER THAN
200 IN THE NICK LAY NATIONAL
FOREST AND 30 TO 100 IN THE KHE
QUAUM GONE.
WHAT'S THE STORY WITH
WISCONSIN'S MARTENS?
>> MINNESOTA HAS SEVERAL
THOUSAND MARTENS AND MICHIGAN
HAS GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED.
NOT QUITE A SAME DENSITY BUT
BOTH ARE DOING WELL AND
THRIVING.
YET WE'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
HERE AND WE HAVE AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES.
>> I THINK IT'S THIS WAY.
>> JONATHAN GILBERT IS A
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST THE GREAT
LAKES INDIAN FISH ANDLIFE
COMMISSION AND STUDIED MARTENS
FOR DECADES.
>> THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF FRESH
TRACKS HERE.
SHE'S BEEN IN HERE.
THIS IS WHERE SHE'S HUNTING AND
STUFF.
>> ARMED WITH NEW, MORE PRECISE
INFORMATION ABOUT EXACT
SPECIFICS IN HABITAT THAT
MARTENS PREFER.
>> SHE LIKES THIS SPOT A LOT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
NOW I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM
HER.
I'VE LEARNED THESE STUMPS ARE
IMPORTANT AND THOSE ARE USEFUL
PLACES FOR THEM.
>> GILBERT AND FELLOW
RESEARCHERS FROM THE WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
AND THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
JOINED FORCES START A NEW
THREE-YEAR RECOVERY EFFORT.
THEIR GOAL, 30 MARTENS LIKE
TWEAK BROUGHT IN FROM MINNESOTA
EVERY YEAR FOR THREE YEARS.
FOR A TOTAL OF 90 NEW MARTENS
IN THE STATE.
SO HOW IS IT GOING ONE YEAR IN?
GILBERT GAVE US AN UPDATE ON
THE FIRST YEAR'S TWISTS AND
TURNS.
>> THERE ISN'T A MANUAL OUT
THAT SAYS HOW TO INTRODUCE
MARTENS INTO WISCONSIN.
>> ONE NICE THING THAT HAPPENED
INVOLVED THIS STUDY SUBJECT.
SHEREE.
>> WE PUT IT ON A MATERNAL DEN
SITE WHERE A FEMALE HAD YOUNG.
>> IN A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN
RESEARCHERS THEY CAUGHT THIS,
SHE EMERGES FROM TEN TREE OF
HER DEN AT THE BASE OF A CEDAR
TREE.
LOOK WHAT SHE HAS.
>> WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE
MOTHER CARRYING THE YOUNG OUT
OF THE DEN SITE.
SO IT WAS VERY COOL AND SO WE
WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DOCUMENT
THAT REPRODUCTION WAS OH CURING.
>> IN ADDITION THEY FOUND
ANOTHER POCKET OF PINE MARTENS.
THE AREA USED FOR THE RECOVERY
PROJECT STRETCHES FOR SOME 20
MILES IN THE FOREST.
LARGER THAN THE RESEARCHER'S
PREVIOUS STUDY AREA AND HAPPYLY
IT HOLDS MARTENS.
>> WE FOUND SOME NATIVE ANIMALS
THAT HAD BEEN THERE ALL ALONG.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
THEY OCCUR OVER A WIDER AREA
AND THERE IS PROBABLY MORE OF
THEM THAN THOUGHT IN THE
PAST.
THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS.
>> UNDERSTAND THESE WOODS ARE
STILL WAY SHORT ON MARTENS.
A SUSTAINABLE POPULATION IS
AROUND 1,000 ANIMALS.
THEY NEED 700 TO 800 MORE.
THE WORK OF THESE RESEARCHERS
TRAPPING MINNESOTA MARTENS IS
CRITICAL.
>> WE WANTED 20 FEMALES AND 10
MAILS. -- MALES.
>> THEY ALMOST GOT IT.
KEEPING TO THATLY 2 TO 1
SEX RATIO WAS NO EASY TASK.
GALS LIKE TWEAK CAN BE ELUSIVE.
>> IT IS A CHALLENGE TO GE FEMALES THAN
THEY'RE HARDER TO CATCH.
MALES ARE MORE CURIOUS USUALLY
AND PERHAPS MORE RECKLESS.
THEY TEND TO GO INTO THE TRAPS
EASIER.
ESPECIALLY YOUNG MALES.
WE'RE ALL USED TO THOSE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY.
YOU TRAP THE ANIMAL BUT THEN
WHAT?
YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CHANGES IN PROJECT
PROTOCOL.
THAT HOLDING PEN.
>> WHEN WE BRING ANIMALS FROM
ONE PLACE AND PUT THEM INTO
ANOTHER.
THERE IS A HARD RELEASE AND A
SOFT RELEASE.
A HARD RELEASE IS YOU GO CATCH
THEM, OPEN THE DOOR TO THE
CONTAINER AND LET THEM GO.
>> THE RESEARCHERS WANTED TO
KEEP THESE MARTENS TO THE
SPECIAL PRE-SELECTED AREA CHOCK
FULL OF THE KIND OF HABITAT
THAT MARTENS NEED THE IVE.
>> TAKE OFF AND RUN AWAY.
THEY MAY BE RUNNING FROM GOOD
TO POOR HABITAT AND WE DON'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
>> SOFT RELEASE.
HOLD THEM FOR A FEW DAYS, GET
ACCUSTOMED TO THE WOODS.
PROP THE DOOR OPEN LET THE
MARTENS SNEAK OUT AND SETTLE IN.
THE MARTENS HAD THEIR OWN IDEA.
>> ONCE WE LET THEM GO, WELL,
THEY TENDED TO WANDER ANYHOW.
FURTEST ONE WAS 20 MILES NOT
MEETING OUR OBJECTIVE OF TRYING
TO HOLD THEM IN THE PLACE.
>> IN ADDITION, A FEW MARTENS
CHIPPED THEIR TEETH TRYING TO
CHEW THEIR WAY OUT OF THE
HOLDING PENS.
>> IT'S THE TIP OF THE TOOTH
WOULD BE BROKEN OFF.
>> STILL UNACCEPTABLE.
>> FOR A PREDATOR THAT'S NOT A
GOOD THING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY USE AND HOW
THEY MAKE THEIR LIVING.
>> THERE GOAL IS TO TRY TO
LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT
THE SPECIES BUT STILL PROTECT
THE INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL.
IT'S A CONSTANT TRADE-OFF.
>> EACH ANIMAL HAS ITS OWN
FREQUENCY ON THE COLOR.
>> WITHOUT RADIO COLLART
ISN'T POSSIBLE TO TRACK THE
ANIMALS.
WITHOUT TRACKING THERE IS NO
INFORMATION ON HOW THE ANIMALS
LIKE FRANK HERE ARE DOING.
BUT COLLARING HAS A DOWN SIDE.
>> IT'S MORE WEIGHT FOR THEM TO
CARRY WHEN THEY'RE HUNTING OR
ESCAPING PREDATORS.
ANIMALS THAT HAVE TO SQUEEZE
INTO TIGHT PLACES TO HUNT LIKE
MARTENS DO TO GET MICE.
THAT'S A NEGATIVE.
>> TO MITIGATE THAT NEGATIVE A
TRADE-OFF.
BEFORE THEY STARTED THE PROJECT
THEY AGREED TO COLLAR ONLY HALF
THE MARTENS THEY BROUGHT IN.
ONE YEAR IN, THEY NEED ANOTHER
REFINEMENT.
>> WE HAD AN ANIMAL THAT WAS
450 GRAMS.
PUT A COLLAR ON HER AND JUST
LOOKING AT HER IT WAS LIKE NO,
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
WE ESTABLISHED A MINIMUM WEIGHT
BELOW WHICH WE WOULDN'T COLLAR
THE ANIMALS.
>> THEARS WEIGH AROUND 30
GRAMS.
>> PUTTING A GRAM COLLAR ON
A 400 GRAMIS CLOSE TO
10% OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT.
THAT'S TOO MUCH.
>> THEY STILL PLAN TO COLLAR
HALF THEIR MARTENS BUT THE
MARTENS MUST TOP 600 GRAMS.
ANOTHER REFINEMENT IN THE
THREE-YEAR PROJECT.
>> A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH SUCH A COOL SPECIES.
I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE
NEXT STEPS.
IT'S WARM IN THERE, HUH?
YEAH.
YOU WANT TO COME OUT?
>> I JUST TALKED TO JONATHAN
GILBERT AND HE TOLD ME THAT
THEY WERE ABLE TO TRAP 30
MARTENS IN MINNESOTA THIS YEAR.
THAT'S 20 FEMALES AND TEN MALES
RELEASED INTO THE WILD.
THEY DISCOVERED BY USING THE
HARD RELEASE THAT THE MARTENS
ACTUALLY STAYED CLOSER TO THE
PRIME HABITAT SELECTED BY THE
RESEARCHERS INSTEAD OF RUNNING
OFF.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHY.
WHAT ABOUT THE MARTEN MOM YOU
PHOTOGRAPHED?
>> BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ONE IS
THRIVING AND SURVIVING AND GOT
MORE PHOTOS OF HER AND WE HOPE
TO SHOW YOU MORE OF THOSE.
>> I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR REPORTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE REPORT YOU JUST WATCHED IS
THE FOURTH IN AN ONGOING SERIES
"IN WISCONSIN" HAS PRODUCED ON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE PINE
MARTEN.
TO WATCH RELATED REPORTS, JUST
GO TO wpt.org AND CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE
PINE MARTENS' BIOLOGY AND THE
THEORIES EMERGING AS TO WHY THE
PINE MARTEN IS NOT THRIVING
HERE.
THIS IS A WELCOME HOME OF SORTS
FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD 32nd
GRIG AID COMBAT TEAM.
WE AIRED THE REPORT A YEAR AGO
AFTER THE TROOPS LEFT FOR IRAQ.
THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT SINCE
WORLD WAR II.
THE FIRST OF MORE THAN 3200
SOLDIERS FROM ACROSS WISCONSIN
STARTED ARRIVING HOME IN EARLY
JANUARY AFTER A 10-MONTH TOUR
OF DUTY IN IRAQ.
THIS WEEK "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ART HACKETT LOOKS BACK
AT THE LEDGE--
>> WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBERS FROM THE 32nd BRIGADE
ASSEMBLED IN AN ARMORY.
IT HAD THE FEEL OF A 1950s HIGH
SCHOOL GYM.
THE SOERLSD WERE SURROED BY
SYMBOLS OF THEIR DIVISION, A
FLAG, A WOODEN CUT-OUT ON THE
WALL.
A PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH A NAME
THE FRENCH GAVE THEM IN WORLD
WAR I.
THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE
HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
105th CAVALRY.
OTHER SOLDIERS WERE BOARDING
BUSES ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
ALL WEAR THE SAME SHOULDER
PATCH WITH A RENDERING OF THE
RED ARROW.
>> IT'S A RICH HISTORY IN THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN SO TO WEAR
THE PATCH AND HAVE A HIGHWAY
NAMED AFTER YOU IS A PRETTY BIG
DEAL.
I WEAR IT PROUDLY.
>> WISCONSIN'S HIGHWAY 32 RUNS
FROM LAND O'LAKES TO KENOSHA.
IT WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE
DIVISION.
>> 32nd BRIG GAID HAS A HISTORY
TO WORLD WAR I AND II.
>> THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IS
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
HE AND MANY COMRADES HAVE
ALREADY SERVED IN IRAQ.
>> MISSIONS OVER THERE, PEOPLE
SEE THE RED ARROW PATCH AND I
THINK THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THE
BRIGADE AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND
ACCOMPLISH.
>> WHY ARE THEY FAMILIAR?
>> I WOULD SAY -- GOOD QUESTION.
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY CARRIED BY
THAT TIME.
THAT'S STANDARD ISSUE 03
SPRINGFIELD.
>> TOM DOHERTY HAD THE SAME
QUESTION, WHY ARE THEY FAMOUS?
DOHERTY SERVED IN THE 32nd FROM
1978 TO 1994
HE HAD HEARD THE LEGENDS GOING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO WORLD WAR I.
THAT 32nd GAME INTO BEING JUST
BEFORE SOLDIERS SHIPPED OFF TO
EUROPE.
>> 18 DIVISIONS, I BELIEVE,
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE
CALLED UP AND THEY ALL HAD TO
BE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN AN
ORGANIZATION AND GIVEN ARMY
DESIGNATIONS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF.
THEY WERE SIMPLY REJMENTS.
>> THE 32nd WAS ONE THE
FIRST NATIONAL GUARD DIVISIONS
TO GET INTO COMBAT TAKING PART
IN MANY OFFENSIVES.
THEY WERE THE FIRST AMERICANS
TO PIERCE THE HINDENBERG LINE.
DOHERTY BEGAN RESEARCH THEIR
HISTORY.
HE'S AUTHORED NUMEROUS ARTICLES
IN THE WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF
HISTORY.
>> IT WAS CALLED THE HARDEST
WORKED DIVISION ON THE WESTERN
FRONT.
IT HAD THE FOURTH OR FIFTH
HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEAD AND
WOUNDED.
13,000 TOTAL OUT OF THE 32nd
DIVISION.
>> DOHERTY SAYS THE REAL FAME
CAME FROM THE UNITE'S ACTION
DURING WORLD WAR II.
THIS IS THE ISLAND OF NEW
GUINEA.
THE ACCOUNTS DIDN'T MATCH SOME
OF THE THINGS HE WAS READING.
>> I CAME ACROSS A ROOM FULL OF
NEAT OLD STUFF, AMONG THEM WERE
THE BOUND VOLUMES OF THIS
MAGAZINE I HAD NEVER HEARD OF
BEFORE.
THIS IS THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL
GUARD REVIEW.
THE PERIODICAL THAT WENT OUT TO
MEMBERS OF THE GUARD THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
>> AND HE BEGAN TO WONDER HOW
THE SOLDIERS HE SAW IN THE
PICTURES WOUND UP AT THE TIP OF
THE ALLIES' SPEAR.
>> THE RED ARROW DIVISION WAS
TO STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW AND
TURN TIDE IN NEW BEGUNY.
>> HOMETOWN UNITS AMAT
TRAINING AMATEURS.
THIS IS PAST FOR A PORTABLE
COMMUNICATION SPEC IN THE 1930s.
>> HE SAYS AS THE INVASION
LOOMED, ARMY TOP BRASS AND THE
32nd'S LEADERSHIP DISAGREED ON
STRATEGY.
GENERAL DOUGLAS McARTHUR FELT
THE JAPANESE TROOPS WERE ON
THEIR LAST LEGS.
THE 32nd COULD LEARN ON THE JOB.
>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WALK
OVER.
THE 32nd WAS SENT THERE NOT
BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST
EQUIPPED AND TRAINED.
IT WAS SENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T
THE BEST TRAINED.
>> HERE IS HOW THE 1952 FILE
FILM DESCRIBED THE EVENTS.
>> GENERAL McARTHUR KEPT IN
CLOSE TOUCH.
>> THIS PERSON SERVED AND HE
WAS INTERVIEWED IN 2002 FOR
WISCONSIN WORLD WAR II STORIES.
>> THE ONLY REALLY HARD
TRAINING WE HS 100-MILE
HIKE OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN
QUEENSLAND.
>> THEY WERE BY McARTHUR
AND HIS INTELLIGENCE LACKEY
THAT THEY SHOULD ONLY EXPECT A
COUPLE HUNDRED JAPANESE.
INSTEAD WHAT WAS WAITING FOR
THEM WAS ABOUT 6,000 JAPANESE
WHO WERE VETERANS OF WAR IN
CHINA AND INDOCHINA AND THERE
WERE DUG INTO VERY COMPLEX
SYSTEMS OF BUNKERS AND TRENCHES
AND THE 32nd DIDN'T HAVE THE
WEAPONS TO REDUCE DEFENSES LIKE
THIS.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY JUNGLE
EQUIPMENT.
WE JUST HAD REGULAR LEATHER
SHOES WITH CANVAS LEGGINGS AND
HEAVY CANVAS FATIGUES.
AND WE HAD -- WE DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE NEW HELMETS.
WE HAD WORLD WAR I HELMETS.
>> THE DIVISION'S COMMANDER
ARGUED THE 32nd NEEDED TANKS
AND GUNS TO DESTROY ENEMY
IMPLACEMENTS.
>> WE WERE UP AGAINST A STONE
WALL AND McARTH NOT
REALIZE THIS.
HE WAS 140 MILES AWAY IN A
HOTEL.
>> TOLD THAT THE 32nd WAT
FIGHTING McARTHUR REPLACED
HARDING.
>> HE DIDN'T TAKE THE ISLAND
UNTIL HE HAD THE MATERIAL AND
THE MANPOWER THAT HARDING HAD
BEEN ASKING FOR ALL ALONG.
>> 690 MEMBERS OF THE 32nd
DIVISION DIED THERE.
NEARLY 1700 WERE WOUNDED.
THE BATTLE LASTED TWO MONTHS.
>> McARTHUR APOLOGIZEED TO THE
32nd DIVISION.
FOR BEING SO CRITICAL, TELLING
THEM THAT THEY COULDN'T FIGHT.
BUT ONE OFFICER SAID THE SAME
UNIT THAT WOULDN'T FIGHT AT
BUNA WON THE VICTORY THERE.
>> HERE THEY ARE COMING TO
MOBILIZATION IN LOUISIANA
DURING THE SUMMER OF 1941.
>> TODAY'S MISSION IS SIMILAR
BUT TODAY'S TROOPS ARE
DIFFERENT.
>> BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL BEEN ON
ACTIVE DUTY.
THEY'VE ALL LEARNED THEIR
SOLDIER SKILLS AND GOT THEIR
SPECIAL TY SKILLS.
MANY HAVE ALREADY SERVED THERE.
LIKELY EVERYONE IN THE PICTURE
WAS KIND OF A ROOKIE.
WHATEVER SKILLS THEY HAD
LEARNED PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION
HAD BEEN IN THE LOCAL ARMORY
FROM SOMEONE LIKE HIMSELF.
>>E OF THOSE GUYS HAPPENED
TO BE MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RED ARROW
DIVISION.
MILITARY SHIPS, OCEAN LINERS
AND SKOONERS HAVE ALL SAILED
THROUGH THE HAZARDOUS WATERS
AROUND DOOR COUNTY.
IT HAS 300 MILES OF SHORELINE
WHERE TEN LIGHTHOUSES STAND
WATCH TO GUIDE SAILORS SAFELY
THROUGH THE ROCKY SHOALS.
BUT ONE STANDS OUT FROM ALL THE
REST.
THE POTAWATOMI ON ROCK ISLAND
IS THE OLDEST IN WISCONSIN
BUILT IN 1836.
IT HAS WEATHERED MANY STORMS
AND AFTER RENOVATION THE
HISTORY OF THE LIGHTHOUSE COMES
BACK TO LIFE DURING THE SUMMER
ON ROCK ISLAND.
LIFE HAS NEVER EASY ON
THIS ISOLATED ISLAND.
DON LOCKHART REMEMBERS.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL JOB.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE I PRETTY
MUCH REMEMBER IT.
>> HIS FATHER, ERNIE, WAS THE
LAST ASSISTANT LIGHT KEEPER
HERE.
IN 1999 LOCKHART RETURNED TO
CHECK OUT THE RESTORATION OF
HIS BOYHOOD HOME.
>> MANY TRIPS UP THESE STEPS.
TO SEE IT BEING RESTORED IS
REALLY -- PRETTY NEAT.
>> THE RESTORATION TEAM FROM
THE FRIENDS OF ROCK ISLAND USED
PAINT CHIPS TO MATCH THE COLOR
OF DYES AVAILABLE IN 1910.
>> NICE JOB.
>> SINCE DON'S VISIT THE HANDS
OF TIME HAVE BEEN REWOUND,
RETURNING THIS LIGHTHOUSE TO
1910.
IT'S NOW OPEN FOR TOURS.
>> WELCOME TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
WE'RE STANDING IN THE SUMMER
KITCHEN, AN ADDITION PUT ON
HERE IN 1880.
THERE IS A HAND PUMP.
IF THERE WAS WATER IN THE SIS
TERNS THEY HAD RUNNING WATER,
SO TO SPEAK, IN THEIR HOUSE.
IT WAS A DRY TIME THEY HAD TO
HIKE TO THE LAKE AND HAUL THE
WATER BACK UP.
WE'RE STANDING IN THE KITCHEN
OF THE HEAD KEEPER'S QUARTERS.
THE HOUSE WAS A DUPLEX.
THE KEEPER HAD THE MAIN FLOOR
HERE AND THE ASSISTANT WOULD
HAVE HAD THE UPSTAIRS.
>> THE OVEN SERVED A DUAL
PURPOSE.
EMILY BETS, THE LIGHT KEEPER'S
WIFE WAS ALSO THE MIDWIFE.
SHE'D USE THE OVEN ON TOP OF
THE RANGE TO KEEP INFANTS WARM
WHEN IT WASN'T BEING USED TO
COOK POTATOES.
>> IF YOU WERE EATING THOSE
POTATOES YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO
EAT THEM ON OFFICIAL UNITED
STATES LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE CHINA.
>> ROCK ISLAND WAS IN ITS
HEYDAY BETWEEN 1830 AND 1
WITH A FISHINGAGE ON THE
EAST SIDE WHERE FAMILIES LIVED
IN ONE ROOM LOG CABINS.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS MORE LIKE A
CASTLE.
>> WHEN YOU GOT INTO THIS
LIGHTHOUSE YOU WOULD LOOK
AROUND AND GO WOW, THIS IS
REALLY QUITE THE PLACE COMPARED
TO WHAT YOU WERE USED TO LIVING
IN.
>> THE WIDE WINDOWSILLS IN THE
PARLOR EXPOSED THE THICKNESS OF
THE STONE EXTERIOR.
>> HERE WE'VE GOT YOUR
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.
THE PRECURSOR TO THE iPod.
IT HAD MUSIC WAS RECORDED
ON THESE WAX CYLINDERS.
WE'VE ENTERED THE HEAD KEEPERS'
BEDROOM.
A NICE VIEW OF THE ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW
OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF
THE ORIGINAL WAVY GLASS THAT
DATES BACK TO WHEN THE HOUSE
WAS FIRST BUILT.
HERE IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THE
HOUSE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE IN THE
ASSISTANT'S KITCHEN RIGHT NOW
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL
WAS ANOTHER LIVING ROOM OR
PARLOR AND THEN THE TWO ROOMS
THAT FACED THE LAKE WERE SET UP
AS BEDROOMS.
>> AND THEN THE TOUR TAKES YOU
FOR A CLIMB.
A VERY STEEP CLIMB THAT COMES
WITH A WARNING.
>> WATHEAD THERE, GALS.
WE'RE PASSING BY A LITTLE AREA
HERE CALLED THE WATCH ROOM
WHERE THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER ON
DUTY WOULD HANG OUT.
MAYBE RECORD THE DAILY
HAPPENINGS IN HIS LOG BOOK AND
STILL HAVE A VIEW OUT THE WATCH
WINDOW.
>> FINALLY COMING INTO VIEW THE
NEW LANTERN ROOM.
>> IT WAS CALLED A FIXED WHITE
LIGHT WHICH MEANS ONCE IT WAS
LIT ITAYED ON ALL NIGHT.
IT DIDN'T FLASH, ROTATE, DIDN'T
HAVE ANY OTHER COLOR TO IT.
BUT THEY SAID UNDER THE BEST
CONDITIONS IT COULD BE SEEN AT
A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 14 MILES.
>> IN 1945 THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT COULD SEE THE FUTURE
AND DECIDED TO AUTOMATE THE
BEACON AND CLOSE THE LIGHTHOUSE.
>> THE OLD LIGHTHOUSE IS NOT
ACTIVE AS AN AID TO NAVIGATION
ANYMORE BUT THE STEEL TORE THAT
IS ADJACENT TO US RIGHT HERE
STILL HAS AN ACTIVE AID TO
NAVIGATION LIGHT THAT'S LISTED
ON THE COAST GUARD'S LIGHT LIST.
>> REACHING TOWARD THE SKY,
THIS MODERN MAZE PROVIDES A
STARK CONTRAST TO THE
PICTURESQUE LIGHTHOUSE
PERFECTLY PRESERVED IN TIME.
>> ITS PURPOSE WAS TO GUIDE
SHIPS AND MARINERS THRO THIS
PASSAGE SO THEY WOULD SAFELY
MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION.
>> SHIPS PASSING THROUGH THE
ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE SHIMMER IN
THE SHADOWS OF AN EARLY MORNING
AS THEY MAKE A SAFE JOURNEY
AROUND POTAWATOMI POINT, A
TIME-HONORED TRADITION AND
SALUTE TO A TIME GONE BY.
WE ASKEDT HE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AS HIS LEGACY 50 YEARS FROM
NOW.
WITH A GREAT PAUSE HE SAID HE
HOPED VOLUNTEERS WOULD STILL BE
WORKING WITH THE STATE TO
MAINTAIN WISCONSIN'S FIRST
LIGHTHOUSE SO FUTURE
GENERATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
LEARN ITS HISTORY.
THE FRIENDS GROUP HAS NOW
SHIFTED SOME OF ITS TIME AND
ENERGY TOWARD THE BOAT HOUSE
AND OTHER HISTORICLDINGS ON
ROCK ISLAND BUILT BY
ENTREPRENEUR CHESTER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REPORTS
YOU'LL SEE NEXT WEEK "IN
WISCONSIN" AS WE GIVE YOU A
SNEAK PREVIEW.
>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO
ROCK ISLAND.
>> THIS WISCONSIN ISLAND GET
AWAY ONCE ENTERTAINED THE RICH
AND FAMOUS.
>> PEOPLE SAY WOW, I DIDN'T
KNOW WISCONSIN HAD ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
>> THERE IS A REASON ROCK
ISLAND LOOKS A LOT LIKE ICELAND.
>> THIS IS JO GARRETT.
WISCONSIN RESEARCHERS ARE
WORKING AT WARP SPEED TRYING TO
GATHER RESEARCH INFORMATION
AHEAD OF A DEADLY EPIDEMIC.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS IN A
HURRY.
>> WHAT COULD IT MEAN FOR
WISCONSIN?
>> IT'S A CAMP FOR KIDS TO
DISCOVER, THE SCIENCE OF STEM
CELL RESEARCH.
>> EMPOWER THEM AND GIVE THEM
THE CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO
THINK ABOUT A FUTURE CAREER IN
SCIENCE.
>> I'M ART HACKETT AND I'LL PUT
THIS UNIQUE CAMP UNDER THE
MICROSCOPE.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 ON OUR STATEWIDE NEWS
MAGAZINE PROGRAM, "IN
WISCONSIN" RIGHT HERE ON
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
FINALLY THIS WEEK A LOOK AT
WINTER IN THE UW-MADISON
ARBORETUM.
SINCE 1934 PEOPLE HAVE COME
HERE TO RESTORE THE LAND,
ADVANCE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION,
AND FOSTER ALDO LEOPOLD'S LAND
ETHIC.
IN THE COMINEEKS WE'LL HAVE
A SERIES OF REPORTS AS IT
CELEBRATES ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLY TO KEEP
HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIFE
IN WISCONSIN RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, WE'RE ON FOR
YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SURGUR EAR SPECIALISTS.
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.