>> YOU THINK SOMETHING AS BIG AS
A 747 WOULD BE BE EASY TO SEE.
>> THIS TEENAGER'S BEDROOM LOOKS
LIKE A SCIENCE LAB.
COME ALONG AS MICHAEL PERRY DIGS
DEEP FOR TREASURE.
>> THERE IT IS.
IT'S YOUR CLASSIC ALL-AMERICAN
BACK 40 JUMP PILE.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S
GOING TO FIND NEXT ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> IS THAT LARRY MEILLOR?
>> 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.
>> THIS WEEK WE START WITH A
MYSTERY UNRAVELING ON THE
WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE.
IT'S A MYSTERY SURROUNDING
DEADLY COLLISIONS BETWEEN
HIGH-TECH WIND TURBINES AND HIGH
FLYING BATS.
WIND POWER MIGHT BE AN
ECOFRIENDLY SOURCE OF
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, BUT AS "IN
WISCONSIN" REPORTER JO GARRETT
DIS, IT'S KILLING BAT
POPULATIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND
IN DODGE COUNTY.
>> THE WINGS LOOK GOOD.
>> THEINGS MAKE UP ONE OF
THE MOST AMAZING FLY MACHINES
EVER.
>> THE ECHOLOCATION SPEEDS UP SO
FAST IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A
LITTLE BUZZ.
>> OUR FELLOW MAMMAL, THE BAT,
IS THE ONLY MAMMAL THAT CAN FLY,
AND THEY'RE STELLAR, SO STELLAR
THAT THE U.S. AIR FORCE HAS
ACTUALLY FUNDED A STUDY ON BAT
FLIGHT.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING
MICROAIR VEHICLES, BIG ON THE
BAT.
WISCONSIN BAT RESEARCHER DAVE
SHOWS US WINGS.
>> THAT'S ANALOGOUS TO OUR THUMB
UP HERE.
THESE FINGER BONES, THAT WOULD
BE OUR, YOU KNOW, INDEX FINGER
DOWN TO THE PINKY R HERE.
THERE'S THE ELBOW.
>> BATS EVOLVED SEPARATELY FROM
BIRDS.
THIS ELONGATED HAND, SKIN
STRETCHED BETWEEN THE FINGERS,
MAKES FOR A PERFECT AIR FOIL.
UNLIKE AN AANE OR BIRD WING,
IT'S BENDABLE, CURVING AND
CHANGING AS THEY FLY.
STEALTHY BATS CAN ON A
DIME, THINK COMPLEX MANEUVERS IN
A CLUTT ENVIRONMENT, TREES,
BRANCHES AND EVENER BATS.
THEY DODGE.
THEY DART.
IT'S SAID THAT THESE AERIALISTS
CA REA SPIDERWEB ON THE
LANDSCAPE AND AVOID IT.
SO WHY ARE THEY COLLIDING WITH
THESE?
WHY ARE THEY RUNNING INTO WIND
TURBINES?
>> IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW, WITH
THE ECHOLOCATION, ABLE TOSE
SOMETHING AS FINE AS A HUMAN
HAIR, YOU'D THINK SOMETHING AS
BIG AS A 747 WOULD BE A LITTLE
EASIER TO SEE.
BUT THAT'S WHY IT SURPRISED ALL
OF US THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT
AFFECTED.
>> REDELL WORKS AS A BAT
ECOLOGIST FOR THE WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
HE AND OTHER BAT RESEARCHERS
AROUND THE WORLD HAD NOTICED AN
ALARMING INCREASE IN BAT
MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH WIND
FARMS.
>> ANGELA IS CHECKING THE
GUIDELINES.
>> BACK IN 2005, REDELL AND THE
DNR SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
THEM FIGURE OUT WHY, A NEW WIND
FARM WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT
IN WISCONSIN.
>> THERE'S BEEN 12 STUDIES WITH
WIND FARMS ANDS, BUT THEY'VE
BEEN ALL OVER THE WIND FARMS
HAVE BEEN BUILT.
>> THIS STUDY WOULD DOCUMENT,
LOOK AT BAT LIFE.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN GAPS
OF WHAT ALTITUDE DO THEY MIGRATE
AT.
>> BEFORE AND AFTER THE
INTRODUCTION OF A WIND FARM.
>> WE REALLY NEED TO S PRE
AND THE POST TOGETHER BEFORE YOU
CAN DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS THE
FUTURE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP TOOLS
HERE TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
>> IT'S A FUTURE THAT WILL BE
FULL OF WIND FARMS.
>> RENEWABLES ARE THE CURRENT
PUSH IN THE UNITED STATES, AS
WELL AS OTHER PF THE
WORLD.
>> RL'S WORK AND THAT OF
OTHERS --
>> 6.56.
>> -- COULD PROVIDE INPUT FOR
THIS GROWING INDUSTRY ON WHERE
TO PUT THEIR TURBINES, HOW TO
PLACE THEM, BUILD THEM, RUN
THEM, TO COEXIST WITH THIS OTHER
WINGED CREATURE ON THE
LANDSCAPE.
>> IT COULD BE AN ATTRACTION
MAYBE ASSOCIATED WITH WOEGT.
->WOEGT -
WEATHER.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY WANT
TO CUT DOWN ON COLLISIONS
BETWEEN THESE TYNE NIGH -- TINY
CREATURES AND THESE MASSIVE
TURBINES.
THIS MYSTERY OF BAT MORTALITY
TOOK AN INTERESTING TURN LAST
YEAR.
BAT RESEARCHERS IN CANADND
OUT SOME BATS ARE DYING.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TURBINE
BLADES.
BUT THERE'S AN INTERESTING
TWIST.
>> WHEN YOU SEE THEM ON THE
LANDSCAPE, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO
BIG, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
ACTUALLY SPINNING QUITE SLOW,
BUT OUT AT THE TIP, THAT CAN BE
GOING 180, 200 MILES AN HOUR.
>> AND FOR MANY BATS THE PROBLEM
SEEMS TO BE NOT THE BLADE, BUT
WHAT'S BEHIND IT.
>> WHAT THEY FOUND UP IN CANADA
WAS MANY OF THE BATS WEREN'T
ACTUALLY HITTING THE TURBINE
BLADES THEMSELVES, BUT WERE
GETTING CAUGHT UP WITH THAT
PRESSURE CHANGE BEHIND THE
BLADE.
BECAUSE OF THE AERODYNAMICS OF
THE BLADE COMING THROUGH THE
AIR, IT CREATES A PRESSURE
DEVELOP BEHIND THE BLADE AND THE
BATS FLYING THROUGH THAT, THEIR
INTERNAL ORGANS AREN'T SET UP TO
WITHDRAW THAT DRASTIC PRESSURE
DROP.
>> WE JUST CAN'T HEAR IT.
>>Y ARE, LIKE US, MAMMALS
WITH BALLOON-LIKE LUNGS.
WHEN FACED WITH THIS SEVERE
PRESSURE DEVELOP, CAPILLARIES
BURST AND FILL THE LUNGS WITH
FLUID.
THE BATS DROWN AS THEY FLY.
>> SIMILAR TO THE BENDS FOR
DIVERS, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD
CALL IT THE BAT BEN
>> THE PHENOMENON IS CALLED
BAROMETRIC CHANGE T OR
BARO-TRAUMA.
BIRDS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MORE
RIGID LUNG SYSTEM, DON'T GET THE
BENDS.
ANOTHER STUDY ON BATS POINTS TO
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
>> CHANGING THE SPEED AT WHICH
THE TURBINES BEGIN SPINNING TO
GENERATE ELECTRICITY.
>> BATS LIKE TO FLY AT LOW WIND
SPEEDS.
WHEN TURBINES AREN'T GENERATING
MUCH ELECTRICITY, SO --
>> WE CAN CHANGE IT SO THEY
BEGIN SPINNING AFTER THE WIND
SPEED PICKS UPA HIGHER
LEVEL, THEY'VE SHOWN IN THESE
OTHER STUDIES THAT IT CAN
DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
FATALITIES BY SAY ANYWHERE FROM
60% TO 80 SOMECENT.
>> REDELL'S RESEARCH CONTINUES.
HE HOPES THAT WISCONSIN WILL
SOON PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO
HELP OTHER RESEARCHERS,
REGULATORS AND WIND FARM OWNERS
TO DO THEIR BEST BY BATS.
>> LAST W JO GARRETT
REPORTED ON ANOTHER THREAT
FACING BATS NATIONWIDE, THE
DEADLY WHITE NOSE SYNDROME
THAT'S WIPING OUT ENTIRE BAT
COLONIES OUT EAST.
THE CONCERN?
IT WILL SPREAD TO WISCONSIN.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE,
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin AND THEN
CLICK ON "IN WISCONSIN."
YOU'LL FIND SEVERAL OF OUR
REPORTS ABOUT WISCONSIN BATS.
MEDICAL RESEARCH IS UNDER THE
MICROSCOPE THIS WEEK AS WE TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT A UNIQUE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUMMER
CAMP.
IT GETS HIGH SCHOOL KIDS FROM
RURAL AREAS INTO HIGH-TECH LABS.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ART
HACKETT INTRODUCES YOU TO A
SENIOR WHO PENNED THE WINNING
ESSAY AND IS ON A PERSONAL QUEST
FOR ANSWERS IN NEW RICHMOND.
>> IN CODY GENSEN'S ROOM THERE
ARE NOT ONE, BUT TWO
MICROSCOPES.
HE RECENTLY HOOKED THEM UP TO A
VIDEOA TO A LAPTOP
COMPUTER.
HE USES THEM TO LOOK AT PLANTS
AND MINERALS.
>> I WAS GIVEN IT BY MY
GRANDMOTHER.
SHE COLLECTS SS AND GEMS.
>> AND THE OCCASIONAL HUMAN
SPECIMEN.
>> I ACCIDENTLY STABBED MYSELF
RECENTLY AND I LOOKED AT MY OWN
BLOOD.
>> CODY GENSEN CAN'T GET ENOUGH
HANDS- SCIENCE.
>> THERE IS NOT MUCH SCIENCE UP
HERE THAT IS INVOLVED THAT YOU
CAN JUST BE A PART OF.
>> UP HERE IS NEWHMOND.
>> NEW RICHMOND WE'RE KIND OF A
SMALL TOWN.
IT WAS A GREATORTUNITY TO
GET STUDENTS INTO THOSE LARGE
RESEARCH FACILITIES AND SEE WHAT
RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY BRAD MALPERT
IS TALKING ABOUT WAS THE ANNUAL
STEM CELL CAMP AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN IN MADISON.
WHEN CODY'S TEACHER TALKED ABOUT
THE CAMP, HE KNEW HE WANTED TO
GO.
>> I KNEW BASIC THINGS I LEARNED
ON THE INTERNET, THEIR
PROPERTIES, HOW THEY
REGENERATE CONSTANTLY, HOW THEY
CAN ONLY BECOME CERTAIN TISSUES.
>> MALPERT SAYS SOME STUDENTS
WERE HESITANT.
>> SOME OF THEM DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW WHERE THE RESEARCH HAD
STARTED FROM AND HOW FAR IT'S
GONE.
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND HOW
MUCH BENEFIT THERE IS I THINK
SOME OF THEM CAME BACK REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF STEM
CELL RESEARCH.
>> FLUSH IT OUT.
>> THERE WAS ONE EXPERIMENT
WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY LIKE IN
ONE OF THE CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENTS AND WE WERE
TRANSFERRING THE STEM CELLS.
THAT I REALLY ENJOYED BECAUSE IT
WAS JUST LIKE, WOW, YOU'RE
WORKING WITH ACTUAL EQUIPMENT.
>> GENSEN, HIS TEACHER AND
SEVERAL OTHER STUDENTS WE
INTERVIEWED WERE ALL STUNNED BY
THE SAME THING.
>> THE MOST I REMEMBER IS THE
BEATING HEART CELL.
THAT IS JUST REALLY -- THAT WAS
AWESOME.
>> STEM CELLS CAN BE
DIFFERENTIATED INTO HEART CELLS,
CELLS WHICH BEGIN BEATING ON
THEIR OWN.
BUT IN SPITE OF THE POTENTIAL OF
STEM CELLS TO CREATE TISSUE
WHICH SPRINGS TO LIFE, THE
RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL
BECAUSE OF WHERE IT BEGAN.
>> THE EARLY YEARS OF EMBRYONIC
STEM CELL RESEARCH, EVERYTHING
WAS ABOUT THE EMBRYO.
NOW WE ARE THINKING MORE ABOUT
GETTING TO THE CLINIC.
>> UW MEDICAL RESEARCHER LINDA
HOGEL TALKED ABOUT STEM CELLS.
HUMAN EMBRYOS LEFT OVERM
ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED
PREGNANCIES.
>> WERE YOU AWARE OF
CONTROVERSY OVER STEM CELLS?
>> I WAS VERY AWARE OF THE
CONTROVERSY.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S RIGHT TO
KILL A HUMAN LIFE.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT IF THEY
ARE DONATED CELLS AND THEY
AREN'T -- IT'S KILLING A
FETUS.
IT ISN'T -- I JUST DON'T SEE IT
AS THAT.
I THINK THAT -- I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT --
>> DURING STEM CELL CAMP
LECTURES STUDENTS LEARN THERE
ARE NEW METHODS FOR PRODUCING
THE CELLS WHICH DON'T RELY ON
DONATED EMBRYOS.
>> IT'S SORT OF BEHIND US.
>> NOT QUITE BECAUSE THEY'RE
STILL CONSIDERED THE GOLD
STANDARD.
BUT I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'LL
FIND ANOTHER, BETTER ROUTE TO
DERIVE STEM CELLS.
>> IN YOUR ESSAY YOU TALK SOME
ABOUT HOW THIS IS REALLY
PERSONAL TO YOU.
>> I WAS JUST DIAGNOSED RECENTLY
WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
AS THE CURRENT TREATMENTS ARE
JUST NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY
ARE DEFINITE -- THEY'RE NOT
DEFINITE, AND I JUST -- I'M
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY.
>> PUT THOSE IN TIGHT
DIRECTION AND WE CAN PUT THEM
BACK INTO THE PATIENT.
WE CAN USE THEM TO REPLACE CELLS
IN THE BODY.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
HEARD AT THE CAMP IN PARTICULAR
THAT GAVE YOU HOPE?
>> I HEARD SOMETHING THAT NO ONE
EVER HAD TOLD ME BEFORE.
>> REMEMBER, THERE AREEE
MAIN PARTS OF CELLS.
>> HE TAL ABOUT THERE BEING
THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BRAIN
CELLS.
ONE OF THEM IS REMYELINATING.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY T
ANOTHER WAS HELPER CELLS THAT
JUST HELPS THE NEURONS.
>> M.S. IS THE RESULT OF NERVE
CELLS LOSING A LAYER OF MYELIN,
WHICH ACTS AS AN INSULATOR.
>> AND SO IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
TO GET A LOT OF THOSE CELLS THAT
COULD HELP AND REMYELINATE.
M.S. COULD BE CURABLE.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S SMALL CHANGES INE'S
LIVES.
I THINK YOU GET ABSORBED TO CURE
ALS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SMALL STEPS.
IF WE CAN PROVE THAT WE GET A
LITTLE BIT TO WORK AND HOW LONG
DOES THE NEURON LAST, MAYBE IT
WILL LAST ANOTHER FOUR, FIVE
YEARS.
MAYBE IT WILL FIX IT.
WHO KNOWS?
THAT'S THE GLASS HALF FULL.
>> STEM CELLS, ON THE OTHER
HAND, I THINK COULD DO WONDERS.
THE HARD THING IS TO GET THE
STEM CELLS INTO THE PERSON AND
HAVE THEM ACTUALLY AFFECT THE
BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD.
>> CODY GENSEN INTERESTED IN
A CAREER IN MEDICAL RESEARCH.
PERHAPS HE'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO
FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN SCIENCE IS ONE WAY WISCONSIN
CAN MAINTAIN ITS LEADING EDGE IN
STEM CELL RESEARCH.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE,
JUST GO TO WPT.ORG AND THEN
CLICK ON INWISCONSIN FOR OUR
RELATED REPORT.
STRETCHING A DOLLAR AND PUTTING
FRESH FOOD ON THE TABLE ISN'T
EASY FOR INNER CITY FAMILIES.
BUT THAT'S THE MISSION OF ONE
URBANMER.
LAST MONTH WILL ALLEN JOINED
MICHELLE OBAMA TO LAUNCH THE
FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD OBESITY
CAMPAIGN.
LIZ KOERNER SHOWS YOU HOW HIS
ENERGY AND PAS FOR GARDENING
CONTINUES TO GROW IN MILWAUKEE.
>> HOW MANY BANANAS?
>> SIX.
>> SIX BANANAS?
>> WILL ALLEN IS A MAN ON A
MISSION.
>> I LOVE THIS.
>> HIS MISSION IS TOOPTKWOP
COST EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR FARMERS
TO GROW FOOD AND MAKE IT
AFFORDABLE FOR URBAN RESIDENTS.
TO DO THIS HE CREATED A
NONPROFIT CALLED GROWING POWER.
ALLEN ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE
OWNER OF THE LAST FARM IN THE
CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> TO PROVIDE FRESH FOOD TO
PEOPLE ON A LIMITED BUDGET,
ALLEN DEVELOPED A PROGRAM CALLED
THE MARKET BASKET.
THE PROGRAM OFFERS CUSTOMERS
ABOUT 25 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FOR
$16.
PEOPLE ON FEDERAL FOOD
ASSISTANCE CAN PARTICIPATE.
>> SO ALL SEGMENTS OF THE
POPULATION ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
THIS FOOD.
AND THAT'S THE WAY FOOD SHOULD
BE.
IT SHOULD BE FOOD FOR ALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I USE THAT LITTLE
TERM RICH FOOD FOR ALL, FOR ALL
PEOPLE.
>> THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT
GROWING POWER DELIVER MARKET
BASKETS TO SOME 35 SITES IN THE
CITY OF MILWAUKEE, PLACES LIKE
SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
CHURCHES.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE DELIVERY
SERVICE IS CRUCIAL.
>> FROM MY HOUSE, THE GRO
STORE IS 15 BLOCKS AWAY.
UNLESS YOU HAVE LIKE A VEHICLE,
IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE, THEN, YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE
PRETTY E
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE,
IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET THERE.
>> ALLEN IS ABLE TO KEEP COSTS
DOWN BECAUSE HE GETS THE PRODUCE
FROM ANOTHER ONE OF HIS
INITIATIVES, THE RAINBOW FARMERS
COOPERATIVE.
ALLEN HELPED CREATE THE
COOPERATIVE AS A WAY TO HELP
SMALL SCALE FARMERS FIND A
MARKET.
THERE ARE NOW 300 CO-OP MEMBERS
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> THIS WEEK WE'RE FEATURING
FRESH SWEET POTATOES FROM
MISSISSIPPI, ONE OF THE FARMERS
IN OUR CO-OP.
>> THE MARKET BASKETS ARE P
UP EVERY WEEHE YEAR.
SOME PRODUCE IS PURCHASED FROM A
LOCAL WHOLESALER.
BUT ALLEN WAN FARMERS TO FIND
WAYS TO MAKE MONEY IN WINTER
TOO.
THAT'S WHERE ALLEN'S GREES
COME IN.
INSIDE THESE STEAMYS ALLEN
DEMONSTRATES THE TYPES OF CROPS
THAT CAN BE GROWN, L WHEAT
GRASS AND A VARIETY OF SPROUTS.
THEY'RE SOLD TO RESTAURANTS,
RETAIL STORES AND ADDED TO THE
MARKET BASKETS.
>> WE ALSO FEATURE SUNFLOWER
SPROUTS PEAS.
THOSE WILL BE PUT THE BASKETS
ALSO SO THERE IS HOME-GROWN
FRUITS OR VEGETABLES.
WE DO HAVE THE SPROUTS GROWING
ALL YEAR ROUND.
>> THE GREENHOUSES ALSO CONTAIN
THOUSANDS OF POTS THAT PRODUCE A
MIX OF GREENS THAT GO INTO THEIR
SALAD MIX.
>> WHEN I SAY SALAD MIX, SALAD
MIX CONSISTS OF ROMAINE, SWISS
CHARD, YOU GOT MESCLUN GROWING,
ARUGALA.
>> HOOP HOUSES PRODUCE ROWS OF
SPINACH WITHOUT THE COST OF
ELECTRIC HEAT.
COMPOST PILES PROVIDE ALL THE
HEAT REQUIRED.
>>REQUIRED.
ALLEN IS RUNNING AN EXPERIMENT
IN ANOTHER GREENHOUSE, ONE THAT
PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE W
FIND SO INTERESTING THAT THEY
COME TO MILWAUKEE FOR TOURS AND
WORKSHOPS TO FIND OUT HOW IT'S
DONE.
HE ESTIMATES THAT 10,000 PEOPLE
WILL VISIT IN THE COMING YEAR.
WHAT DRAWS THEM IN IS A SYSTEM
THAT COMBINES HYDROPONICS,
GROWING FOOD CROPS IN WATER, AND
AQUACULTURE, WHICH PCES
MARKETABLE FISH.
>> THIS SYSTEM IS A REP --
REPLICATION OF C RIVER OR
STREAM.
THE GRAVITY FEEDS THROUGH THESE
TWO BEDS AND DROPS BACK INTO THE
SYSTEM.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE TAKING
THE SAME WATER AND PUSHING THE
SAME WATER OVER AND OVER THROUGH
THIS SYSTEM.
THE REASON THAT IT WORKS IS
BECAUSE THE FISH GIVE OFF WASTE
IN THE FORM OF AMMONIA, AND THAT
AMMONIA TURNS TO NITRATE AND
THEN TO NITRITE.
THE PLANTS ACT AS A FILTER FOR
THAT WASTE.
>> THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL IN
CITIES BECAUSE IT HAS A SMALL
FOOTPRINT.
HE DOES THIS BY STACKING THE
POTTED PLANTS ABOVE THE FISH
POOLS.
BUT IT PROMISES TO BENEFIT
FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY TOO.
>> I WANTED TO COME UP WITH A
WAY OF TRAINING DISPLACED DAIRY
FARMERS AND OTHERS THAT WANTED
TO GET -- YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE
DAIRY BARNS.
A LOT OF THEM HAD CONCRETE RUNS
AND TRAIN FARMERS HOW TO DO
THIS.
>> ALLEN BEGAN THIS EXPERIMENT
12 YEARS AGO WITH A FISH CALLED
TILL LOP PE A.
TILL -- TILAPIA.
THIS YEAR HE'S TRYING TO RAISE
PERCH.
THERE ARE SO FEW LEFT IN LAKE
MICHIGAN THAT COMMERCIAL FISHING
IS PROHIBITED BY THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
TILAPIA THRIVE IN WARM WATER,
BUT PERCH NEED COLD WATER, SO HE
PLACED THE TANK BELOW GROUND
LEVEL.
>> THE TEMPERATURE STAYS AROUND
17, MAXES OUT AT ABOUT 25
DEGREES CELSIUS.
>> ALLEN ALSO DESIGNED THE
SYSTEM, SO START-UP COSTS ARE
LOW.
>> THIS SYSTEM COST ABOUT
$3,000.
BUT A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS WITH
ALL THE FILTERS AND SUCKING OUT
THE WASTE WOULD COST ABOUT
$50,000.
>> THESE PERCH STARTED OUT AS
FINGERLINGS NINE MONTHS AGO.
IN ANOTHER THREE MONTHS THEY'LL
BE BIG ENOUGH TO SELL.
ALLEN IS READY TO CALL THIS
EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS, BUT YOU
WON'T FIND HIM SITTING ON HIS
LAURELS.
HE'S CONTINUING HIS QUEST TO
HELP FARMERS PRODUCE AFFORDABLE,
NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST
THING ONE COULD DO, IS TO GROW
FOOD, BECAUSE YOU NEVER, YOU
NEVER, EVER LEARN EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN TALK TO 80-YEAR-OLD
FARMERS AND THEY'RE STILL
LEARNING.
>> WILL ALLEN'S AQUAPONIC IDEA
IS STARTING TO BUILD.
THEY'RE SELLING A VARIETY OF
GREENS AND YELLOW PERCH TO
MARKETS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE
AREA.
ANOTHER WISCONSIN FARMER TURNED
AUTHOR IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR
HERE ON "IN WISCONSIN."
THIS WEEK, MICHAEL PERRY'S
HUMOROUS ESSAY TAKES YOU ON A
TREASURE HUNT OF SORTS IN
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
I WANT TO TAKE YOU OUT TO THE
BACK 40 AND SHOW YOU ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SPOTS.
THIS SPOT IS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE
SPOTS MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
AND I USED TO SEEK OUT WHEN WE
WERE LITS GROWING UP ON
THE FARM.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
AND WE WERE ATTRACTED TO THEM
FOR ONE SPECIFIC REASON.
TREASURE.
>> THERE IT IS.
IT'S YOUR CLASSIC, ALL-AMERICAN
BACK 40 YUNK PILE.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MOSTK
40s HAD A PILE LIKE THIS.
I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
HORRIFIED AT THE IDEA OF JUNK IN
NATURE.
BUT CAN'T LIE TO YOU.
I LIKE THESE SPO
THAT'S AN OLD CREAM SEPARATOR OR
GRINDER.
THE CARLSON BROTHERS THAT
THE FARM UP THE ROAD FROM US
WHEN WE WERE KIDS HAD SOME
WONDERFUL JUNK PILES.
ONE TIME THEY THREW ONE OF
THEIR T.V.s, WHICH WAS
FASCINATING TO US, BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE A T.V. SO WE WOULD
SIT OUT IN THE WOODS AND LOOK AT
THEIR T.V. ON THE PILE.
DIDN'T GET VERY GOOD RECEPTION.
YEAH.
THIS IS AN OLD RADIO SET.
IS THAT LARRY MEILLOR?
DIGGING THROUGH THAT STUFF, YOU
FELT LIKE A JUNIOR ARCHEOLOGIST.
IRONICALLY ENOUGH, THIS IS AN
ANTIQUE TOY GARBAGE TRUCK.
WHAT A GORGEOUS TOY IT WAS IN
ITS DAY, THOUGH.
IT'S GOT AN ACTUAL, MOVABLE D
R THAT YOU CAN DUMPDUMPE
TRASH IN.
YOU GOT A SENSE OF GREAT
ADVENTURE AS YOU DUG THROUGH
THESE PILES AND TRIED TO
RECREATE HISTORY FROM THE
OBJECTS THAT YOU FOUND THERE.
THIS WOULD BE AN OIL FILTER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
PROBABLY YOU SHOULDN'T THROW IN
YOUR RAVINE.
BUT I THINK IT'SN PRETTY
MUCH NEUTRALIZED BY NOW.
STILL HOLDS WATER.
ANYBODY REMEMBER PULL PADS?
SOME SORT OFSING.
T.V. DINNER TRAY.
MUST HAVE BEEN A BACHELOR FARMER
HERE AT SOME POINT.
NO IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN.
HEATER OR LIVE TRAP OR B
GLASS?
ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT, CRITICAL
PART OF THE TREASURE HUNT.
OLD GARDEN HOSE.
UNDER THESE FERNS YOU CAN SEE
THAT WHEEL THERE.
IT'S AN OLD GRAIN SCALE.
COULD HAVE PROBABLY SOLD THAT TO
SOMEBODY IN BAYFIELD.
THIS IS
ANYBODYEMBER THE RED OWL
STORE?
WELCOME TO OUR OFF NECK ANTIQUE
ROAD SHOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I BET YOU THAT' TRUCKER SHOE
BECAUSE IT'S ALL WORE OFF RIGHT
WHERE YOU WOULD RUN THAT CLUTCH
OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL.
RIGHT DOWN H THERE'S A HOLE
HERE THAT RUNS BACK ABOUT FOUR
FEET.
I'M NOT GOING TO STICK MY ARM IN
IT.
I THINK THE FACT THAT THE OLD
STOCK TANK IS HOLDING BACK A
LITTLE DIRT PRETTY MUCH CANCELS
OUT THE EFFECT OF THE LEAKY OIL
FILTERS AND CADMIUM BATTERIES.
GOOD THEORY ANYWAY.
>> ON MARCH 25 MICHAEL PERRY
WILL HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO ESSAY
FOR "IN WISCONSIN."
AS HE UNCOVERS HIS MOST PRIZED
POSSESSION FROM THAT BACK 40
JUNK PILE.
"IN WISCONSIN" WILL NOT BE SEEN
THE NEXT WEEKS SO WE CAN
BRING YOU OTHER SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING.
BUT HERE'S A LOOK SOME OF THE
REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR
WHEN WE RN.
>> VERY SPIRITUAL PLACE.
IT'S A POWERFUL.
>> IT'S A PLACE JOHN MUIR'S
FAMILY FARMED IN WISCONSIN.
MEET THE MAN WHO NOW WALKS IN
MUIR'S FT STEPS.
>> I THINK IS ALIVE AND WELL
HERE.
I THINK HIS SPIRIT IS VERY
STRONG.
>> THIS WISCONSIN SPRING RITUAL
IS AS OLD AS TIME.
>> THEY HOOP AND THEY HOLLER AND
THEY JUMP AND THEY DANCE.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER JO GARRETT.
>> I'LL BRING YOU THE DANCE OF
THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
>> PLUS IT'S A TUNE WITH A
SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF
WISCONSIN.
>> BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
MINNESOTA FAN FAVORITE.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE UW FIGHT
SONG AS WE CELEBRATE 100RS.
THOSE REPORTS WHEN "IN
WISCONSIN" RETURNS ONRSDAY,
MARCH 25, RIGHT HERE ON
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE IN AN
INSTANT DURING THE MONTH OF
MARCH IN WISCONSIN, SO THIS WEEK
WE LEAVE YOU WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
SPRING CAN BRING TO THE STKEL
MARSH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. -- ZELOSKI
IT'S A RESTORED NATURAL AREA.
ENJOY THE VIEW AND HAVE A GREAT
WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
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