>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, WHAT'S BECOME OF JOHN
MUIR'S BOYHOOD FARM?
>> IT'S A VERY SPIRITUAL PLACE.
IT'S A POWERFUL PLACE.
>> WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
MISSION OF A MAN WHO NOW WALKS
IN JOHN MUIR'S FOOTSTEPS.
PLUS A SPRING RITUAL THAT GIVES
A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO THE
CHICKEN DANCE.
AND A TUNE THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL
PLACE IN THE HEART OF WISCONSIN
THAT ALMOST BECAME A MINNESOTA
FAN FAVORITE.
THOSE REPORTS AND MICHAEL PERRY
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 WISCONSIN.
>> PERHAPS THE BEST WAY TO
UNDERSTAND THE FATHER OF OUR
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM IS BY
TRAVELING TO THE PLACE WHERE HE
FIRST EXPLORED THE OUTDOORS AT
HIS BOYHOOD HOME ON FOUNTAIN
LAKE FARM.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 150 YEARS SINCE
THIS PRESERVATION GIANT LIVED IN
WISCONSIN, BUT TODAY ANOTHER MAN
IS FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOT
STEPSTEPS IN BLO TOWP.
* *
>> THIS IS THE PLACE IN THE
MID-1800s WHERE A YOUNG BOY
FROM SCOTLAND FIRST EXPERIENCED
THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
HERE, HE COULD WATCH GEESE FILL
THE SKY, EXPERIENCE THE CALL OF
SANDHILL CRANES AND WATCH A DEER
MEANDER IN THE MEADOW, A
SANCTUARY FOR WILD FLOWERS AND A
LAKE NEARBY INSPIRED THE
11-YEAR-OLD JOHN MUIR.
>> IT DEFINITELY FUELED MUIR'S
FIRE IN TERMS OF HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE.
>> THE LEGACY OF MUIR IS ALSO
THE CATALYST THAT FUELED CURRENT
LANDOWNER ERIC BRYNILDSON.
BY COINCIDENCE OR FATE, HE FOUND
HIMSELF WALKING IN MUIR'S
FOOTSTEPS LITERALLY.
>> I ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND
LIVED HERE FULLTIME AS I HAVE
FOR 23 YEARS.
EVERYTHING NOW IS ABOUT THE
LANDSCAPE AND RESTORING IT BACK
TO ITS PRISTINE, PRESEMENT
WILD CONDITION AS BEST WE CAN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HIS GOAL, RESTORING THE LAND
WHATWOULD HAVE LOOKED
WHEN THE MUIRS FIRSTKED ON
THIS SANDY STRETCH OF PRAIRIE IN
1849.
REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS BY
HAND.
AND REGULAR BURNS WILL HELP
ACHIEVE A PRESETTLEMENT NATIVE
PRAIRIE.
>> OFTENTIMES IT'S TWO STEPS
FORWARD AND THREE BACKWARDS.
>> HE'S BEEN AT IT NEARLY A
QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
AND WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION
WAS THERE IN 1988 IN THE EARLY
YEARS OF HIS QUEST.
>> I THINK THAT FOUNTAIN LAKE
FARM AND THE ADJOINING ENVIRONS
REPRESENT THE PLACE THAT'S MOST
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE EVOLUTION OF
THE FATHER OF OUR NATIONAL
PARKS, JOHN MUIR.
>> TODAY, RESTORATION OF THIS
PANORAMIC VIEW CLOSELY MIRRORS A
SKETCH JOHN MUIR DRAFTED 150
YEARS AGO FROM A RIDGE-TOP
OVERLOOKING THE LAKE.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER, THE
PREVAILING WINDS CARRY THAT SAME
SPIRIT.
>> I THINK MUIR IS ALIVE AND
WELL HERE.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF MUIR IS
VERY STRONG YET.
>> BOTH MEN ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, BUT
MUIR LEFT UNIVERSITY AFTER
TWO YEARS FOR WHAT HE CALLED THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE WILDERNESS.
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT,
BRYNILDSON WAS MESMERIZED BY THE
SAME WILDERNESS OFR.
>> I DECIDED THAT HIS BOYHOOD
HOME HAD NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY
STUDIED.
I CHANGED MY GRADUATE WORK IN A
HURRY TO THAT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A -- IT WAS
JUST A SPECIAL IDEA I HAD THAT
ORIGINALLY WAS A PROJECT THAT
BECAME A LIFE.
>> A LIFE THAT INCLUDED BUILDING
A PRIVATE RESIDENCE ON THE EXACT
FOUNDATION OF THE MUIRS'
FARMHOUSE.
>> I WAS ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT
THE HOUSE INDEED SET ON THE
IDENTICAL SITE AND ALSO ON THE
OLD CELLAR DEPRESSION.
THE HOUSE IN BACK OF ME NOW OF
NDIGENOUS MONTELLO GRANITEI
MIMICS THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE
ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD.
>> NONE OF THE ORIGINAL MERE -- MUIR
BUILDINGS EXIST TODAY, BUT YOU
CAN STILL SEE TRACES OF THEIR
TIME ON THIS LAND.
>> WE DETERMINED THAT SILVER
MAPLES WERE DELIBERATELY SET OUT
AS SHADE TREES IN THE MUIRS.
TWO LARGE LILACS STILL BLOOM
HERE THAT HIS OLDER SISTER
PLANTED.
>> BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD
SAYS, THIS WOULD BE THE
LANDSCAPE MUIR WIRST SEEK
TO PRESERVE.
>> MUIR DID FEEL IT WAS BEYOND
JUST MAJESTIC SNOW CAPPED PEAKS,
THAT A SEDGE MEADOW WAS JUST AS
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPE
DIVERSITY.
>> JUST LIKE JOHN MUIR FOUGHT TO
PRESERVE THE MOST EXPANSIVE
PIECES OF AMERICAN WILDERNESS,
BRYNILDSON SOUGHT TO GIVE THIS
SMALL PROPERTY LANDMARK STATUS.
MUIR'S EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN
OVERSHADOWED BY HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
IN THE
>> I WOULD ARGUE HIS YEARS HERE
WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF
HIS LIFE.
ALL ONE HAS T DO IS READ HIS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHERE HE FULLY
CREDITS THIS FARM AS BEING THE
PLACE HE FIRST CONCEIVED THE
NOTION OF SAVING WILD SPACE.
>> AND IT'S AN UNSUNG STORY THAT
WILL SOON GARNER NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE LEARNED
FROM NATURE IN PARTICULAR?
>> CATHERINE IS SA FREELANCE -- IS A
FREELANCE PRODUCER WITH
WISCONSIN TIES.
HER CREW IS ON LOCATION IN
MARQUETTE COUNTY.
>> I WAS A STUDENT AT LAWRENCE
UNIVERSITY HERE IN WISCONSIN,
AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT FOUNTAIN
LAKE EXISTED AND THIS IS A PLACE
THAT IS A MAGICAL PLACE.
>> SHE'S PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY
FOR AMERICAN MASTERS.
>> I THINK THAT ERIC TRYING TO
RESTORE FOUND LANE LAKE TO ITS
ORIGINAL STATE IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT
ROW TO HOE AND HE IS DOING IT
AND HE'S PASSIONATE, WHICH MUIR
WAS PASSIONATE.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY S IN
THAT WAY.
>> AND FOR ALL HISCTACULAR
ACHIEVEMENTS, IT'S THIS PRIZED
PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT ELUDED
MERE'S PRESERVATIONIST
INTENTIONS.
>> WE PROBABLY CAN'T FIND A
PERSONALITY IN OUR HISTORY
THAT'S RESPONSIBLE
SINGLE-HANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
MORE ACRES OF WILDERNESS
RESERVES AND PARKS AND YET
MUIR'SLY ATTEMPTS TO SAVE
THIS SIMPLE, LITTLE GARDEN
MEADOW HE CALLED IT WERE NEVER
SUCCESSFUL.
SO THE IRONY IN THAT IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> BUT JOHN MUIR'S FAILURE
TURNED INTO ERIC BRYNILDSON'S
SUCCESS.
>> I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE
A PART OF THAT STORY AND NOW
WE'RE FINALLY ACCOMPLISHING AND
MAKING THAT DREAM COME TRUE.
* *
>> ANOTHER ONE OF WISCONSIN'S
LEGENDARY CONSERVATIONISTS TRIED
TO SAVE THE PROPERTY.
ALDO LEOPOLD ATTEMPTED TO
PRESERVE FOUNTAIN LAKE FARM, BUT
THE EFFORT ENDED WHEN HE DIED
NJOHN MUIR'S BIRTHDAY.O
BRYNILDSON'S HOME ARE PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND ARE NOT PART OF THE
ADJOINING MUIR MEMORIAL COUNTY
PARK.
THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED JOHN MUIR
AND THE NEW WORLD IS IN EDIT
RIGHT NOW AND IS TENTATIVELY
SCHEDULED TO AIR ON EARTH DAY IN
APRIL 2011.
THE OWNER OF JOHN MUIR'S
HOMESTEAD WOULD LIKE TO WORK
WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ALONG
WITH COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO SEE NATIVE PRAIRIE
CHICKENS REINTRODUCED IN-AREAS
NEAR THE FARM.
A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT TO BOOST THE
DIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN'S
CHICAGOEN POPULATION WAS
COMPLETED LAST FALL.
THE WISCONSIN DNR INTRODUCED
MINNESOTA BIRDS TO THE BUENA
VISTA WILDLIFE AREA.
THAT'S WHERE EVERY SPRING YOU
CAN SEE AND HEAR A RITUAL AS OLD
AS TIME IN PORTAGE COUNTY.
[ PRAIRIE CHICKENS CALLING ]
>> AT DAWN, ON AN APRIL MORNING,
YOU CAN HEAR ONE OF THE STATE'S
MORE AMAZING SOUNDS.
[ PRAIRIE CHICKENS CALLING ]
>> AND AS THE LIGHT BREAKS, YOU
CAN SEE AN ANNUAL APRILUAL.
IT'S THE GREATER PRAIRIE
CHICKEN, OUT ON WHAT'S CALLED
ITS BOOMING GROUNDS.
THAT X FILES SOUND YOU HEAR,
WELL, THAT'S THE BIRDS BOOMING.
[ PRAIRIE CHICKENS CALLING ]
>> SHARON SCHWAB IS A PRAIRIE
CHICKEN AFICIONADO.
>> THEY'RE SO INTENT ON THEIR
SMALL LITTLE TERRITORIES AND
PROTECTING IT FROM ANOTHER MALE
PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
THEY GO UP IN THE ORANGE AIR
SACS FILL UP, FOOT STOMPING AND
THE SNAPPING OF THE TAIL
FEATHERS.
THEY WHOOP WITH AND THEY HOLLER
AND THEY JUMP AND THEY DANCE.
TRY AND IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST
HAVE BEEN LIKE WHEN WISCONSIN
HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE
BIRDS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE VERY MANY
ANYMORE.
>> AT ONE TIME, YOU COULD FIND
THEM ACROSS WISCONSIN, THIS
SMALL BIRD WITH THE HONKING BIG
HANDLE.
THE TRANSLATION, DRUMMER OF
LOVE.
THE GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN AT
ITS PEAK NUMBERED MORE THAN
54,000.
NOW THERE ARE FEWER THAN 1500
BIRDS.
AND MOST OF THEM CAN BE FOUND
HERE AT BUENA VISTA GRAS.
JIM KEIR IS A WILDLIFE BGIST
FOR THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES.
>> CANADA DOESN'T HAVE THEM
ANYMORE, OHIO, MICHIGAN,
INDIANA, KENTUCKY, ARKANSAS.
THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY LOST THE
HABITAT.
WE'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT
SEVERAL DECADES AGO THAT WE WERE
GOING TO TRY NOT TO LET THAT
HAPPEN.
AND THE RESULT IS WHAT YOU SEE
HERE.
SO FAR IT'S BEEN WORKING.
THIS IS A 12,000 ACRE PROJECT.
IT IS IDENTIFIED AND MANAGED AS
A GRASSLANDS HABITAT.
IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TYPE
AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO
TRY TO SAVE THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN
RIGHT HERE.
>> RIGHT HERE IS ONE OF THE
RARER LANDSCAPES IN WISCONSIN.
>> PRAIRIE CHICKENS WERE FOUND
IN THE TRADITIONAL PRAIRIES AND
OAK SAVANNAHS IN THE SOUTHERN
40% OF THE STATE.
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SETTLERS CAME
INTO WISCONSIN IS THEY STARTED
PLOWING THOSE PRAIRIE SOILS UP.
>> BUT WHILE MOST OF THE
SOUTHERN PRAIRIES WERE PLOWED
UNDER, OUR NORTHERNESTS WERE
CLEAR-CUT, WHICH CREATED
GRASSLANDS.
>> AND THAT CREATED THAT
NONNATIVE, BUT SUITABLE, HABITAT
FOR THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN
POPULATION, SO THEY PIONEERED
AND EXPANDED NORTHWARD.
AT ONE POINT BECAUSE OF T
EXPANSION THEY WERE ACTUALLY
PRESENT IN EVERY COUNTY IN
WISCONSIN.
>> AFTER THE BIG CLEAR-CUT OF
THE LATE 180 THE NORTHERN
FORESTS GREW BACK.
SINCE MUCH OF THE PRAIRIE HAD
BEEN LOST TO FARMING, GRASSLANDS
WERE GREATLY DIMINISHED.
>> SO THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN
POPULATION STARTED DECLINING ALL
OVER.
>> THE BIRDS NEED THESE OPEN
GRASSLANDS.
BUENA VISTA WAS ESTABLISHED IN
THE 1950s UNIQUE PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT
MANAGED TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO
ACQUE THIS LAND.
BUT NOW THEY MUST MANAGE THIS
LAND CONTINUOUSLY TO KEEP AS
GRASSLAND.
CONSIDER THE LAND WHERE KEIR IS
STANDING.
>> IF YOU STEP BACK IN TIME
MAYBE SIX, SEVEN YEARS, THIS WAS
A 45-FOOT TALL ASPENEST.
>> AND WE USED MOWING.
WE USE FIRE.
WE USE FARMING.
AND WE USE CATTLE.
>> YES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LAND
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE.
CATTLE, LIKE THESE, HELP
SAVE PRAIRIE CHICKENS.
IN PARTICULAR, THEY NEED THE
KIND OF GRASS THAT RESULTS FROM
A PARTICULAR KIND OF GRA,
ROTATIONAL GRAZING.
>> ROTATIONAL GRAZING SPLITS
THAT SINGLE PASTURE UP INTO A
SERIES OF PADDOCKS OR A SERIES
OF PASTURES AND MOVE THE
CATTLE AROUND.
>> THEY'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS AT
BUENA VISTA, BUT THE SUCCESS
HERE IS ONLY PART OF THE STORY.
>> ONCE YOU GET NORTH OF HERE,
THE POPULATIONS ARE VERY THINLY
DISTRIBUTED, THEY'RE DEFINITELY
DEPENDENT ON PRIVATE LAND USE
BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC LAND
AND PRIVATE LAND USE CHANGES ARE
OCCURRING AND THE CHICKEN
NUMBERS ARE DECLINING.
IT'S BECAUSE THE HABITAT IS
BEING LOST.
>> THE BIRDS NEED MORE HABITAT.
THEY NEED WHAT'S HERE.
SO THE PRESSURE IS ON TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GRASSLAND
IN THE STATE.
SHARON SCHWAB IS WORKING TOWARD
THAT.
SCHWAB IS NOT JUST A PRAIRIE
CHICKEN AFICIONADO.
SHE'S ALSO THE COORDINATOR OF
THE CENTRAL WISCONSIN GRASSLAND
AREA PROJECT, WHICH HAS AMONG
ITS GOALS ENCOURAGING PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS SUCH AS FARMERS TO
ENGAGE IN PRACTICES LIKE
ROTATIONAL GRAZING TO PROMOTE
GRASSLANDS.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE
FEDERAL DOLLARS OR COUNTY
DOLLARS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE
THEM TO GET SOME OF THE
EQUIPMENT, LIKE SOME OF THE
FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN
HELP FARMERS, FOR EXA,
CHANGE THE WAY THEY FARM THAT
MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE WILDLIFE
FRIENDLY.
>> AND A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY
LANDSCAPE WILLIT MORE THAN
JUST THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN, THIS
SHOWY STAR OF THE GRASSLANDS.
THERE'S A WHOLE COMMUNITY
FLORA AND FAUNA THAT CALLS THIS
DISTINCT HABITAT HOME.
>> WHAT I LIKE MOST
GRASSLANDS IS THEY'RE JUST OPEN.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THEM
THAT I THINK IS VERY FREEING.
YOU CAN SEE ALL AROUND YOU, AND
PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT THE PRAIRIE
CHICKENS LIKE AS WELL.
THERE'S A CLEAR VISTA.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF
YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED, IT'S
WORTH SEE
[ PRAIRIE CHICKENS CALLING ]
>> IF YOU'REESTED IN MORE
INFORMATION ON THE PRAIRIE
CHICKEN, GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
YOU CAN ALSO GET DETAILS ON HOW
TO RESERVE A BLIND TO EXPERIENCE
THIS CALL OF THE WILD.
STRIKE UP THE BAND.
FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS, ONE SONG
HAS ROUSED THE PASSION OF
WISCONSIN BADGER FANS MORE THAN
ANY OTHER.
AND TO THINK IT ALMOST BECAME A
MINNESOTA FAN FAVORITE.
"ON WISCONSIN" TURNS 100.
TO HONOR THIS MILESTO
VIDEOGRAPHER CAPTURES THE
HISTORY OF THE FIGHT SONG IN
MADISON.
* *
[APPLAUSE]
>> EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
IN A RED GYM JUST DOWN THE
STREET A LITTLE BIT, THE GLEE
CLUB PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST
TIME THE SONG CALLED THE
GREATEST COLLEGE MARCHING SONG
EVER WRITTEN AND I THINK YOU ALL
AGREE WITH THAT.
I CERTAINLY DO.
>> "ON WISCONSIN" IT'S SUCH A
GREAT LITTLE FRAGMENT.
>> MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN A MARCH
SONG AND A TWO-STEP.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO
DO IS SHOW THE VERSATILITY OF ON
WISCONSIN.
WE PLAYED IT IF A 18TH
CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP
MIGHT HAVE PLAYED IT.
* *
>> THEN WE PLAYED IT AS A
RUSSIAN COMPOSER MIGHT HAVE
WRITTEN IT.
* *
>> WE PLAYED IT AS IF A
AMERICAN COMPOSER WOULD HAVE
WRITTEN IT OR AN ASIAN COMPOSER
WOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IT -- YOU
MAY HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT, BUT
IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
* *
>> THE VERY FIRST VERSION WAS
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM
T. PURDY FOR A CONTEST, BUT NOT
FOR WNSIN.
THETEST OFFERED A $100 PRIZE
FOR A NEW UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA FOOTBALL SONG.
CARL B OVERHEARD PURDY'S
MELODY, PENNED A FEW VERSES AND
"ON WISCONSIN" WAS ON ITS WAY TO
100.
* *
>> IT HAD AN IMMEDIATE
ACCEPTANCE AND SO FROM THAT
POINT ON EVERY SPORTING EVENT
YOU COULD THINK OF, THERE'S A
PART OF IT.
>> IT'S HARD TO GUESS HOW MANY
TIMES "ON WISCO" HAS BEEN
PERFORMED.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT
TO KNOW THER BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A STAGGERING ALT.
WE COULD PLAY ON WISCONSIN
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF
TOUCHDOWNS, 50TO 70 TIMES ON A
GIVEN SATURDAY.
>> HE'S REFERRING TO HIS 30
YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE UW
MARCHING B
BUT THERE WERE BAND
DIRECTORS WHO PLAYED ON
WISCONSIN GOING ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE FIRST REGIMENT BAND.
>> SORT OF A GROUP OF
PEOPLE, LARGELY UNDER THE
MILITARY.
>> IT'S PROBABLY FAIR TO SAY
THAT BACK THENDY HAD NO IDEA
HOW MANY TIMES THEIR SONG WOULD
BE PERFORMED.
CARL LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO
BE HONORED AT THE 50-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF "ON WISCONSIN" IN
1959.
>> NOW LET'S ALL HAIL THE
CHAMPION.
>> THERE WAS ALSO A GOOD YEAR
FOR BADGER FOOTBALL.
>> WISCONSIN WINS ITS FIRST
TITLE IN 40 YEARS.
>> ALSO IN 1959 "ON WISCONSIN"
BECAME THE OFFICIAL STATE SONG.
>> GREAT SONGS LIKE THAT ARE
TIMELESS.
TODAY STUDENTS I THINK GET JUST
AS MUCH ENJOYMENT OUT OF SEEING
IT AND PERFORMING IT AS THEY DID
IN 1909.
>> AS PART OF THE CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION FOR "ON WISCONSIN"
THE GREATEST COLLEGE FIGHT SONG
SHOWS ITS FLEXIBILITY AGAIN IN
THE HANDS OF STUDENTS, MUSICIANS
AND FILMMAKERS WHO ARE ENTERING
A VIDEO CONTEST.
ONE YOUTUBE ENTRY CAME FROM UW
HIP-HOP.COM.
IT STARTS WITH A SCRATCHY GLEE
CLUB RECORDING OF "ON
WISCONSIN."
* *
>> ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF THIS
ENTRY WINS.
EITHER WAY, THE CATCHY HIP-HOP
VERSION COULD BECOME A FAN
FAVORITE JUST LIKE HOUSE OF
PAIN'S JUMP AROUND.
* *
>> THAT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
EASILY ANOTHER 100 YEARS.
* *
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE CONTEST RUNS THROUGH
APRIL 5.
TO GET THE RULES, JUST GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT
WPT.ORG/INWISCONSIN.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND AK TO
WATCH THE VIDEOS SUBMITTED SO
FAR.
WHILE THE SONG IS IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES,HAEL JACKSON'S ESTATE
OWNS INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS TO
"ON WISCONSIN."
MICHAEL PERRY SHARES HIS SPIN ON
LIFE IN WISCONSIN IN HIS VARIOUS
BOOKS.
THIS WEEK, HIS HUMOROUS ESSAY
TAKES YOU ON A SEARCH AND FIND
MISSION OF SORTS, AS HE REVEALS
HIS FAVORITE PIECE OF HIDDEN
TREASURE IN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY.
* *
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> I GOT ONE MORE PIECE OF JUNK
PILE TREASURE TO SHOW YOU AND
IT'S WAY DOWN THE RAVINE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE DAUGHTER'S
FAVORITE PIECE OF JUNK.
THE INTERESTING THING A THIS
PIECE IS THATSION HAS PLAYED
A DUAL ROLE.
IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE EROSION
FROM UP THE HILL HAS COME DOWN
AND COVERED IT.
BUT THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH
EACH S THE RAVINE IS
ERODING AND THIS EROSION IS
MOVING UP THE RAVINE AND
REVEALING THAT IN HERE IS SOME
ANCIENT, OLD PIECE OF IMPLEMENT.
IT'S GOT STEEL WHEELS WITH
CLEATS ON IT.
THE FUN THING IS THAT EACH
SPRING A LITTLE MORE GETS WASHED
AWAY HERE AS THIS W WORKS ITS
WAY UP THE RAVINE.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE FRAMEWORK
STICKING OUT HERE, SOME
GALVANIZED ANGLE IRON.
FOR NOW MY DAUGHTER AND I JUST
COME BACK EACH SPRING TO SEE
WHAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN
WILLING TO REVEAL FOR THE NEW
YEAR.
THESE OLD BONES STICKING OUT,
IT'S KIND OF -- IN, THERE'S
A CERTAIN FOSSIL ASPECT TO IT.
AND NOW UNLIKE YEARS BEFORE, WE
CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
THE AXLE IN THERE.
AT FIRST, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A
RIP, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RUST,
YOU CAN SEE ANO PART OF THE
STRUCTURE.
DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OLD
RUSTEDTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF
STRAP STEEL.
YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME KIND OF
FASCINATING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SOMEWHERE THERE'S AN OLD-TIMER
WHO COULD TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT
IT IS.
IT WAS A BIT OF A THRILL FOR ME
TO SEE MY 9R-OLD ENJOY THE
SAME SORTS OF DISCO.
I WAS WHEN I WAS HERE AGE OUT
DIGGING INHE WOODS AND FINDING
TREASURES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS NOT JUNK.
THIS IS TREASURE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT EXACTLY
ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW.
OF COURSE, UNLIKE T PIECE,
NOT EVERY SCRAP OF JUNK IN THE
RAVINE IS MUSEUM QUALITY.
SO I WONDER IF ALL THE PEO
OUT THERE DRIVING ALONG GAZING
AT THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE
REALIZE THAT THERE'S GOLD IN
THEM THERE HILLS, OR AT LEAST A
NICE VINTAGE INTERTUBE.
INNER TUBE, ACTUALLY.
NOT INTERTUBE.
INTERTUBE IS THAT PLACE WHERE
THEY KEEP THE WEBSITES.
>> HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU CAN
FIND ON THEERTUBE, AS
MICHAEL CALLS IT, ALSO KNOWN AS
OUR WEBSITE.
OUR IERACTIVE BLOG THAT UPDATED
EACH WEEK.
CHECK IT OUT AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
YOU'LL FIND OUT IN ADVANCE ABOUT
REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON, THE
PEOPLE WE'VE MET AND THE PLACES
WE'VE BEEN.
NOW, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR
THE NEXT EDI OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> THIS IS ART HACKETT.
TIMBER HAS BEEN THE LE FOR
THE FLAMBEAU R PAPER MILL
SINCE THE 1890s.
NOW THE MILL IS TAKING THE WOOD
AND USING IT TO MAKE WHAT THE
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES CALL BLACK
GOLD OR TEXAS TEA.
WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON A HOT IDEA
IN PARK FALLS.
>> THIS IS LIZ KOERNER.
HMONG REFUGEES FIRST ARRIVED IN
WISCONSIN IN THE MID-'70s.
SINCE THEN THE GENERATIONAL GAP
WITHIN FAMILIES HAS GROWN WIDER.
A WISCONSIN WOMAN IS BRIDGING
THAT GAP WITH FOOD.
>> I'M JO GARRETT OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M AT THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER
IN MILWAUKEE.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HEADING
NORTH OFF TO HIS BREEDING
CROWNS.
THESE BIRDS FACE BIG BATTLES AS
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH.
>> WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE URBAN
ECOLOGYS HELPING THOSE
BIRDS ON THEIR WAY NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.
AND FINALLY, READY OR NOT,
SPRING ARRIVES THIS WEEK IN
WISCONSIN.
IT'S A SURE SIGN WHEN BIRDS
START WINGING THEIR WAY BACK
ACROSS OUR STATE.
ENJOY THE VIEW AND HAVE A GREAT
WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
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