>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK RECLAIMING A BIRDING
OASIS IN THE HEART OF MILWAUKEE.
PLUS BRIDGING A GENERATION GAP
IN APPLETON'S HMONG COMMUNITY
AND SHE'S DOING IT WITH FOOD.
ALSO A JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF A
NORTHERN WISCONSIN WATERFALL
FOR A SPECTACULAR VIEW.
THOSE REPORTS 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
ORANGE SURGERY SPECIALISTS ON
OSHKOSH WORKING WITH PET OWNERS
AND FAMILY VETERINARIANS
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN PROVIDING
FOR DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL
COMPANION ANIMALS WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH A
SUCCESS STORY ABOUT A PARK WITH
A LONG HISTORY AND A NOTORIOUS
PAST.
TODAY IT'S A BIRDING HAVEN FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN AND
MIGRATING BIRDS TO FLOURISH AND
IT IS THE PLACE THAT CITIZEN
SCIENTISTS CAN CONDUCT THEIR
MANY RESEARCH PROJECTS.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER JO
GARRETT TAKES YOU TO THE URBAN
ECOLOGY CENTER IN THE HEART OF
MILWAUKEE.
>> THIS BIRD IS CALLED A
RED-EYED VIERO.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED
THAT?
>> IT'S EYES ARE RED.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 35,000
STUDENTS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THIS
PLACE.
THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION
LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF
MILWAUKEE.
>> YOU KNOW THE WAY THIS BIRD
PROBABLY CAME FROM, WHERE IT
WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO?
>> WHERE?
>> IT WAS AN EGG A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.
IT WAS DEFINITELY IN A NEST AT
SOME POINT.
>> IN A NET.
>> IT WAS IN A NET.
THESE ARE GREAT ANSWERS.
A LOT OF THE BIRDS THAT WE'RE
STUDYING HERE, THIS IS THEIR
GAS STATION AND WHERE THEY'RE
GOING TO STOP AND REST FOR A
FEW DAYS AND GET SOME FOOD.
>> THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IS
ADJACENT TO THE CITY PARK,
RIVERSIDE.
IT IS JUST ONE OF MANY POCKETS
OF FOREST LAND IN THIS BUSTLING
CITY OF TWO MILLION BORDERED BY
THE MILWAUKEE RIVER THIS
12-ACRE PARK SERVES AS AN
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM FOR THE
CENTER.
IT IS HANDS-ON LEARNING.
>> I THINK IT LIKES YOU.
YOU MUST HAVE WARM HANDS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS TIM VARGO, THE
REASON WHY HE HAS BIRDS IN
HAND, MANY BIRDS, TO SHOW THE
CHILDREN.
>> A WARBLER, BLACK BIRD.
>> BECAUSE IT'S SPRING AND
VARGO IS DIRECTING A TEAM OF
VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE MIST NETTING
MIGRATING BIRDS AND COLLECTING
DATA.
THEY'RE DOING SCIENCE.
THEY ARE CITIZEN SCIENTISTS.
>> JUST LET IT GO.
>> VARGO IS THE MANAGER OF
RESEARCH AND CITIZEN SCIENCE AT
THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER.
IT USES CITIZEN SCIENTISTS.
NO DEGREES REQUIRED.
>> THE WORK OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE
DOING IS REAL SCIENCE.
>> HERE IS A VOLUNTEER CITIZEN
SCIENTIST.
>> WE'LL BLOW TO SEE HOW MUCH
VAT THE BIRD HAS ON IT.
THERE IS A V BONE.
IF IT'S REAL CONCAVE THAT MEANS
THE BIRD HAS JUST MIGRATED AND
NOT REAL FAT.
>> AS LONG AS THEY'RE TRAINED
WELL AND HAVE A GOOD PROTOCOL
IT'S REAL SCIENCE WHETHER IT'S
A GRADUATE STUDENT OR A
BARTENDER OR SOMEBODY ELSE
YOU'VE TRAINED.
OUR VOLUNTEERS RUN THE GAMUT.
THERE IS A HOMESCHOOL STUDENT,
A RETIRED PROFESSOR, A BALLET
DANCER.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SEE
WHAT SIDE OF THE NET HE CAME IN
ON AND THAT'S THIS SIDE.
THEY FLY IN AND HIT AND FALL
INTO A POCKET.
HI, BABE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> ROBIN IS A RETIRED SCHOOL
TEACHER AND SHE'S TRAINED HERE
IN THE TECHNIQUES OF SCIENCE
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
>> IT'S THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN
DO SCIENCE AND NOT HAVE A
ZILLION DEGREES AFTER YOUR NAME
AND YOU AREN'T IN A LAB DOING.
YOU'RE OUT HERE AND YOUR
OBSERVATIONS HAVE VALUE.
I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER
AND KNEW ABOUT THIS PLACE WHEN
IT WAS A PARK THAT HAD A LOT OF
CRIME IN IT.
YOU STAYED TOTALLY AWAY.
>> RIVERSIDE PARK HAS A LONG
AND WINDING HISTORY.
IT WAS CREATED IN 1890 BY
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEAD, THE
FATHER OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE.
THE SAME MAN WHO DESIGNED NEW
YORK'S CENTRAL PARK AND THE
CAPITOL GROUNDS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
OVER THE YEARS, RIVERSIDE, ONCE
SO POPULAR, WAS ALLOWED TO
DECAY.
THE RIVER WAS FOULED AND
POLLUTED.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY TALK OF
GIVING UP ON THE PARK AND
TURNING THE LAND OVER TO
DEVELOPERS.
>> IN THE 1970s CRIME GOT TO
ITS PEAK.
AN ACTIVE DRUG TRADE, MURDERS
AND RAPES.
EVERYBODY KNEW IT WASN'T A SAFE
PAST AND PEOPLE STOPPED USING
THE PARK.
>> NEIGHBORS GOT MAD.
THEY WANTED THIS GREEN SPACE.
>> THE SIMPLE LEFT WAY THEY
THOUGHT OF SAVING IT WAS TO GET
PEOPLE BACK USING THE PARK.
YOU GET MORE EYES HERE.
IF YOU'RE A CRIMINAL YOU'LL
FEEL LESS SECURE IF THERE IS A
LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.
>> THERE HE GOES.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW,
BUSY AND SAFE.
AND THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER IS
A CRITICAL PART OF THAT
TURNAROUND.
THE CURRENT DAY SOUND TRACK,
KIDS, CITY NOISE AND A CHORUS
OF BIRD SONGS SPEAKS TO THE
SURPRISING IMPORTANCE OF THIS
PLACE AND THE NEED FOR RESEARCH.
>> I THINK URBAN FORESTS TEND
TO BE OVERLOOKED.
IT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN
HABITAT FOR MIGRATION.
>> BIRDS STOP AND REFUEL.
ONE OF THE STUDIES THE CENTER
IS INVOLVED IN, HOW FAST CAN
BIRDS PACK ON THE FAT?
>> FOR A BIRD TRYING TO GET FAT
AS QUICKLY AS IT CAN SO IT CAN
FLY, HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES ARE A
GOOD THING.
IT WILL PUT ON FAT QUICKLY AND
MINIMIZE THE TIME IT SPENDS
HERE AND CONTINUE OH.
WE'RE TAKING BLOOD.
>> YOU'RE COLLECTING A DROP?
>> JUST A LITTLE DROP.
BY MEASURING THE TRIGLYCERIDES
THAT WILL TELL US HOW QUICKLY
THE BIRD IS REFUELING.
THE SKIN IS VERY TRANSLUCENT.
THAT'S FAT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT
AND WHEN THE FAT COLLECTS ITS
ORANGE.
THE ONLY REASON THEY'LL HAVE
THAT MUCH FAT IF THEY'LL HEAD
OUT.
THIS BIRD IS GETTING READY TO
HIT THE ROAD.
A BIRD PUTTING ON THAT MUCH FAT
IS PROBABLY GOING SEVERAL
HUNDRED MILES, AT LEAST.
>> THE DATA COLLECTION.
>> 65 IS THE BAND NUMBER.
>> THE CAREFUL ACCUMULATION OF
BIRD.
>> NO FAT.
>> BIRD BY BIRD.
>> 13.5 GRAMS.
>> FACES DIFFERENT CHALLENGES
IN AN URBAN FOREST.
>> WHAT HAPPENS?
A DOG WENT THROUGH OUR NET.
>> THERE IS URBAN RESEARCH FOR
YOU.
WE'VE HAD A SNAKE TAKE A BIRD
OUT OF A NET AND TRAILING AWAY
WITH THE NET AND THE BIRD
TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THIS URBAN FOREST IS A
CRITICAL STOPOVER FOR
MIGRATING BIRDS.
IT'S A TOUCH OF THE WILD.
KERRY JEAN BUHK IS THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS MANAGER.
SHE'S VOLUNTEERED AS A CITIZEN
SCIENTIST FOR YEARS.
>> YOU'RE HOLDING A BIRD THAT
MIGHT HAVE STARTED IN MEXICO OR
PANAMA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE AND
REALIZING YOU'RE ONLY A PART OF
THE WAY OF WHERE IT'S GOING AND
WE'RE JUST A TINY PART OF ITS
LIFE.
YOU CAN GO NOW.
THERE YOU GO.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU REALIZE YOU'RE PART OF
SOMETHING REALLY BIG AND YET
REALLY SMALL AT THE SAME TIME.
>> GOODBYE, BIRDIE.
>> BYE-BYE.
>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER, INCLUDING
THOSE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS,
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, wpt.org.
WHEN YOU CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN" YOU'LL ALSO FIND
INFORMATION ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM
CALLED BIRD CITY.
IT'S A NEW ONE-OF-A-KIND
PROGRAM TACKLING THE DWINDLING
POPULATION OF URBAN BIRDS.
TWO YEARS AGO "IN WISCONSIN"
BROUGHT YOU NEWS OF A $40
MILLION U.S. ENERGY DEPARTMENT
GRANT.
FLAMBEAU RIVER PAPERS GOT THE
GRANT TO PRODUCE FUEL FROM WOOD
BY-PRODUCTS.
ART HACKETT IS STILL ON THE
MONEY TRAIL AND HAS AN UPDATE
ON A HOT IDEA IN PARK FALLS.
>> THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT THE
OLD AND DREAMS OF MAKING THE
OLD NEW AGAIN.
FIRST, THE OLD.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING PAPER
AT THE FLAMBEAU RIVER MILL IN
PARK FALLS SINCE THE 1890s.
THE PLANT IS SMALL AND A BIT OF
AN ANTIQUE.
IN FACT, THIS PAPER MAKING
MACHINE STILL IN USE TODAY
DATES BACK TO 1905, THE ONE
NEXT TO IT WAS INSTALLED IN
1919.
THE MILL IS OPERATED UNDER A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OWNERS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS PROVIDING
300 OF THE BETTER-PAYING JOBS
IN A COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 2,500
PEOPLE.
BUT IN 2006 THE MILL'S OWNER
WENT BANKRUPT AND THE PLANT
CLOSED.
>> WE REALLY WANTED TO START
WHERE WE COULD GET SOMEBODY
ELSE TO BUY THE MILL.
>> WILLIAM, BUTCH JOHNSON WAS
INVOLVED IN THE BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE THE OLD
OWNER OWED HIM MONEY.
>> AS WE WORKED FOR IT IT
BECAME OBVIOUS THE PEOPLE
TRYING TO LIQUIDATE THE MILL
DIDN'T WANT TO REOPEN IT.
>> JOHNSON IS A MODERN-DAY
TIMBER BARRON.
HE OWNED THE CHIPPERS THAT
PROCESSED LOGS INTO PULP.
TO AVOID THE FATE OF THE
PREVIOUS OWNER, JOHNSON HAD TO
IMPROVE THE PLANT'S BOTTOM LINE.
>> NATURAL GAS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SUNK THE PREVIOUS
OWNER.
>> THIS IS WHERE THE OLD MADE
NEW AGAIN PART OF THE STORY
BEGINS.
ENGINEERS REARRANGED THE
PLANT'S PLUMBING.
THE MILL NOW USES WASTE HEAT
FROM INSIDE THE PLANT TO BRING
WATER FROM THE FLAMBEAU RIVER
UP TO TEMPERATURE SO IT CAN BE
USED IN THE PAPER-MAKING
PROCESS.
>> CONSERVATION SAVED US THAT
KIND OF MONEY.
PROBABLY A $7 MILLION SAVINGS
OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AND IT ALSO--
>> $7 MILLION OVER HOW LONG?
>> PER YEAR.
>> THEN THERE IS THE OTHER FUEL
SOURCE FOR THE PAPER MILL, WOOD.
>> FLAMBEAU RIVER DOESN'T JUST
USE WOOD TO MAKE PAPER, THE
MILL ACTUALLY RUNS ON WOOD.
THEY TAKE BARK AND SMALL
SCRAPS, GRIND IT UP AND BURN IT
IN A BOILER ALONG WITH COAL TO
MAKE STEAM.
NOW THE MILL HAS A NEW IDEA,
TAKING THE WOOD AND USING IT TO
MAKE WHAT THE BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES CALLED BLACK GOLD
OR TEXAS TEA.
FLAMBEAU'S INITIAL EFFORTS TO
MAKE THE PLANT MORE ENERGY
EFFICIENT BROUGHT HIM IN TOUCH
WITH CLEAN TECH PARTNERS IN
MADISON.
IT USED TO BE CALLED THE CENTER
FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
CLEAN TECH IS HEADED BY A
FORMER RESEARCHER AT THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
FOREST PRODUCTS LAB, MASSOOD
AKHTAR.
>> RIGHT IN THAT MEETING I HAD
WITH BUTCH WE HAD A COPY OF THE
DEAL HE PROPOSED AND I SAID
HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE
YOUR MANUFACTURING COST, WE CAN
HELP YOU FOCUS ENERGY PROGRAM
SHORT TERM BUT THE LONG TERM
GOAL IS GOING TO BE THAT YOU
SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THIS
PRODUCING LIQUID TRANSPORTATION
FUELS.
>> THAT CREATED OUT OF THE WOOD.
>> DID I THINK IT WAS OFF THE
WALL?
NO, WE DIDN'T VIOLATE LAWS OF
SCIENCE ORNATE YOU ARE BUT IT
WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
HAVE CONSIDERED AS A PAPER MILL
EXECUTIVE IN ANY OTHER PAPER
COMPANY.
>> BOB BYRNE HAD WORKED AT THE
PARK FALLS MILL YEARS AGO.
HE WAS NEARING RETIREMENT WHEN
BUTCH JOHNSON HIRED HIM AS THE
MILL'S CHIEF ENGINEER.
CURRENTLY THE MILL SIMPLY BURNS
WOOD IN A CONVENTIONAL BOILER
ALONG WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF
COAL.
STEAM FROM THE BOILER POWERS
THE PLANT.
IN THE FUTURE, THE HEAT TO
GENERATE STEAM WILL COME FROM A
DEVICE CALLED A VAIPORIZER.
IT WILL ALSO RUN ON WOOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WOOD AND
DRY IT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT
IT IN A PRESSURE TANK AND WE'RE
GOING TO ADD HEAT AND CHANGE
THAT WOOD INTO A GAS.
AND THAT GAS IS A HYDROCARBON
GAS WHICH IS WHAT WOOD IS MADE
OF, THEN WE'LL SEND THAT GAS TO
A REACTOR WHICH IS LIKE A BIG
HEAT EXCHANGER AND A LIQUID
WILL COME OUT AND A SOLID
MATERIAL LIKE WAX WILL COME OUT
AND THAT LIQUID MATERIAL WILL
LOOK A LOT LIKE DIESEL FUEL.
SIMPLE PROCESS.
>> THE DIESEL FUEL CAN BE USED
AS IS TO POWER TRUCKS AND
EQUIPMENT.
THE WAXY MATERIAL, PARAFFIN,
CAN BE SOLD TO OIL REFINERIES
AND TURNED INTO A VARIETY OF
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
>> THERE IS NOT A BETTER SPOT
TO OPEN UP A REFINERY-TYPE
OPERATION THAN WE'RE DOING THAN
A BIODIESEL PLANT IN A PAPER
MILL.
>> AKHTAR SAID PAPER MILLS
AREN'T DOING THIS TO BE IN THE
OIL BUSINESS ON THE SIDE.
PAPER MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN
SOMETHING THE BIOREFINERY
GENERATES IN THE PROCESS OF
MAKING OIL, LOTS AND LOTS OF
HEAT.
>> ANY TIME YOU PRODUCE STEAM
BTU TO REPLACE NATURAL GAS THEY
CAN USE IT TO REDUCE THEIR COST.
ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN
BASICALLY THEY BECOME
COMPETITIVE FOR EVEN THE
PRODUCT THEY'RE MAKING, WHICH
IS PULP.
>> THIS WILL CUT YOUR GAS BILL.
>> WE'LL HAVE ZERO GAS BILL.
WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY NATURAL
GAS COST.
ALL THE MILL WILL BE HEATED OFF
OF WOOD, 100%.
>> NO COAL, NO GAS.
AND EXCESS ELECTRICITY WILL
ALSO BE PRODUCED AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE FANTASY,
SOMETHING THAT IS TOO GOOD TO
BE TRUE.
BUT THE PROCESS, IT TURNS OUT,
IS ALSO A CASE OF THE OLD MADE
NEW.
IT IS KNOWN AS THE
FISCHER-TROPSH PROCESS NAMED
FOR THE TWO CHEMISTS WHO
INVENTED IT DATING BACK TO
PRE-WORLD WAR II GERMANY.
>> THIS ACTUALLY PROCESS,.
>> IT'S OLD TECHNOLOGY.
THE ECONOMICS WEREN'T THERE
WHEN OIL WAS $40 A BARREL, IT
DIDN'T PAY.
NOW WHEN OIL IS MORE THAN $100
A BARREL IT HAS A GOOD RETURN.
>> AS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
THE PROCESS HAS ADVANTAGES OVER
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.
ACCORDING TO A RENEWABLE ENERGY
ADVISOR, EMISSIONS FROM
EXISTING BOILERS GO UP THE
STACK.
IN THE CASE OF THE PROPOSED
BIOREFINERY, EMISSIONS ARE
INTENTIONALLY CAPTURED SINCE
THEY WOULD BE USED TO PRODUCE
THE BIOFUELS.
FLAMBEAU RIVER AND ANOTHER
MILL, NEW PAGE PAPERS IN
WISCONSIN RAPIDS ARE WORKING
TOGETHER ON THE PROJECT SINCE
BOTH MILLS ARE EXPLORING THE
SAME PROCESS, THOUGH IN
DIFFERENT SCALES.
>> THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY THOUGHT THAT IF THEY CAN
-- THESE GUYS CAN ACTUALLY
DEMONSTRATE AT PAPER MILLS AT A
10% COMMERCIAL LEVEL, THEN
VENTURE CAPITALISTS WILL START
BELIEVING IN IT BECAUSE YOU CAN
SCALE IT UP TO 00%.
>> EVEN BEFORE HIS MILL WON THE
GRANT JOHNSON WAS CONVINCED THE
TECHNOLOGY WOULD WORK ON AN
INDUSTRIAL SCALE.
>> I KNOW WE CAN AND WE'LL DO
IT.
>> BRUCE JOHNSON IS BANKING ON
THE BIOREFINERY TO HELP KEEP
OPEN A MILL THAT HAS ALREADY
CLOSED ONCE.
>> I THINK THIS MILL MEANS $20
MILLION IN PAYROLL AND BENEFITS.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.
YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WOOD
THAT IT PURCHASES AND YOU ARE
TALKING 140,000 TO 150,000
CORDS OF WOOD.
ANOTHER $12 MILLION.
>> A MILL THAT MEANS A LOT TO
PARK FALLS.
>> CONSTRUCTION ON THE
BIOREFINERY IS SET TO BEGIN IN
DECEMBER, PENDING FINAL
APPROVAL OF FEDERAL GRANTS AND
LOAN GUARANTEES.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN
47,000 HMONG LIVE IN WISCONSIN
AND SOME ARE RECENT IMMIGRANTS.
A CLASH OF CULTURES FOR ELDERS
RAISED IN LAOS CAN MAKE THE
TRANSITION TO A NEW HOMELAND
DIFFICULT.
ON THAT NOTE, BAO THAO-VANG
CAME UP WITH A RECIPE FOR
SUCCESS INVOLVING GOOD FOOD
THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU IN APPLETON.
BAO THAO-VANG HAS A JOB THAT
KEEPS HER ON THE MOVE.
SHE COVERS THREE COUNTIES IN
SAUK VALLEY TEACHING NUTRITION
TO THE LARGE HMONG COMMUNITY IN
THIS AREA.
>> A LOT OF THE HMONG PEOPLE
NOW HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
AND DIABETES.
>> ONE PLACE WHERE SHE TEACHES
IS APPLETON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
HERE SHE LETS TEENS KNOW NOT
ONLY HOW TO MAKE HEALTHY MEALS,
BUT HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS
WITH THEIR ELDERS.
>> WHAT I TEACH THE YOUNGER
HMONG, I TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS
WHAT YOU ARE EATING IN THIS
COUNTRY BUT YOU ARE -- YOUR
PARENTS, THEY LIKE THEIR OWN
FOOD SO YOU CAN MAKE THIS INTO
HMONG FOOD, TOO.
>> ONE OF THE RECIPES THEY'RE
LEARNING TO MAKE FROM HMONG
RICE CAKE, WHAT MOST OF THEM
EAT AT HOME.
>> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO
MAKE IT.
>> THAO-VANG ALSO GOES OUT TO
EDUCATE THE ELDER HMONG.
THEY GATHER FOR CLASSES
SPONSORED BY LUTHERAN SOCIAL
SERVICES AT THE THOMPSON
COMMUNITY CENTER IN APPLETON.
SHE GIVES THIS GROUP THE SAME
ADVICE AS THE TEENS BUT IN
REVERSE.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE ELDERS
I WILL MAKE SOME AMERICAN FOOD
AND SAY THIS IS YOUR CHILDREN,
WHAT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, WHEN
THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THIS IS THE
FOOD THAT THEY EAT.
>> TO YOU ADVANTAGE IS IN A
GOOD POSITION TO UNDERSTAND THE
ELDERS IN HER COMMUNITY AN THE
GENERATIONS OF HMONG GROWING UP
HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN IN
LAOS AND AT THE AGE OF EIGHT
CAME TO AMERICA.
>> MY FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL WHEN
THE TEACHER TALKED YOU JUST
HEAR THE S SOUND.
SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
I THOUGHT HOW AM I GOING TO
LEARN THIS LANGUAGE?
>> IT'S HER MEMORIES OF
LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE THAT SHE CALLS ON WHEN
TEACHING THE ELDERS ABOUT GOOD
NUTRITION.
FOR THEM EVEN SHOPPING FOR
GROCERIES IS A CHALLENGE.
>> FOR HMONG PEOPLE WHEN THEY
GO THERE THEY DON'T TAKE CANNED
OR BOXED FOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT
THAT THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
IT IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW
TO COOK.
>> IN ADDITION TO HER IN-PERSON
EDUCATION EFFORTS THAO-VANG
HOSTS AMONG LANGUAGE SHOW ON
TELEVISION.
IT IS CALLED BRIDGING HMONG
AMERICANS AND PRESENTS A WIDE
RANGE OF HELPFUL IDEAS.
THE MOST POPULAR SHOW SO FAR
TACKLES THE TOPIC OF TURKEYS.
>> I HAD PEOPLE COME TO ME AND
SAY OH, WE SAW YOUR SHOW ON THE
TURKEY AND IT IS GOOD.
>> SHE SAYS THE TURKEY SHOW
CAME ABOUT BECAUSE NEW
IMMIGRANTS WERE CONFUSED WHEN
OFFERED A GIFT BASKET WITH A
RAW THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
>> AND THEY GO WELL, THIS
CHICKEN IS SO BIG.
HOW DO WE COOK THIS CHICKEN?
SOMETIMES THEY CUT IT UP AND
BOIL IT LIKE A CHICKEN.
>> WITH HER MEDIA EXPOSURE AND
MANY NUTRITION CLASSES,
THAO-VANG CONTINUES TO SPREAD
THE WORD ABOUT THE HEALTH
BENEFITS THAT COME FROM EATING
NUTRITIOUS FOODS.
THAT AND A SYMPATHETIC EAR MAKE
HER A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO
YOUNG AND OLD IN THE HMONG
COMMUNITY.
>> I LISTEN TO THEM AND TRY TO
BE A PERSON THAT THEY CAN GO TO
IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON
ANYTHING.
>> REPEATS OF THE SHOW BRIDGING
HMONG AMERICANS STILL AIR IN
THE SAUK VALLEY, BUT NEW
PRODUCTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
BY TIME WARNER CABLE.
AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PROGRAMS
IN THE HMONG LANGUAGE IS
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE APPLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TO FIND A LINK LOG ONTO OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org AND THEN
SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
TOPICS INCLUDE HEALTH, SAFETY
AND CULTURE.
WARMER WEATHER MAY HAVE YOU
THINKING ABOUT A WEEKEND
GETAWAY.
THE NEXT ADVENTURE WAS
SUGGESTED BY A VIEWER.
VIDEOGRAPHER FRANK BOLL AND JO
GARRETT FOUND THE SPOT WHERE
YOU CAN TAKE A GENTLE HIKE TO
EXPLORE A WATERFALL OR VENTURE
ON FOR A RUGGED TREK AND
BREATHTAKING VIEW OF THE
PENOKEE RANGE NEAR MELLEN.
>> SOME CLAIM IT'S THE
PRETTIEST WATERFALL IN ALL OF
WISCONSIN.
IT'S CALLED MORGAN FALLS.
IT IS NESTLED DEEP IN THE
FOREST.
IT GOES DOWN POOL BY POOL.
THE FALLS ARE HIDDEN SOMETIMES
BEHIND THIS GRANITE UPLIFT.
IT CONCLUDES HERE.
IT'S AN EASY WALK TO MORGAN
FALLS, JUST OVER A HALF MILE
AND HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.
IF YOU CONTINUE, THE TRAIL
DIVIDES AND BECOMES MORE
TREACHEROUS.
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY UP 1,565
FEET.
TO THE TOP OF ST. PETER'S DOME.
IT'S THE TALLEST POINT IN THE
WHOLE FOREST.
IT'S AT THE WEST END OF THE
PENOKEE RANGE, FORMED SOME 1.8
BILLION YEARS AGO.
AND YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY THE
ST. PETER'S DOME STATE NATURAL
AREA.
OVER 5,000 ACRES.
UP TOP THIS GRANITE DOME THERE
IS A PLACE THE LOCALS CALL OLD
BALDY.
LOOK DOWN.
THERE IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY MARKER FROM 1939 AND A
NEWER ONE.
IT WAS A HAZY DAY BUT ONCE
CLEAR YOU CAN SEE OUT PAST
THESE FARMS TO THE BIG LAKE,
SUPERIOR, AND THE APOSTLE
ISLANDS.
ST. PETER'S DOME IS A PLACE OF
SMALL DETAILS.
AND BIG VIEWS.
SIT A SPELL.
THE HIKE PAST MORGAN FALLS TO
ST. PETER'S DOME IS 3 1/2 MILES
ROUND-TRIP.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK A
VIEWER FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
IF YOU HAVE A STORY IDEA OR
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HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
FOR "IN WISCONSIN."
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER JO GARRETT SOLVING A
MYSTERY.
HERE IS A CLUE.
>> THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
.
DIT, DIT, DIT.
>> FIND OUT WHAT LINKS THIS
PANAMANIAN RAIN FOREST AND A
CEMETERY IN LA CROSSE.
>> AN ADVENTURE ON THE NORTH
COUNTRY TRAIL.
>> IT GOES THROUGH DIFFERENT
PLACES.
>> COME ALONG ON A HIKE DEEP
INTO WISCONSIN'S HISTORIC
NORTHWOODS.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THE HINES EMERALD DRAGONFLY.
THIS IS LIZ KOERNER.
A RESEARCHER IS TRYING TO SAVE
THEM FROM EXTINCTION IN DOOR
COUNTY.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH THE
MAGIC OF THE MARSH.
JUST NORTH OF MADISON THE
CHEROKEE MARSH COVERS MORE THAN
4,000 ACRES AND WAS CREATED BY
THE GLACIAL LAKE MENDOTA.
ENJOY THE LANDSCAPE AND 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 YOUR GURY SPECIALISTS, A
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.