>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN,"
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK A MYSTERY OF NATURE
AND HERE IS A CLUE.
>> THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
DIT, DIT, DIT.
>> FIND OUT WHAT LINKS THIS
PANAMANIAN RAIN FOREST TO A
CEMETERY THIS LECROSS.
>> IT TRAVERSES THROUGH A WIDE
VARIETY OF PLACES.
>> COME HIKE DEEP INTO
WISCONSIN'S HISTORIC NORTHWOODS.
THIS IS A HINES EMERALD
DRAGONFLY AND THIS RESEARCHER
IS TRYING TO SAVE IT FROM
EXTINCTION.
THOSE REPORTS NEXT ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE,IABLE 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
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN PROVIDING
CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND
DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL
COMPANION ANIMALS WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> THE TOPIC OF URBAN SPRAWL
AND DEVELOPMENT IS A PERENNIAL
ISSUE IN OUR STATE.
THIS WEEK WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT A CONSERVATION SANCTUARY
THAT HAS DEVELOPED IN LA CROSSE.
IT WASN'T PLANNED.
IT IS UNEXPND IT COULD
PROVIDE A MODEL FOR
INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION
EFFORTS.
BUT THE FIRST STOP IS IN PANAMA
WHERE "IN WISCONSIN'S" JO
GARRETT SHOWS YOU HOW THE TWO
ARE LINKED.
>> HE IS A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
HE'S LEADING A BIRD WATCHING
TRIP IN PANAMA, ONE OF THE BEST
BIRDING PLACES IN THE WORLD.
>> IT'S CALLED A SPECKLED.
IT'S A GOOD FIND.
IT IS A REALLY NEAT BIRD.
>> THOMPSON IS A REGIONAL LAND
MANAGER FOR THE WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
ON HIS OWN TIME HE LEADS BIRD
WATCHING TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD
TO BIRDING HOT SPOTS LIKHIS
ONE.
>> YOU'LL NEED THE BROWN, DRAB
BIRD.
>> OKAY.
THE BROWN BIRD.
>> ANOTHER BROWN BIRD.
ABB.
>> BACK HOME IN LASSE,
THOMPSON IS BIRDING AT ANOTHER
BOUNTIFUL SITE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE WARBLER
CALLED A TENNESSEE WARBLER.
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
IT HAS THIS ACCELERATING
STACCATO CALL.
IT SPENT THE WINTER IN COSTA
RICA AND HEADED TO CANADA TO
BREED.
THIS SPECIES WE'LL ONLY HEAR
DURING MIGRATION.
>> THE SHARPER EYED AMONG YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED THE HEADSTONES
BEHIND THOMPSON.
THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S BIRDING IN A
CEMETERY AND HERE IS THE STORY.
CEMETERIES HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY
IN INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION
EFFORTS MORE MIGRATING BIRDS.
THIS ONE IS CALLED OAK GROVE.
IT IS NOT WAY OUT IN THE
SUBURBS, NOPE, IT'S NEARLY
DOWNTOWN.
>> WE'RE ALMOST SMACK IN
MIDDLE OF THE CITY OF LA CROSSE.
A TOWN OF 50,000.
IT'S BUSY.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF
LA CROSSE AND IT'S EASY TO SEE
HOW PLACEIKE CEMETERIES CAN
PROVIDE A LITTLE POCKET OF
GREEN, A KIND OF AVIAN PIT
STOP, FOR THE BIRDS.
OAK GROVE JOINS UP WITH THE LA
CROSSE MARSH ON ONE END MAKING
FOR 80 ACRES IN THE HEART OF
THE CITY.
IT IS INADVERTENT BUT TERRIFIC
BIRD HABITAT.
THE SOUND TRACK TELLS THE STORY.
>> I HEAR A BALL GAME GOING ON
BEHIND US, SOME KIND OF
BASEBALL PRACTICE.
I CAN HEAR CAR TRAFAND
VEHICLES ON LANGE DRIVE AND AT
THE SAME TIME WE'RE HEARING
YELLOW WARBLER OFF IN THE
DISTANCE.
BALTIMORE ORIOLE, CHIPPING
SPARROWS AND THE WORKS.
IT'S THIS MISH MASH OF ALL
KINDS OF NATURE AND URBAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT COME TOGETHER.
>> NATURE IN AN URBAN
ENVIRONMENT.
CAN THIS MISH MASH WORK?
>> HERE WE ARE AT GROUND ZERO,
TRUCKS, PARADES, PEOPLE,
BALLGAMES, PLANES FLYING
OVERHEAD AND YET THE BIRDS ARE
BASICALLY OBLIVIOUS TO ALL OF
THAT.
>>Y DON'T MIND THE CITY BUT
WHAT DRAWS THEM HERE?
LET'S GO BACK TO THE OVERVIEW
OF LA CROSSE.
IT'S A RIVER TOWN BUILT ON
BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
THINK INTERSTATE FOR MIGRATING
BIRDS.
>> IT'S A MONSTROUS RIVER.
THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED
STATES AND GETS TREMENDOUS
TRAFFIC BOTH FROM PEOPLE AND
WILDLIFE, PARTICULARLY
MIGRATORY BIRDS.
>> THOMPSON AND HIS WIFE MARY
MAKE IT A POINT OF TRAVELING TO
PLACES LIKE PERROT STATE PARK
FOR ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS MIGHTY
RIVER DURING MIGRATION.
>> IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MIGRATORY FLY WAYS.
>> YOU GET MILLIONS OF BIRDS
THAT FUNNEL UP THE MISSISSIPPI.
>> YOU GOT HIM?
>> YEAH.
>> WOW.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR
THAT THRUSH.
>> THEY'LL WINTER IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.
>> IT'S TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF
MILES FROM WINTERING GROUNDS ON
UP THE RIVEDS TO
REFUEL.
>> ESPECIALLY TO THE BIRD
THAT'S JUST MIGRATED UP AND
THEY'RE EXHAUSTED AND REALLY
HUNGRY AND THEY DROP DOWN AND
HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TAT.
IF THEY DROP IN A BED OF GRAVEL
WITH A COUPLE OF MUMS POKING
OUT THAT'S NOT A GOOD HABITAT.
>> THE PRESS IS ON.
MANY BIRDS FACE ENORMOUS
PRESSURES.
>> A LONG OF OUR SONG BIRDS ARE
EXPERIENCING DECLINES.
157 OR SO SPECIES ARE IN A
NOTED DECLINE.
MANY ARE PRECIPITOUS DECLINES
AND THERE ARE ACTIONS WE HAVE
TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY.
>> THEY NEED HABITAT.
UP AND DOWN THE RIVER CORRIDOR,
THROUGH THE WHOLE JOURNEY WHICH
BRINGS US BACK TO OAK GROVE.
>> THIS IS AN EXCELLENT MODEL
AS TO HOW CEMETERIES CAN BE
LANDSCAPED TO PROVIDE TERRIFIC
HABITATS FOR BIRDS.
>> THIS PLACE WASN'T LANDSCAPED
FOR BIRDS BUT AESTHETICS.
WHAT RESULTED IS A PRETTY,
PEACEFUL PLACE THAT IS ALSO
HAPPILY AN AVIAN SMORGASBORD.
DIFFERENT BIRDS HAVE DIFFERENT
DINING DEMANDS.
>> YOUNG TREES, OLD TREES,
SHRUBS NEAR THE GROUND LEVEL
THAT THE TRUSHS AND YOU HAVE
BIRDS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THAT
ZONE FROM GROUND LAYER UP TO
CANOPY AND THEY'RE EVERYONE AND
THE BIRDS LOVE IT.
THERE IS AN ORIOLE SINGING
ABOVE US RIGHT NOW.
>> THESE BIRDS DON'T DO SEEDS.
BIRD FEEDERS WON'T CUT IT.
THEY GO FOR FRUITS IN THE FALL
AND INSECTS IN THE SPRING.
>> HIGH PROTEIN DIET.
>> ATKINS.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> ATKINS IN THE RAW, I LOVE IT.
>> YOU NEVER SEE CHUBBY BIRDS.
IN THE SPRING PRIMARILY WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ARE INSEC GO-TO FOOD
WARBLERS ARE TRYING TO FIND A
LITTLE GNAT, BUG, CATERPILLAR
AND THEY HAVE TO EAT THEM
CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY
AND THEY HAVE TO WORK HARD TO
FIND THE FOOD.
IF THE TREES AND SHRUBS ARE
HERE THEY'LL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
>> BIRD-FRIENDLY HABITATS ARE
IN DECLINE AND THEY FACE A
TOUGHER FUTURE.
>> THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT
MORE PEOPLE, 200,000 A DAY, I
BELIEVE, WE'RE ADDING TO THE
PLANET.
SO A WEEK FROM NOW THERE WILL
BE MORE THAN A MILLION NEW
MOUTHS TO FEED WITH INCREASING
PRESSURE ON THE PLANET.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF BIG AREAS
LEFT TO PROTECT.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MAKE THE SMALL STUFF WORK.
>> CITIES CAN BE FULL OF SMALL
STUFF THAT CAN WORK.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE.
>> A PROGRAM ADVANCED BY THE
AUDOBON SOCIETY A FEW YEARS AGO
TO HAVE GOLF COURSES BECOME
MORE WILDLIFE FRIENDLY.
THESE KINDS OF PLACES ARE GOING
TO PROVIDE SAFE REFUGE FOR
BIRDS ULTIMATELY IF THEY'RE
DONE RIGHT.
SO TO HAVE THIS SERIES OF
HABITATS THAT ARE LINKED IN
SOME WAY ALONG THEIR ENTIRE
MIGRATORY PATHWAY IS VITAL FOR
THE CONSERVATION OF ALL SPECIES
THAT MIGRATE BACK AND FORTH.
>> THROUGH THE WHOLE JOURNEY
THESE TINY TRAVELERS NEED
SHELTER AND SUSTENANCE.
>> INCERT WITH THE RHYTHMS
OF THE EARTH WE HAVE TO BE ON
BOARD AND BE STEWARDS.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
IT'S UP TO US TO START RIGHT
NOW.
>> CRAIG THOMPSON DISCOVERED
THAT NOT ONLY CEMETERIES BUT
YOUR OWN BACKYARD CAN BE AN
OASIS FOR MIGRATING BIRDS.
NEXT WEEK WE'LL EXPLORE HIS
BACKYARD TO SHOW YOU HOW
THOMPSON TURNED IT INTO A
SMORGASBORD FOR SONG BIRDS
THURSDAY AT 7:00 HERE "IN
WISCONSIN."
THE NEXT ANNUAL U.S. INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT STATE OF THE BIRDS
REPORT WARNS THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE
IMPACT ON WISCO
THE NATIONAL REPORT SAYS
CHANGING TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION COULD FURTHER
HARM MIGRATORY BIRDS LIKE THE
WHOOPING CRANE.
ALSO MENTIONED BY NAME IN THE
BIRD REPORT ARE THE COMMON
NIGHT HAWK AND NORTHERN PINTAIL
DUCK WHICH SPEND PART OF THEIR
YEAR IN WISCONSIN.
ON THE NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL
SCENIC TRAIL BIRDERS CAN SPOT A
VARIETY OF FEATHERED FRIENDS
AND EXPERIENCE UNIQUE
LANDSCAPES.
IT'S PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM AND IS A WORK IN
PROGRESS AS VOLUNTEERS HELP TO
STRETCH THE TRAIL ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TELEVISIONS
DAN SMALL BRINGS YOU THE
HISTORIC TALE OF THIS TRAIL
FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.
>> WHEN COMPLETED, THE NORTH
COUNTRY TRAIL WILL SPAN 4,600
MILES FROM THE ADIRONDACK
MOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK TO THE
MISSOURI RIVER IN NORTH DAKOTA.
THE GREATEST PERCENTAGE OF
COMPLETED TRAIL LIES IN
WISCONSIN.
HERE, TOO, YOU'LL FIND THE
OLDEST SEGMENT.
A PATH USED BY WISCONSIN'S
EARLIEST INHABITANTS DATING
BACK 10,000 YEARS OR MORE.
>> WE HAVE MORE MILES ON THE
GROUND NOW THAN THE APPALACHIAN
TRAIL IS LONG AND AT LEAST THAT
MANY MILES MORE TO GO.
>> ABOUT HALF THE TRAIL IS
COMPLETED BUT IT WILL TAKE A
LOT MORE WORK AND THE
ACQUISITION OF MORE LAND AND
EASEMENTS TO CONNECT THE
FINISHED SEGMENTS WHICH CROSS A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HABITAT
TYPES.
BILL AND A CREW OF VOLUNTEERS
BUILT THIS SECTION OF BOARDWALK
THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO HIKE A
PORTION OF THE TRAIL THAT
CROSSES THE OTHERWISE
INACCESSIBLE BRULE BOG.
>> THIS BOARDWALK IS REALLY A
SPECIAL PROJECT AND IT WAS A
VERY FUN PROJECT BECAUSE OF ITS
MASSIVE NATURE AND IT'S JUST
FUN WHEN YOU CAN BUILD
SOMETHING LIKE -- A STRUCTURE
LIKE A BRIDGE OR BOARDWALK.
IT IS A LITTLE MORE SATISFYING
FOR SOME REASON THAN DIGGING
TREAD IN THE DIRT AND MOVING
DIRT AND BOULDERS ALL DAY LONG.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY NEAT
STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT GETS
PEOPLE OUT HERE INTO THIS
ENVIRONMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T
TYPICALLY SEE.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE MOSSS AND
FERNS AND DELICATE PLANTS THAT
ARE HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
THE NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL
SCENIC TRAIL SPECIAL IS THAT IT
TRAVERSES THROUGH A WIDE
DIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTS AND
PLACES, RATHER THAN FOLLOWING A
PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
ANOTHER UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENT
CROSSED BY THE TRAIL IS A PINE
BAREENS IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY
WILDLIFE AREA.
>> OUT HERE HIKERS ARE SEEING
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF
PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND BIRDS.
AT SOME TIMES OF THE YEARS WHEN
YOU COME THROUGH HERE YOU SEE
VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAIRIE
FLOWERS IN BLOOM.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME PRAIRIE
ROSES BLOOMING.
YOU SEE A VARIETY OF
WILDFLOWERS HERE THAT YOU DON'T
SEE ELSEWHERE.
>> THE BRULE/ST. CROIX PORTAGE
IS ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL
ROUTES BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI
WATERSHED AND THE LAKE
SUPERIOR/GREAT LAKES WATERSHED.
WHEN YOU SEE THE DEEPLY RUTTED
AREA ON THE TRAIL, THIS IS
WHERE THE NATIVE PEOPLE AND THE
VOYAGEERS AFTER THEM CLIMBED UP
THE STEEP BLUFF OF THE TRAIL
CARRYING CANOES AND VOYAGER
TRADE GOODS AND PACKS.
THE PORTAGE TRAIL IS ONE OF THE
PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SEE A
PUBLIC TRAVEL ROUTE IN ITS
NATURAL STATE AS IT WAS
HISTORICALLY IN WISCONSIN.
THERE IS REALLY NOT ANY OTHER
PLACE THAT I CAN THINK OF IN
THE STATE WHERE YOU CAN SEE A
TRAIL AS OLD AS THIS.
>> THE NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL
REALLY IS ONLY COMING INTO
EXISTENCE BECAUSE OF THE
COMMITMENT OF THESE PARTNERS,
STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL AGENCIES
AND ESPECIALLY VOLUNTEERS.
THE VOLUNTEERS DO IT ALL.
I AND MY STAFF AMOUNT TO 4 1/2
PEOPLE SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T
BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE TRAIL.
>> LEN, WHO HAS A SUBSCRIPTION
TO AN OUTDOOR MAGAZINE, SAW
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NORTH
COUNTRY TRAIL AND PURSUED IT
FURTHER AND FOUND THERE WAS A
LOCAL CHAPTER AND WE WENT TO A
MEETING AND GOT INVOLVED THAT
WAY AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH THE ORGANIZATION EVER
SINCE.
>> I LIKE HIKING IN PLACES
WHERE YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
BE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE TRAIL.
THE NO COUNTRY TRAIL THROUGH
WISCONSIN JUST GIVES YOU SO
MUCH VARIETY.
IT IS JUST -- WE'VE HIKED A LOT
OF THESE TRAILS OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AND WE NEVER GET TIRED OF
IT.
IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE
OUTSIDE.
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN BE
INVOLVED WITH AND TRY TO LEAVE
A ACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
AND TO MY GRANDCHILDREN.
>> JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE
wpt.org IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND
OUT ABOUT VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE NORTH
COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.
THEN SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON
"IN WISCONSIN."
UPDATES NOW ON THREE WATER
CONCERNS ACROSS OUR STATE.
FIRST IN PLOVER WHERE LAST FALL
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTED FOR THE
FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR THE LITTLE
PLOVER RIVER HAD DRIED UP.
NEARBY WELLS IN THE VILLAGE
ALONG WITH CROP IRRIGATION ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM.
NOW DEL MONTE FOODS HAS
PURCHASED 150 ACRES IN THE
WATERSHED NEAR ITS LOCAL CANING
PLANT.
THE COMPANY WILL START
DIVERTING THE WATER IT USES FOR
PROCESSING BACK THE PROPERTY
AND WILL NO LONGER USE TWO HIGH
CAPACITY WELLS FOR IRRIGATION.
THE MOVE SHOULD RESTORE SOME
WATER TO THE PARCHED TROUT
STREAM.
IT'S NOT ONLY STREAMS, BUT
LAKES LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE
DISAPPEARING IN WASHBURN COUNTY.
A PROPOSAL IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE WOULD PUT
RESTRICTIONS ON EXISTING WELLS
IN DESIGNATED WATERSHEDS LIKE
THIS ONE AROUND WHAT USED TO BE
LONG LAKE.
THE AMOUNT OF WATER BEING
PUMPED FROM THE WATERSHED COULD
NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT COMING IN.
THE LEGISLATURE COULD VOTE ON
THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION
PLAN IN APRIL.
AND WAUKESHA COULD BE THE FIRST
COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE GREAT
LAKES BASIN TO APPLY FOR LAKE
WATER UNDER THE GREAT LAKES
COMPACT.
DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS IN MARCH
THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT
POLLUTION TO UNDERWOOD CREEK IF
WATER IS DIVERTED BACK TO LAKE
MICHIGAN AND AS "IN WISCONSIN"
FIRST REPORTED LAST NOVEMBER,
SOME ENVIRONMENTALISTS QUESTION
WHETHER WAUKESHA HAS TAKEN A
CLOSE ENOUGH LOOK AT
ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES.
THE COMMON COUNCIL IS EXPECTED
TO VOTE THIS MONTH.
"IN WISCONSIN" WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
A MIX OF LAKESHORE, COASTAL
WETLANDS AND FOREST ARE BEING
SET ASIDE TO HELP TWO
ENDANGERED SPECIES SURVIVE.
$1 MILLION FROM THE FISH AND
WILDLIFE SERVICE WILL HELP
PROTECT 468 ACRES JUST INLAND
FROM THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER SHOWS YOU WHY THE HINES
EMERALD DRAGONFLY IS ATTRACTING
SO MUCH ATTENTION IN DOOR
COUNTY.
>> DAN SOLUK IS DOING SOMETHING
THAT FOR MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE
AGAINST THE LAW, HE'S TRYING TO
CATCH A HINES EMERALD DRAGONFLY.
IT'S A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED
SPECIES ONCE THOUGHT TO BE
EXTINCT AND EVENGH IT'S AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES MORE OF THEM
LIVE NEAR SHORE OF LAKE
MICHIGAN IN DOOR COUNTY THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
>> PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH
DRAGONFLIES HOLD THEIR WINGS
BACKWARDS OVER THEIR BODY.
WE FOUND THIS WAY IS THE WAY
THAT PUTS LESS STRAIN ON THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN EYES.
>> SOLUK HAS A PERMIT TO CATCH
A FEW DRAGONFLIES BECAUSE HE'S
DOING RESEARCH THAT MAY HELP
SAVE THEM FROM EXTINCTION.
HE BEGAN HIS RESEARCH IN THE
EARLY 1990s.
>> IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE NOTHING -- HERE YOU
HAVE A SPECIES WHICH IS VERY
RARE WHICH ALMOST NOTHING IS
KNOWN ABOUT.
>> ONE THING WAS CLEAR FROM THE
BEGINNING, IT COMES TO
FOUR-WHEELED PREDATORS,
DRAGONFLIES DON'T STAND A
CHANCE.
>> USUALLY YOU FIND AT LEAST
ONE OR TWO ON A DAY LIKE THIS.
THIS ONE HAS JUST BEEN KILLED.
VERY BAD SHAPE.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN SUCH BAD
SHAPE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN TELL
EXACTLY WHAT SPECIES THEY ARE.
>> HIS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE
MOST DEADLY STRETCH OF ROAD IS
COUNTY HIGHWAY Q NORTH OF
BAILEY'S HARBOR.
THE HIGHWAY IS CURRENTLY POSTED
AT 45 MILES-PER-HOUR.
SOLUK IS TRYING TO GET THE
SPEED LIMIT REDUCED FOR TWO
MONTHS DURING THE SUMMEEN
DRAGONFLIES ARE ON THE WING.
HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH CATHY
CARNES FROM THE U.S. FISH AND
WILDLIFE SERVICE.
>> WE'VE BEENCATING THAT
SPEED LIMIT SIGNS BE PUT UP AND
WE FEEL GOING 15 MILES-PER-HOUR
OR LESS IN THESE AREAS WOULD
PREVENT VEHICLE COALITIONS WITH
DRAGONFLIES.
>> ADULT DRAGONFLIES ONLY LIVE
FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS BUT SPEND
UP TO FIVE YEARS IN THE
IMMATURE STAGE CALLED LARVAE.
>> THEY'RE LOOKING LIKE A
LITTLE HAIRY, DIRTY TENNIS BALL
IS THE HINES EMERALD DRAGONFLY.
>> SOLUK AND HIS STUDENTS ARE
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
LARVAE NEED TO SURVIVE.
BUT WHEN THEY FIRST BEGAN
LOOKING FOR THEM, NO ONE KNEW
WHERE THEY LIVED.
>> WE LOOKED LOTS OF DIFFERENT
PLACES.
WE TORE APART SEDGES AND ROOTS
AND ROOTED AROUND IN THE DIRT.
>> THEY FINALLY FOUND THEM
UNDERGROUND IN THE MUDDY
BURROWS OF WHAT IS COMMONLY
CALLED THE DEVIL CRAYFISH.
THE RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED A
TECHNIQUE TOELY COLLECT
DRAGONFLY LARVAE BY PUMPING OUT
THE CRAYFISH BURROWS WITH A
BELLOWS AND A HOSE.
>> THIS TECHNIQUE IS A GOOD
BUT IT DOES ANNOY THE CRAYFISH.
THEY'LL OFTEN CAP THEOWS
AFTER WE DO THIS SO WE HAVE TO
SOMETIMES OPEN THEM UP AGAIN.
IF WE WANT TO PLACE THE HINES
EMERALD BACK IN THE BURROW AND
I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU
HAD SOMEBODY PUT A BIG VACUUM
CLEANER AT YOUR FRONT DOOR AND
SUCKED UP THE CONTENTS OF YOUR
HOUSE YOU MIGHT DO THE SAME.
>> THE MOST AMAZING PART OF
THIS DISCOVERY IS THAT CRAYFISH
ACTUALLY EAT SOME OF THE
DRAGONFLY LARVAE IN THEIR
BURROWS.
>> IT SEEMED LIKE THE MOST
UNLIKELY PLACE TO GO.
WHY WOULD YOU GO INTO THE
BURROW OF A CRAYFISH THAT IS
PROBABLY GOING TO KILL YOU?
BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE.
>> DRAGONFLY LARVAE GO INTO
CRAYFISH BURROWS TO SURVIVE THE
DRY SEASON ABOVE GROUND.
>> HERE WE HAVE AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES THAT IS SOMEWHAT DEPEND
DANT ON ONE OF ITS PREDATORS TO
SURVIVE.
>> HE POINTS OUT HOW IMPORTANT
IT TO UNDERSTAND THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREDATOR
AND PREY IN ORDER TO HELP THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES SURVIVE.
>> THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD
OCCUR TO ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THAT
CRAYFISH ARE PREDATORS ON AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES ON A HINES
EMERALD, LET'S GET RID OF
CRAYFISH.
I THINK ELIMINATION OF CRAYFISH
FROM AN AREA IS LIKELY TO LEAD
TO THE ELIMINATION OF HINES
EMERALDS FROM AN AREA.
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE DEVIL
CRAYFISH TO SURVIVE.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE UNIQUE
TYPE OF WETLAND WHERE THE
CRAYFISH SET UP HOUSE.
>> MOST OF THE HABITATS WHERE
THEY DO WELL, THE SURFACE WATER
ACTUALLY DISAPPEARS AND IT IS
GONE DOWN IN A NATURAL CYCLE
EVERY YEAR.
>> MIKE GRIMM IS A BIOLOGIST
WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN
DOOR COUNTY.
FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS THE HINES
EMERALD WAS THOUGHT TO BE
EXTINCT.
IT WAS REDISCOVERED HERE ON THE
MINK RIVER PRESERVE IN THE LATE
1980s.
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE
HINES EMERALD IS THAT THE WATER
THAT THEY NEED IS HIDDEN AWAY
IN THE LITTLE RIVULETS THAT RUN
THROUGH HERE.
>> THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IS
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SOLUK AND OTHERS TO SAVE THIS
ENDANGERED INSECT.
BECAUSE THIS HABITAT IS
CRITICAL TO ITSIVAL THEY
WANT TO FIND WHERE THE
GROUNDWATER THAT BUBBLES TO THE
SURFACE COMES FROM.
GRIMM SAYS IT COULD BE WELL
BEYOND THE BORDER BY PROPERTY
PROTECTED BY THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY.
>> PEOPLE MAKE THE ANALOGY
PIPES IN THE GROUND SO YOU CAN
HAVE ONE SINKHOLE TWO MILES
AWAY AND IF THERE IS A DIRECT
FISSURE COMING RIGHT TO THIS
OUTLET HERE, THAT COULD BE THE
WAY IT GETS HERE THROUGH JUST
ONE PIPE.
>> AND IF THAT ONE PIPE IS SHUT
OFF BY DEVELOPERS WHO SINK NEW
WELLS, THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECT
COULD BE DEVASTATING.
THE RESULTS OF THE WATER FLOW
RESEARCH WILL HELP THE
GOVERNMENT PROTECT THIS
ENDANGERED SPECIES BY
IDENTIFYING AREAS OFF LIMITS TO
DEVELOPMENT.
>> ANYONE THAT MAY BE DOING AN
ACTION THAT COULD AFFECT THE
HABITAT OR THE DRAGONFLIES
THEMSELVES SHOULD BE CONSULTING
WITH THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE ON ANY PERMITS THEY MAY
NEED.
>> DOING RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND
AND SAVE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
LIKE THE HINES EMERALD
DRAGONFLY TAKES TIME AND MONEY.
ALTHOUGH SOME MAY QUESTION THE
VALUE, OTHERS, LIKE SOLUK, FEEL
IT'S WELL WORTH IT.
>> I THINK SOMETIMES WE
STRUGGLE TO FIND EXPLANATIONS
FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME ECONO
VALUE AND THE ONLY REASON IT'S
ANY GOOD IS IT HAS ECONOMIC
VALUE TO US.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY
OF THINKING ABOUT IT.
THE ADULT PHASE IS A BEAUTIFUL
ANIMAL.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME DOING JUST FINE BEFORE WE
EVER CAME AROUND.
AND I THINK WE DO HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE
GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND AND
WE SHOULDN'T JUST SORT OF
OFFHANDEDLY LET THESE SPECIES
VANISH THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES.
>> SINCE THAT REPORTT
AIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006, THE
SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN REDUCED
FROM 45 TO 15 MILES-PER-HOUR IN
THE SUMMER THROUGH THE
DRAGONFLY HABITAT.
IN ADDITION, A PROTECTED FLOWER
CALLED THE DWARF LIKE IRIS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
THE NEW $1 MILLION CONSERVATION
GRANT GIVEN TO THE WISCONSIN
DNR, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND
DOOR COUNTTRUST IS
DESIGNED TO PROTECT BOTH
SPECIES.
TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON
FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> I'M "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER
LIZ KOERNER.
THE BRASSY SOUNDS OF THIS
TRUMPETER EASILY CARRY IN A
CROWDED HALL.
IT MIGHT ALSO CARRY HIM TO THE
TOP IN A NATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS
COMPETITION.
>> THIS IS ART HACKETT.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A CRUSADE
BY A NORTHWOODS VETERINARIAN
HAS TURNED INTO A TOURIST
ATTRACTION.
>> IT WAS HIT BY A CAR.
>> SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO CARE
FOR INJURED AND ORPHANED
ANIMALS AT THE NORTHWOODS
WILDLIFE CENTER IN MIN AQUA.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR
THE ANIMAL.
>> WANT TO TURN YOUR BACKYARD
IS INTO THE ROADSIDE CAFE FOR
TROPICAL BIRDS?
>> ANYBODY CAN PLANT THEIR
YARDS TO MAKE IT WORTH
WILDLIFE AND SEE THE BIRDS
RESPOND WHEN THEY COME IN
JACKPOT, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER JO GARRETT.
I'LL TAKE YOU TO LA CROSSE TO
SHOW YOU HOW TO PLANT A FEAST
FOR YOUR FEATHER ERD FRIENDS.
>> JOIN US FOR THOSE REPORTS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:00 ON OUR
STATEWIDE NEWS MAGAZINE
PROGRAM, "IN WISCONSIN."
RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
WE ALSO HOPE YOU'LL CHECK OUT
OUR BLOG CALLED THE PRODUCER'S
JOURNAL.
IT'S UPDATED EACH WEEK DAY WITH
NEW INFORMATION AND IMAGES BY
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF
AND BEHIND THE SCENES ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
CHECK OUT THE PRODUCER'S
JOURNAL AT wpt.org.
AND THEN CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH A
LOOK AT THE HISTORIC ROUND LAKE
LOGGING DAM.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS
OF WISCONSIN'S LUMBER BOOM IN
PRICE COUNTY AND IS LISTED ON
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES.
ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1878,
THE WOOD DAM WAS COMPLETELY
REBUILT IN 1995 USING THE
HISTORIC TIMBERS AND ORIGINAL
IRON HARDWARE.
ENJOY THE RUSH OF SPRING WATER
AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY,
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 ADONAL FUNDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.