>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG FILLING
IN FOR PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK HUNT OR BE HUNTED.
AN UPDATE ON THE CONTROVERSY
SURROUNDING WISCONSIN'S BLACK
BEAR HUNT AND A SPECIAL COURT
SET UP TO HANDLE THE LEGAL
PROBLEMS OF VETERANS.
AND LAKE SUPERIOR IS HOME TO
THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE.
IT IS ALSO WHERE THIS NATIVE
AMERICAN PARK RANGER FINDS HIS
INSPIRATION.
>> THERE HAS BEEN NATIVE FOLKS
LIVING IN THIS AREA FOR AS FAR
AS WE KNOW AT LEAST 10,000
YEARS.
>> COME EXPLORE THE PLACE WHERE
THE WATER MEETS LAND AND SKY.
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
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANSUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> 3200 MEMBERS OF THE
WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD
RECENTLY RETURNED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY.
THOUSANDS OF NEW VETERANS
JOINED THE MANY MORE SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE MADE THE TRANSITION
HOME AFTER FIGHTING WARS
OVERSEAS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT
TRANSITION HOME TURNS ROCKY
BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCES THE
SOLDIERS HAD IN IRAQ,
AFGHANISTAN OR VIETNAM.
ONE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN A
FLEDGLING COURT PROGRAM FOR
VETS ONLY.
BUILT TOUGH, TRAINED TO BE
AGGRESSIVE.
IT MEANSIVAL IN THE WAR
ZONE.
BUT WHAT DO HAIR TRIGGER
REFLEXES MEAN ONCE BACK HOME?
A TRANSITION NOT ALWAYS EASY.
>> I HAVE HEARD VETERANS SAY
THEY SEE AN OBJECT ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY
THINK THEY NEED TWERVE.
THAT'S NORMAL FOR THEM.
IT IS NOT NORMAL HERE.
>> AND ANY RETURN TO NORMALCY
CAN E IMPEDED BY POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS OR ALCOHOL AND
DRUG ABUSE TO MASK IT.
IT IS A RECIPE FOR POLICE CALLS
AND ARRESTS.
FOR THINGS LIKE DISORDERLY
CONDUCT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT'S ALSO THE RESUME OF THE
PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR VETERANS
COURT.
>> IT'S THE RETURNING VETERAN
WHO SUFFERS A BREAK FROM REALLY
REALITY.
MUCH LIKE PARANOIA, ANXIETY
ATTACKS, GETS IN TROUBLE, RIGHT
AFTER HE GETS OUT HE GETS IN A
FIST FIGHT, AND--
>> LIKE THIS MAN WHO SERVED IN
IRAQ AND WHO, ONCE HOME, WAS
ARRESTED OUTSIDE A TAVERN FOR
MISDEMEANOR BATTERY AND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
HE WAS THE FIRST TO ENTER THE
VETERANS DIVERSION COURSE WITH
A PROMISE THAT SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF AN 18 MONTH
TREATMENT PROGRAM WILL MEAN
PROBLEMS WILL BE DISMISSED BUT
THERE HAS BEEN A BACKSLIDE.
>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED.
>> IT WAS A TICKET FOR DRIVING
AFTER REVOCATION AND UNDER THE
TIGHT SCRUTINY OF THE COURT THE
JUDGE KNOWS MORE.
>> POSSESSION AND USE OF
ALCOHOL.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL
PROBLEM.
DO YOU THINK THAT, IN FACT,
THERE IS A JUDGMENT ISSUE HERE?
I'M BEGINNING TO QUESTION YOUR
JUDGMENT BECAUSE THINGS ARE
STARTING TO PILE UP.
IS THERE AN ISSUE ALSO ABOUT
PURCHASING A WEAPON?
>> YES, SIR.
>> HAVE YOU REVIEWED YOUR
CONTRACT YOU SIGNED IN THIS
MATTER?
>> YES IS.
>> I COULD PUT YOU IN JAIL FOR
A DAY OR TWO.
>> AND ALSO KICK HIM OUT OF THE
PROGRAM AND HELP HIM PROCEED TO
SENTENCING.
>> VETERANS COURT ISN'T A FREE
PASS.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO GET THE
TREATMENT YOU NEED SO YOU DON'T
DO THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
>> BECAUSE JUDGE JAMES DALEY
KNOWS WHAT DELAYED TREATMENT
CAN MEAN.
A VIETNAM VET HIMSELF HE
WATCHED THOSE AROUND HIM SUFFER
IN SILENCE.
>> I SAW IT HAPPEN AFTER
VIETNAM NOT ONLY TO -- I HAVE A
BROTHER WHO IS A VETERAN AND
ALSO TO OTHER VETERANS I KNEW
AND GREW UP WITH AND BECAME
AQUAUNTED WITH AFTER I GOT
OF THE SERVICE.
I SAW THE PROBLEMS THEY
EXPERIENCED AND THEY WERE
PROBLEMS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN
AMELIORATED BY TREATMENT.
>> EXPERTS SAY AS MANY AS ONE
IN FIVE VETERANS HAVE POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
DALEY SAYS THE LONGER THE TIME
WITHOUT TREATMENT THE LONGER
THE TREATMENT TAKES.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO ACCEPT
VETERANS COURT?
>> THIS MAN IS NEW VETERANS
COURT BUT NOT NEW TO THE ISSUES
THAT LANDED HIM.
HE WAS AN INFANTRY MAN IN
VIETNAM AND HE'S BEEN IN
TREATMENT FOR PTSD AND AJUDGED
DISABLED BECAUSE OF IT.
RECENTGES AGAINST HIM FOR
DISORDERLY CONDUCT ARE DEFERRED
PENDING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
OF THIS PROGRAM.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO HOOK INTO
YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT YOU
HAD TO EXHIBIT AS AN
INFANTRYMAN AND ALSO YOUR
ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ACCOMPLISH GOALS WHICH YOU HAD
TO.
>> THE JUDGE AND LAWYERS AND
EVEN THE BAILIFF IN VETERANS
COURT HAVE SERVED IN THE
MILITARY.
THEY GET IT LIKE NON-VETERANS
COULD NOT.
>> DID YOU SERVE COMBAT ZONE?
>> YES, IRAQ.
>> WHAT OUTFIT DID YOU SERVE
WITH?
>> 101.
>> THIS COMBAT VETERAN SERVED
16 YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
TO AVOID JAILS HE MUST FOLLOW
THE JUDGE'S ORDERS.
>> WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO
GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> THE V.A. PAYS FOR THE
TREATMENT AND HAS A SOCIAL
WORKER MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MEDICAL
NEEDS AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR
CARE.
>> SO FAR JUST THRERANS
ARE PART OF THIS COURT.
IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED SOME WOULD
RATHER JUST TAKE THEIR LUMPS IN
CRIMINAL COURT AND AVOID THE
STIGMA OF TREATMENT.
>> THEY WILL NOT ADMIT
ANYTHING, THEY'LL STONE WALL
IT, THEY'LL REALLY, YOU KNOW,
BE THE MAN.
>> BUT DALEY SAYS THE LONGER
THEY WAIT THE WORSE IT GETS.
THIS FORMER MARINE AND
BRIGADIER GENERAL'S LATEST
MISSION IS MAKE SURE THE COMBAT
VETS WHO SURVI THE WAR ZONE
CAN TRULY THRIVE BACK AT HOME.
THE ROCK COUNTY VETERANS COURT
HAS REACHED OUT TO SURROUNDING
COUNTIES TO GET MORE VETS INTO
THE PROGRAM.
STILL, THE JANESVILLE COURT
REMAINS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS
KIND IN WISCONSIN.
WHILE A LEGAL FIGHT MIGHT BE
THE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE THIS
NEXT DISPUTE, THE RETURN OHE
GRAY WOLF TO THEIR NATURAL
HUNTING GROUNDS IN WISCONSIN
HAS BEEN CONTENTIOUS AT BEST.
NOW, TWO UNLIKELY PARTNERS, THE
DNR AND BEAR HUNTERS ARE
JOINING FORCES AND TAKING AIM
AT WOLVES.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPOR
GARRETT SHOWS YOU WHAT'S ON THE
LINE NEAR CLAM LAKE.
>> DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE
CHEQUAMEGON FORESA MAN IS
CHECKING HIS BAIT STATION FOR
THE BEAR SEASON.
HE CHECKS THE SCRATCHY PAD FOR
TRACKS.
HIS FELLOW HUNTER AND FRIEND
AMY CHECKS ANOTHER BAIT STATION.
>> WE HAVE A GOOD SIZED BEAR
TRACK, ABOUT A THREE-INCH PAD.
>> OTHER ANIMALS WILL WALK
THROUGH BUT THE ONE TRACK THEY
DON'T WANT TOS THIS ONE.
>> THIS IS A TIMBERWOLF TRACK
RIGHT HERE IN THE BAIT.
YOU CAN SEE HE'S GOING THIS WAY.
THIS IS HIS PAD ON THIS SIDE
HERE, KIND OF A TRIANGULAR PAD
AND TWO FRONT TOES, SIDE TOES.
>> THE TWO HUNT BEAR WITH
HOUNDS.
>> WE BRING THE DOGS OUT AND
RUN THE BEAR AND HOPEFULLY TREE
THEM.
>> OF THE SURROUNDING STATES,
MINNESOTA AND MICHIGAN THAT
HAVE WOLVES, WISCONSIN IS THE
ONLY ONE THAT ALLOWS BEAR
HUNTING WITH HOUNDS.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
WHEN THE HUNTING PACK IS LET
LOOSE TO TRACK THE BEAR.
>> SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY GOT
IT.
>> EVEN ON A TRAINING EXERCISE
LIKE THIS ONE, THESE HOUNDS ARE
ON THEIR OWN IN THESE WOODS.
WOODS THAT MAY HAVE WOLVES.
>> I LOST DOGS IN AUGUST OF
2004.
I SAW THE BEAR CROSS THE ROAD.
IT WAS A LONG STRAIGHTAWAY.
I SAW MY TWO DOGS CROSS.
I DROVE UP THERE AND DIDN'T
HEAR BARKING.
I WALKED IN THINKING I WAS
GOING TO FIND THEM STRUGGLING
TO FIND A BEAR TRACK ALONG THE
SWAMP AND ABOUT 200 YARDS OFF
THE ROAD I FOUND THEM DEAD.
IT WAS PROBABLY A 75-POUND
HOUND 10 MINUTES BEFORE THAT
AND THE ONLY THING LEFT IS 10
POUNDS WORTH OF LEGS AND SPINE.
>> WOLVES TEND TO BE VERY SHY,
TIMID.
BUT BY NATURE THEY ARE CANINES
AND THEY CAN BE VERY
TERRITORIAL WHEN THEY CROSS
OTHER CANINES.
>> THAT'S THE FUTURE BEAR
HUNTER RIGHT THERE.
>> PARTICULARLY LIKE OTHER
CANINES WHEN THEIR PUPS ARE
SMALL.
WOLVES WILL KILL A WOLF FROM
ANOTHER PACK THAT CROSSES THEIR
TERRITORY AND THEY'LL KILL
HUNTING HOUNDS, TOO.
>> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE RAN
DOGS ANDY'VE CROSSED THE
ROAD AND WOLVES START HOWLING
AND WE HAVE TO RUN IN THERE AND
GET OUR DOGS BECAUSE THEY'RE
LIKE OUR KIDS TO US AND WE
REALLY DON'T WANNYTHING TO
HAPPEN TO THEM.
>> HOUND HUNTING IS A FAMILY
TRADITION FOR THIS MAN.
HIS DAD PUT ON DEMONSTRATION
HUNTS WHEN THE DNR WAS FIRST
CONSIDERING BEAR HUNTING WITH
DOGS BACK IN THE 1950s.
BUT BACK IN THE 1960s THERE
WERE NO WOLVES IN THESE WOODS.
WISCONSIN'S WOLF RECOVERY PLAN
HAS MET ITS STATED GOAL.
THE TARGET POPULATION WAS 350
WOLVES.
WISCONSIN NOW HAS MORE THAN 136
WOLF PACKS, AND ESTIMATES PLACE
THE POPULATION AT MORE THAN 700.
>> IN A CASE LIKE THIS, I'M
ASSUMING THIS IS PROBABLY THE
ALPHA PAIR RIGHT HERE WHERE THE
MALE IS FOLLOWING THE FEMALE.
>> ADRIAN IS THE POINT MAN FOR
WISCONSIN'S WOLF RECOVERY
PROGRAM, AN ECOLOGIST FOR THE
WISCONSIN DNR, HE HAS LABORED
FOR DECADES TO RETURN THIS
ANIMAL TO OUR STATE AND HE IS
NOT UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE
CONCERNS OF HOUND HUNTERS.
>> I'M A DOG OWNER AND HATE FOR
A PREDATOR TO KILL MY DOG AS
WELL.
>> IS BEAR HUNTING WITH HOUNDS
ON A COLLIOURSE WITH THIS
INCREASE IN WOLVES?
>> THE DOGS AND THERS HAVE
GONE NORTHEAST INTO THIS NEXT
SECTION WHICH IS FIVE OR SIX
MILES WIDE AND THREE OR FOUR
MILES TALL.
THAT'S ALSO A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED
SECTION.
>> THESES ARE ALONE IN BIG
TRACTS OF LAND.
IT'S THE NAIRT OF HOUND HUNTING.
>> YOU'RE NOT RIGHT WITH THAT
DOG.
PEOPLE PHEASANT HUNTING OR
GROUSE HUNTING WITH A DOG
THEY'RE WITHIN EYESIGHT OF THE
DOG AND RUNNING HOUNDS IS
DIFFERENT.
>> BY LAW BEAR HUNTERS CAN HAVE
UP TO SIX DOGS OUT AT ONE TIME.
>> WHERE ARE YOU?
>> RIGHT BY THE RIVER.
>> DO ME A FAVOR WHEN YOU GET
TO WHERE THE DOGS CROSSED THE
ROAD HERE, CAN YOU STOP?
>> KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE DOGS
IN THESE DEEP WOODS CAN BE A
TANGLE.
THEY USE RADIO-TELEMETRY.
THEY LISTEN FOR BARKING.
>> I CAN HEAR THEM PRETTY GOOD.
THEY'RE NOT FAR OFF THE ROAD.
>> OKAY.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK
THEY'RE MOVING OR NOT.
>> THEY CALL.
>> YOU'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR DOGS.
>> HERE COMES A COUPLE OF THE
LAST DOGS AND I THINK THE BEAR
OFFICIALLY JUST WON THIS RACE.
>> WHILE THEY'RE IN THE WOODS,
REALLY THE ONLY DETERRENT FROM
WOLVES IS THIS $2 BELL.
>> IT'S AN UNNATURAL SOUND.
A MANMADE SOUND THEY'RE NOT
USED TO HEARING IN NATURE AND
THEY PERCEIVE THIS DOG AS JUST
ANOTHER CANINE NO OTHER
CANINES HAVE A METAL WHEN THEY
RUN.
IT MAKES QUITE A BIT OFSE.
THE FIRST FEW TIMES IT COMES
ACROSS A DOG WITH A BELL ON IT
IT WORKS.
EVENTUALLY IT WILL WEAR OUT.
>> THESE DOGS ARE OFTEN OUT FOR
A LONG TIME.
>> HE WAS OUT MOVING AND
CHASING THE BEAR FOR PROBABLY
OVER FIVE HOURS TODAY.
>> WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE
UP OR TOLERATE FOR THE RETURN
OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?
>> USED TO BE KIND OF A
CARE-FREE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SUCH THINGS AS THAT.
>> HE'S ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE WISCONSIN BEAR
HUNTERS ASSOCIATION WHICH HAS
PUSHED FOR WOLF DELISTING FOR
YEARS.
THAT MAY HAPPEN.
THE WISCONSIN DNR HAS REQUESTED
THAT THE GRAY WOLF, AN ANIMAL
ONCE TRAPPED OUT OF OUR STATE,
BE DELISTED AS A FEDERAL
ENDANGERED SPECIES.
IT IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE
WOLF HAS BEEN ON AND OFF THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST AS THE
PROCESS OF DELISTING HAS WOUND
THROUGH VARIOUS COURT
CHALLENGES.
WILL IT GO THROU
>> THAT'S A TOE NAIL MARK THERE
AND ANOTHER ONE THERE.
>> THE NORTHWOODS ARE DIFFERENT
NOW FOR HOUND HUNTERS.
THERE ARE WOLVES ON THESE
PUBLIC LANDS WHERE THEY RUN
THEIR DOGS.
THERE ARE RISKS THAT WEREN'T
THERE BEFORE.
>> I THINK THERE ARE KINDS
OF RISK, IF I COME OUT HERE AND
PUT A DOG OUT AND TRY TO CHASE
A BEAR AND IF THE BEAR MALLS
THAT DOG THAT'S A RISK.
IF I'M IN PURSUIT OF WOODS AND
SIX TIMBERWOLVES KILL MY DOG.
>> IF THERE IS A WOLF HUNTING
SEASON WHERE YOU CAN USE HOUNDS
TO HUNT WOLVES, THEN OBVIOUSLY
NOT.
THAT GOES BACK TO ME PUTTING A
DOG OUT AFTER A BEAR AND IF THE
BEAR BITES IT IT'S AN
ACCEPTABLE RISK.
>> WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE IN
BRINGING BACK AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES?
WHAT NUMBERS ARE NECESSARY FOR
THE ANIMAL?
WHAT NUMBERS WILL THE PUBLIC
SUPPORT?
>> WISCONSIN IS THE ONLY STATE
THAT COMPENSATE BEAR HUNTERS
WHO LOSE A OH DOG IN A WOLF
ATTACK.
WISCONSIN JOINED A MINNESOTA
PETITION ASKING THE U.S.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO DELIST
THE GRAY WOLF AS AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES.
IN ADDITION WISCONSIN HAS
REQUESTED INTERIM AUTHORITY TO
KILL PROBLEM WOLVES THAT ATTACK
LIVESTOCK OR OTHER DOMESTIC
ANIMALS.
A FINAL DECISION COULD TAKE
MONTHS.
"IN WISCONSIN" HAS PRODUCED A
SERIES OF REPORTS ON WOLVES
RANGING FROM THEIR HISTORY IN
OUR STATE TO THE CURRENT
CONCERNS ABOUT WOLF ATTACKS.
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH A REPORT
ABOUT A UNIQUE GUARD DOG THAT
PROTECTS SHEEP HERDS.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE ATorg
AND SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON
"IN WISCONSIN" TO WATCH OUR
WOLF SERIES.
THE BEAR AND WOLF ARE IMPORTANT
CLAN SYMBOLS JUST AS THE LAND
AND WATER HOLD SPECIAL MEANING
IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES.
LAKE SUPERIOR IS A SPIRITUAL
PLACE AND IS HOME TO THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE.
IT IS WHERE THE WATER MEETS
LAND AND SKY.
AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON THE
PEOPLE WHO FIRST CALLED
WISCONSIN HOME AS WE EXPLORE
STOCKTON ISLAND.
>> THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE INCLUDES A COLLECTION
OF 21 TREE-COVERED ISLANDS
SCULPTED BY WIND AND WAVES.
THE ISLANDS ARE SCATTERED LIKE
STEPPING STONES IN LAKE
SUPERIOR OFF WISCONSIN'S NORTH
SHORE.
DAMON PANEK IS A NATIONAL PARK
RANGER HERE.
>> ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS
ABOUT THIS JOB IS GETTING TO
MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE WORLD.
REALLY WHAT WE WANT DO IS TO
HAVE THEM BRING THIS PLACE INTO
THEIR HEART AND INTO THEIR
MINDS.
>> THE APOSTLE ISLANDS HOLD A
SPECIAL PLACE IN PANEK'S HEART
AND MIND.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE OJIBWA
NATION, THE MOST RECENT TRIBE
TO CALL THESE ISLANDS THEIR
HOME.
>> THERE HAS BEEN NATIVE FOLKS
LIVING IN THIS AREA FOR AS FAR
AS WE KNOW AT LEAST 10,000
YEARS.
>> TRIBAL LEGENDS SAY THE
OJIBWA TRAVELED HERE FROM THE
EAST BECAUSE OF THE PROPHESY.
>> WHAT WE'RE TOLD IS THAT WHEN
PEOPLE GOT HERE, THEY WERE
EXPECTING THIS AND LOOKING FOR
THIS.
>> THE ISLANDS OFFER A WEALTH
OF UNIQUE NATURAL FEATURES TO
ATTRACT BOTH PAST AND PRESENT
DAY ORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, STOCKTON ISLAND
HAS A NARROW LAND BRIDGE CALLED
A TOMBOLO.
>> IT USED TO BE TWO ISLANDS
5,000 YEARS AGO AND THE WAVE
ACTION AND THE WIND AND ALL THE
EROSION CREATED THIS BRIDGE
FROM AN ISLAND TO AN ISLAND.
>> STOCKTON ISLAND ALSO BOASTS
WHAT ARE KNOWN AS SINGING SANDS.
THE ROUNDED SHAPE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL GRAINS MAKE A
STRANGELY MELODIC SOUND.
>> ISN'T THAT A NEAT NOISE?
>> PANEK SAYS HE ENJOYS WORKING
HERE BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL
BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE.
BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE GOALS OF
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HARMONIZE WELL WITH HIS NATIVE
AMERICAN BELIEFS AND VALUES.
>> THE VALUES OF CONSIDERING
THESE TREES OR CONSIDERING THE
ANIMALS OR THE BIRDS OR
EVERYTHING THAT LIVES HERE KIND
OF A PART OF IT AND NOT JUST
LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE MANAGE
BUT ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE WORKING WITH.
>> PANEK IS A CULTURAL EDUCATOR
FOR THE PARK.
ONE PLACE WHERE HE TEACHES
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IS AT
THE APOSTLE ISLANDS SCHOOL HELD
ON STOCKTON ISLAND, THE SCHOOL
PAIRS STUDENTS FROM NORTHL
COLLEGE WITH MIDDHOOL
STUDENTS FOR 2 1/2 DAYS OF
CAMPING AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION.
THIS GROUP IS FROM WESTFIELD
SOME 275 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
IN THEIR FIRST LESSON, PANEK
TEACHES THEM FROM OJIBWA NAMES
FOR ANIMALS FOUND ON THE ISLAND.
THE LITTLE SQUIRREL THAT PICKS
UP OUR FOOD SCRAPS.
>> THE REST OF THE LESSONS
COVER A RANGE OFICS AND
OFFER INSIGHTS INTO THE
ISLAND'S NATIVE AMERICAN PAST.
>> THIS TREE IS PART OF THAT
ONE RIGHT THERE.
PINE.
>> PANEK WANTS TO CREATE AN
OVERALL EXPERIENCE AT THE
ISLAND SCHOOL THAT REFLECTS
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.
>> SO CREATING A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY, CREATING THE SENSE
OF STEWARDSHIP FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
>> THE SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP
COMES INTO PLAY WHEN PANEK
TELLS THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE
LARGEST ANIMAL ON THE ISLAND.
>> I TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE A
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CAMP
IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE LOTS
OF BEAR.
AND REALLY COMING FROM THAT
ATTITUDE OF RESPECT AND COMING
FROM THAT IDEA THAT THEY ARE
THERE, THIS IS THEIR HOME AND
WE ARE VISITORS.
>> AFTER 2 1/2 DAYS SPENT
EXPLORING THE FORESTED TRAILS
AND SANDY BEACHES OF STOCKTON
ISLAND, PANEK HOPES THE
STUDENTS CARRY HOME LESSONS
THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
AND WHEN THE SOUND OF STUDENTS
FADES AWAY, PANEK TAKES TIME TO
REFLECT ON HIS CONNECTION TO
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE LONG
AGO.
>> WHAT I REALLY LIKE TO DO IS
TO SIT THERE AND THINK ABOUT
THOSE FOLKS BACK THEN.
AND REALIZE THAT WHEN THEY'RE
SITTING ON THE BEACH AND WHEN
WE'RE SITTING ON THE BEACH
LOOKING OUT AT THE LAKE AND THE
WAVES CRASHING, WE'RE SEEING
THE SAME THING.
>> NATIVE AMERICAN INFLUENCE
CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER
WISCONSIN'S NATIONAL PARK AREAS.
IF YOU VISITOCKTON ISLAND
THIS SUMMER YOU MIGHT NOTICE
WORK ON A NEW FLOATING
BOARDWALK IN THE JULIAN BAY
AREA.
IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MAKING
THEIR OWN TRAILS.
NOW, EACH SUMMER CLANS FROM
ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA
GATHER FOR THE MENOMINEE NATION
POWWOW.
AS CONTRIBUTING PRODUCER
DISCOVER IT'S HELD IN THE
WOODLAND BOWL, A NATURAL
AMPHITHEATER SET AMONG THE
PINES IN KESHENA.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE MENOMINEE
INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN I
WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM
WELCOME TO ALL OF THE VETERANS.
[DRUMS BEATING AND CHANTING]
>> FOLLOW THE DANCERS.
[MUFFLED VOICE IN MICROPHONE]
>> THE SINGERS, DRUMMERS.
LET US ALL GIVE THANKS TO THE
CREATOR FOR BRINGING US
TOGETHER ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THE WEATHER IN
KESHENA.
[DRUMS BEATING AND CHANTING]
>> THE EVENT ATTRACTS SOME OF
THE BEST NATIVE AMERICAN
DANCERS AND DRUMMERS IN THE
WORLD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO OUR
WEBSITE wpt.org, SCROLL DOWN
AND THEN CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
THE POWWOW IS HELD ON THE FIRST
WEEKEND IN AUGUST.
"IN WISCONSIN" WILL BE ON
HIATUS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
GO TO THE "PRODUCER'S JOURNAL"
AND IT IS UPDATED DAILY FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF AND
BEHIND THE SCENES OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
WE HOPE YOU'LL CHECK IT OUT AT
wpt.org AND CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
"IN WISCONSIN" WILL RETURN NEXT
FALL WITH A BRAND-NEW SEASON.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE WORKING
ON A NUMBER OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS.
>> WISCONSIN, HOME TO MANY
WILD, UNTAMED PLACES AND TO
ANIMALS, ORDINARY AND
EXTRAORDINARY.
SO WITH AN EYE ON THE SKY, AND
FOOT TO PATH, WE GO IN SEARCH
OF CREATURES THAT HAVE INSPIRED
NATIVE AMERICANS.
FOSTERED LEGEND IN THE PAINTED
FORESTS AND ATTRACTED WORLDWIDE
ATTENTION.
THIS AUGUST GET READY TO
EXPLORE "WILD WISCONSIN."
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER LIZ KOERNER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
ARBORETUM HAS TURNING OUT
RESEARCH FOR 3/4 CENTURY.
>> IT'S A MICROCOSM OF PROBLEMS
AND SOLUTIONS LOCALLY.
>> I'LL SHOW YOU WHY THIS
PRAIRIE RESTORATION IS LIKE
NONE OTHER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
AND AT 75 YEARS OLD THE
ARBORETUM IS FIGHTING A
DOWNHILL BATTLE AS POLLUTED
SPRING WATER INVADES ITS
BORDERS.
>> THIS WOULD BE MINE THE
ULTIMATE STORM WATER PLANT,
POTENTIALLY.
>> PLUS THIS LITTLE PURPLE BOOK
CONTAINS MOTHER NATURE'S
SECRETS.
SEE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALDO
LEOPOLD'S LEGACY.
>> ROBBINS AND CARDINALS
SINGING.
>> SOME OF THE REPORTS COMING
YOUR WAY IN OUR UW ARBORETUM
SPECIAL THIS SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS JO GARRETT.
WE'RE ON THE TRAIL AGAIN.
THIS TIME TRACKING WISCONSIN
BIRDS IN PANAMA AND COSTA RICA.
COME ALONG AS WE VENTURE DEEP
INTO THE RAIN FOREST TO SEE
WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT
THESE MIGRATORY BIRDS IN THEIR
WINTRY GROUNDS AND WHY
WISCONSIN TAX COLORS ARE BEING
USED TO BUY CONSERVATION LAND
HERE.
OUR BIRDS, AN WISCONSIN"
SPECIAL COMING YOUR WAY IN
SPRING OF 2011.
>> WE WILL BE BUSY THIS SUMMER,
WITH "WILD WISCONSIN" AIRING IN
AUGUST.
THE UW ARBORETUM IN DECEMBER
AND "OUR BIRDS" COMING YOUR WAY
NEXT SPRING.
NOW WE TAKE YOU TO WAUSAU FOR A
SUMMER TRADITION.
HOT AIR BALLOONS SOAR AND THE
CHALK FEST KEEPS ARTISTS CLOSE
TO THE GROUND.
IT LIFTS THE HUMAN SPIRIT WHEN
THEY'RE HELD ON THE SAME
WEEKEND IN JULY.
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 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.