.% >> I personally
believed, at
predatorcontrol began, that there could
not be too much horned game, and
that the extirpation ofpredators was
a reasonable priceto pay for
better big gamehunting .>> Due in part
to thegovernment's campaign againstpredators.
Wolves wouldeventually disappear from themountains of
the southwest
.>> In those days, we had
neverheard of passing up a chance to
kill a wolf. In
a second, wewere pumping lead into the
pack,but with more excitement thanaccuracy
. When our rifles were empty. The old wolf
was down anda pup was
dragging a leg into impassable slide rocks
.>> Leopold wrote , thinking likea mountain.
Many years after the wolf shooting
incident occurred.The essay is in many
ways aboutthe ability to change our
ideas.>> Later in his career, Leopold
began to realize that deer
couldbe very destructive to the
forest if their numbers increased
, so that Leopoldhimself recommended the
removalof bounties on wolves
, and oneof the most successful
areas inwhich he began to pursue his
ideas was the Gila NationalForest
. As deer populationsincreased there, he began to
gointo the Gila with
horses andpack stock on long hunting
trips, and he began to realizethat
there was potential fordeveloping a new
kind of recreational experience in the
forests. What he calledwilderness hunting
grounds .>> Wilderness is the
one kind ofplayground which mankind cannot
build to order
.>> I contrived to get the Gila
Headwaters withdrawn as a wilderness area
.>> To be kept as pack country
,free from additional roads .Forever
>> Roads were spreading acrossthe
country, threatening thelast great wild
areas. And so he began working to protect
thelarger expanses of undevelopedland in the
southwest. This ledto the
designation of the Gila Wilderness Area on the
Gila National Forest
in 1924. It wasthe first federally
designatedwilderness area , 40 years beforeCongress
passed the WildernessAct .
>> Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'ma volunteer
here at PBSWisconsin. We're just taking a
just a break from
this fantasticshow, which I know you'rewatching
, because Aldo Leopoldis for
Wisconsin, for the world, but for Wisconsin, really
a key figure in our understanding
of how the world works,
how thepieces connect together. His
love of the land and theimportance of
sharing that sothat we also can feel
that importance, that importance,
that critical importance. Aldo Leopold
so this show wonderful program, please
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I'm director offriends of PBS Wisconsin. It's
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to introduce you toBuddy Huffaker,
who is new to ustonight but not
new to us at PBSWisconsin. So I
almost saidWisconsin. I told you I would
dothat, but anyhow. So. But youare
the executive director of the Aldo Leopold. Leopold
Foundation, correct. So tell u
sabout what you guys do.
>> Yeah, well, thanks for havingme, James.
And great to be apart of
PBS Wisconsin and soexcited to be
showing Green Fireagain on this channel. At
theLeopold Foundation, we try to
continue Leopold's legacy byowning and
managing the historicfarm, now a
National LandmarkHistoric Landmark. And we'realso
the executor of Leopold's literary estate. So we
helpbring the book out intodifferent languages
anddifferent formats on film
. Andthe book has now been translated
into 15 different languages. Andas you've
all said in the introduction, Leopold really is
an international figure. And
some even call this book
theBible of the conservationmovement.
eah, and
we were talkingearlier, you have people come
tothe center from all over theworld
just this past week, Croatia and
Japan. Wow. Yeah,yeah. So
do your guides speak? >> Most of our
programing isdone in English to date, but
we're looking for volunteers anddocents that
can translate .>> Well, this program
was made.What 12, 11, 12 years
ago?>> It. Yeah it aired 2011 was
the premiere. And then aired onthe public
television network in2012. >> Well, we were
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we were just talking hereabout this
is an importantanniversary year
.>> Yeah. Just before the break,the film
was talking about theGila
Wilderness Area andLeopold's instrumental
role inenvisioning that and protectingthat
wild and sacred place downin New Mexico.
It's the 100thanniversary of the designation
of the Gila Wilderness as
theworld's first wilderness area.Anywhere
And it's also the 75thanniversary of his
book, a SandCounty Almanac, again
translatedinto 15 different languages. Andso this
year , we're doing allsorts
of special events, just trying to
elevate and remindpeople of the important message
of this book.>> That's
terrific. You know,when I was watching this
again,there's a lot of talk about his
family in particular, Nina adley. Nina Leopold
Bradley .And she passed away
ten yearsago. Was it? Yeah
>> So Nina passed away in 2011.So
it was really timely that wegot this
film made because you see Nina, you see
Carl, and yousee Estella in the film
and justthis past year, we lost
Estella.She was the last living child of
Aldo and Estella Leopold. So tocapture those
voices and thoseperspectives
was really special.>> And, you know
, preservinglegacy is what you guys are all
about . And that's not just
notjust the land, it's also thepeople
who made all this happen.>> Yeah. Well,
and the Leopoldfamily
is sometimes referred toas the
first family ofconservation in the UnitedStates
because all five of themwere involved in
science and conservation. All five of
themgot their undergraduate degreesright here at
the University ofWisconsin, and then went on
tohave their own influentialcareers. And so
we help ensurethat their work continues to
getout in front of people as
well.>> Really important work andreally an
important to programsupport,
like public television. Call us at
one (800) 236-3636.
Eldest portions of the nation'spublic lands from rampa
ntdevelopment
. Eventually, the system of protected wilderness
would embrace more than
100million acres across the country
.>> To those devoid of
imagination, a blank place onthe map is
a useless waste. Toothers,
the most valuable part
.>> While Leopold fought toprotect the
spectacular publicwild lands, he was equally
conscious of the need to
restorewildness and land health closeto home
. >> What more delightful
avocation than to take a pieceof land
, and by cautiousexperimentation, to
prove how itworks? What more
substantialservice to conservatio n
than topractice it on
one's own land ?>> That
first year, we began toplant pines and
bring it back to what it was originally.
>> We planted 3000 a year, so
Ithink it was approximately48,000, something li
ke that.Altogether
>> Acts of creation areordinarily reserved
for gods andpoets, but humbler
folk may circumvent this restriction if
they know how to plant a pine.
For example, one need be neither
God nor poet . One need only own
a good shovel .>> Leopold's thinking is
pertinent everywhere. It was very modern
with regards ofusing science and the new
emerging science of ecology formaking
decisions about managingthe landscape.>> And it
took ecology to bring us back
to this notion of communities, of things being
deeply connected. And Leopold was
the key translator of thatidea
in a sense, I think today.>> Aldo
Leopold's influence andhis philosophies
are more apparent and more of
a guidingfactor in land managementagencies than
they've they'veever been .
>> Our tools are better
than weare . They suffice
to crack theatom, to command the
tides, butthey do not suffice for the
oldest task in human history
tolive on a piece
. >> Hi, I'm James
Steinbach. I'ma volunteer here at PBS
Wisconsin. We're taking just ashort break
from this terrificshow about Aldo Leopold. It
isabout Aldo Leopold, but it'sreally
as much about his legacy,his vision, the
gift that hegave all of us. And
I mean allof us with his understanding
ofwhat came to be called the land
ethic. As you've heard in this,but even
more broadly than that,how all the
pieces connect,which is something
that I don'twant to say people take
it forgranted now, but you hear
about but you didn't hear
about itwhen he was doing his
work. Themost important thing about thisparticular break
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James. It is a challenge break. I'm Eric
Greiling. I'm director of Friends of
PBS Wisconsin. AndJames talked a bout
what a giftit was for
Leopold to establishthe modern conservation movement
to establish the land ethic. Andwhat a
gift it is for the
AldoLeopold Foundation to partne rwith us
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.1-800-236-3636. e
joined again byBuddy Huffaker, who is the
executive director of the Aldo
Leopold Foundation. You're aring
a lot about that in this
program, and we would like
tohear more about that. So tell us
about The Shack, the experiencethat people have
that you wantthem to have at the
shack. Yeah.>> So the shack again, is
thislittle family retreat that theLeopold family
would go to on weekends. And it was
barrenland, and they restored it byplanting
thousands of pine trees and prairie and so
when visitorscome now, what we want them
tosee are places right there
onthe ground that inspired a
SandCounty almanac. You can read itand
kind of be standing thereand
envision what he was experiencing. And then also
tosee how the family
transformedthat landscape by hard work, by
persistence, because it speaks to the fact that
we can all playa role
in helping theenvironment. This
was one familythat improved the health
of thisprivate land. >> It was
his land, right.>> So we talked
about this asthe 100th
anniversary of theGila Wilderness, an importantpublic
land, and Leopold worked as a public
land manager earlyin his career. But at
the end,he was very interested inprivate
land. How do we all takecare of
places that we own andcan care for?
>> And that part of the landethic
is something that is just
increasingly important, because you
understand if you look around that there's a
lot ofpublic land, but as you say,
most of it, most land isstewarded, stewa
rded by, bypeople
who own a farmers orbusiness people, folks
who own.And those are the folks who
haveto invest in this as well.>>
Well, and even connecting little pollinator gardens in
your yard to the Gila WildernessArea, that's
what conservationis about today, from urban to
working lands to wild places.>> What could
be more important?What could be more important
? Socall us now during thischallenge break
to support this program about this land
ethic.Call us at 1-800-236-3636.>> We'd like
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1-800-236-3636. , Aldo Leopold mightbe
best known for Sand County
Almanac other books as well, buthe also
kept remarkable journalsas this went along
. How do thoseplay into into what you
do ?>> Well, so the
first part ofthe book is all arranged
chronologically as he's naling
and understanding howthe world
evolves over the course of the seasons.
And so wecontinue those
field recordsthat Aldo Leopold kept. We
nowdo a phenology journal. So
ifyou're interested, you know,you're a
birder. You're likenative plants.
This journalhelps you track the seasons
andwhat you should be looking for.What
migrating birds should be arriving, what plants should
beblooming right ?>> It sounds like
a lot of work. It must be pretty
rewardingthough for the people who do it.
Well. you know all of
usare drawn to nature in somedifferent
ways, and I think ourwork at the
Leopold Foundationis just to
help provide people access and to remember
what isso important about the
naturalworld that we need to take our
own actions to, to help
care forit. You know
, it's justfascinating to me and theprogram
and to what else I know
about him and other naturalists.The
the, the ability to observe,to pay
attention, to listen, to hear, to take that
to in,remember it, and
then to put all that together, whether it's
in ajournal or a book, that's a
remarkable skill and talent andthat
kind of thing is what you
find on PBS Wisconsin shows likethis
. There is no show likethis, but programs
that are thisrewarding are what you come
toexpect on PBS Wisconsin. And we
will continue to bring them toyou. So
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We have aDVD of tonight's program, but
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One (800) 236-3636Aldo Leopold became a professorso
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All of the discoveries thathe
made that reflects a lot ofthe
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So one of the things thatwe want
to talk about is howpeople can learn
more, how theycan get involved with the
Leopold Foundation. So you're the guy to talk
to? Yeah>> Well, the best thing to
do iscome visit us by supporting PBS
Wisconsin. Then you get theopportunity to come
have thatspecial shack experience. But ifyou're
still just out there
wanting to learn more, we have alot
of resources on our website.Waldo Leopold
.org. We havediscussion guides if you want
touse the Sand County Almanac
inyour book group, we have
curriculum pieces for educators, a
lot of resources that help youjust understand
what Leopold wastalking about and
why it's stillimportant and relevant
.>> And when we come back aftergetting
to watch more of this
show, we'll be able to talk more about those things. But
for now,call us at one (800) 236-3636and
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Dramatically >> Although he faced
dauntingthreats to nature's
diversity.Worldwide, the cranes demonstrate
and symbolize ourability to work together for
the health of the
land and itscreatures .
Leopold's legacy endures becausehe
is asking the fundamental questions of our relationship
tothe earth, to other
forms oflife, to the communities in
which we live .>> There's been a
rediscovery ofLeopold's significance
forcommunity based conservation. More
than a millionorganizations all over the
worldare working on some aspect
ofconservation and restoration of
the environment. And this , I'vecome to believe,
is a veritable green fire of conservation
and ecosystem restoration that I
think is Aldo Leopold's living
legacy . Leopold
said that theoldest task in human history
isperhaps to live on a piece of
land without spoiling it ,>> certainly my generation
is nobetter than the
one before us ,but I think there's
a lot ofhope in the land
ethic. A landethic is not meant to
be a lastword. It's not meant to
be doctrine. It's really
a guiding light for the way
w e can findour
way forward .>> If you read
The Land Ethic ,you'll see what I
like to callLeopold's most important
sentence toward the end of theLand Ethic.
He has a sentencethat says nothing
so importantas an ethic is
ever written. Itevolves in the minds of
athinking community. So
here heis in his essay The
Land Ethic,saying saying no one writes the
land ethic . And I think it's
astroke of genius. Maybe hisgreatest
stroke of genius,because with that
he liberatesthe idea. He opens it to
thelarger thinking community.
Us .
>> I have purposely presentedthe
land ethic as a product ofsocial
evolution, becausenothing so important as
an ethicis ever written.
It evolves inthe minds of a thinking
community. Leopold
. This one forme.
>> Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'ma
volunteer. Here at PBS Wisconsin, and we've been
watching this remarkable show.I'll
be talking in just a minutewith
Buddy Huffaker. You've seen him in the previous
breaks, andhe'll be back talking with us.
But right now, he's just keepingme company.
But there's so much
more about Aldo Leopold that youcan find in Wisconsin. A
nd one thing you can find
on PBS PBSWisconsin is a
really greatlecture. That's on the WisconsinChannel,
on, on on the, on
theUniversity Place program. Andyou can get
to it easily bygoing
online to PBS Wisconsin and just
type in Aldo Leopold and you'll find going
goingthere . And one of the
amazingthings about this is that
if youget 30, 30 minutes into this,
this guy , this lecturer,Professor Temple
reconstructedthe dawn bird concert thathappens
every morning, that Aldo Leopold heard in 1940.
And youcan hear a recreation of that.
It's really remarkable. And you've worked
with him, right?>> Well, Doctor
Temple is a senior fellow at the
LeopoldFoundation, one of
the world'sleading ornithologists .
Sonobody knows more about bird
songs than Stan. And thislecture and
that audio recordingis really worth checking out.
It's extraordinary.>> Call us
at one (800) 236-3636.
Eric Greiling. I'm director of friends of
PBSWisconsin. The Leopold legacy isreally important.
And the SandCounty Almanac, the book is
akey component of that legacy.
At$10 a month, your gift thatsignals
to us that you valuethis
kind of programing. The PBSWisconsin is important
to you.This kind
of programing isimportant to you
. That's our wayto say thank you to
you with acopy of the Sand County
Almanacyou saw at the beginning of the
program how people were comingto the shack
and reading from their own copies of
the SandCounty Almanac, and I have
hereactually my dad's copy of theSand
County Almanac . That's notthe one
you're going to get. You're going to get
a brand newone. But this one is
inscribed1968 when my dad got it and
hekept it with him for the entire
rest of his life, and it's wellworn
and well referred to andwas very important
to him as he became a park ranger
and theconservation warden. So it's ait's
a great book. It's
a greatbook to share with somebody you
care about and who cares aboutthe land
as well. $12 a month.We like
to say thank you withthe DVD of
tonight's program.It's got extras. It's got the
longer version of this film andso much
more bonus material for $15 a month, you
you canexperience The Shack
, you canvisit the shack, you can get
aguided tour from the experts atthe
Aldo Leopold Foundation. And you
can schedule that when theyare doing
those tours from Mayto October a t your
convenience,as per their availability for$20 a
month. You're reallytelling us
this kind ofprograming is important to you,
and we'd like to thank you
in a special way. The book,
the DVD,and the two tour passes. It'sall easy
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I'm Michele Good fromWisconsin Public Radio.
Aldo Leopold's ideas really revolved
around people and community and
that's at the heart ofeverything that
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aboutthe world around you to have a
better understanding of it
soyou can be a better
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Become a sustainer.It's the easiest
way and thebest way for you to
support usat pbswisconsin.org.
Thanks >> So just to
reintroduce Buddy Huffaker, who is the
ExecutiveDirector of the Aldo
LeopoldFoundation, which is a great jobto
have. I'm sure it's a pretty
good job. So if you
if you had one issue that was
contentious,I imagine it would relate
aroundwolves because that's that's atough issue
for people toresolve. And
Leopold was deeplyinvolved in that
. This book, infact, is based on that
experience. his signature essays,Thinking
Like a mountain, is
allabout as a young forest ranger,when
he shot a wolf. And itwould he
would write this essay30 years later,
coming to grips with the recognition that
wolvesare an important part of ourecosystem.
We're still arguingabout wolves. I
also love one of Leopold's lines when we
makeconservation easy, we make it
trivial. It's not easy. It's
very complex. We have to wadethrough a
lot of realities . But
the progress that we've made isin Wisconsin.
We're stilldebating wolves, but we're notdebating
whether we should have wolves. Now
we're debating atleast how many wolves we
shouldhave. love that if it's
trivial ,it's not going to
be important.That's a that's
a wonderful wayto think about critical issues.
So anyhow thank you. So
call usat 1-800-236-3636.>> Do give
us a call. Just asJames
just invited you to. I canhear our
volunteers are busy on
the phone. You can also use thatQR
code that's on your screen.Or go online
to pbswisconsin.org to make your pledge
of supportfor programs like this
. Programsthat inspire programs that makeyou
think. I wasn't aware of theexact
circumstances of AldoLeopold's death
until I watchedthis film, and it's
interestingto think about if he'd only been
around for a few more years, howmuch
more would have he inspiredus. Why don't
you make a gift now and be further
inspired byreading through the Sand County
Almanac, which is our gift toyou for
a gift of $10 a
month for $12 a month,
we'd like tosay thank you with a
DVD oftonight's program,
whichincludes a lot more footage than
just the program you watchtonight at $15
a month. It's the inspirational tour to the
farmAldo Leopold Shack just outsideof Baraboo
, alongside theWisconsin River. For your giftof
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. Ourprogram guide, which includes
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thestars that you love that you
seeon the shows all the time.
Additionally, we have Passport
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new premieres on it.You
can see some of yourfavorites
as well as some of ourWisconsin programing
. If youlove Aldo Leopold and this Green
Fire program, highly recommendWisconsi
n from the
air. I liketo think that part of
the reasonAldo Leopold came to some
of hishis thoughts was because of
thefact that he was
living in thisbeautiful state, Wisconsin, from
the air is a chance for you to
see how gorgeous our stateactually is.
If you haven'ttraveled a
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foundation and the center are
really this gem in Wisconsin
that I hope more and more peoplefind
out about. And you've beenthere 27 years.
>> They haven't figured out howto get
rid of me . It's
a greatplace to be.>> You started
as an intern and now you're. Yeah, the
executivedirector. a good day, that's
whatthey call me. And that's whatthe
foundation is all about .Just like this film.
It's notjust about protecting thelegacy. It's
about helping usunderstand that this idea of
aland ethic is still relevanttoday. We're
still pursuing it .>> Maybe even more
so, arguablymore so .>> And it's just
exciting year. It's the
75th anniversary ofSand County Almanac, so I'd
encourage people to read orreread the book.
I'd encouragepeople to come
see us. So by supporting
PBS Wisconsin, youcan make both of those
thingshappen . And then just think
about your relationship to the
natural world and what you cando in
your own sphere of influence. Pollinator garden,
vegetable garden. Yeah. Support
PBS Wisconsin. Go visit a wildplace or
get out in nature. Yeah.
get thousands of people in a year
though.>> Yeah, yeah, we literally haveI
think last year we
had peoplefrom 20 different countriesvisit us
. Thousands come to see this place that
inspired a nowclassic book
that continues toinform and shape how we
relateto each other
and to the natural world.
film thatwe have been able to
watch, we really want to thank
you and thefoundation for making itpossible
for this program to bemade and then
sharing it withus.
And it's online on your site
as well, right? Correct. So ifyou want
to see this again atthe Foundation website
, AldoLeopold. . But you know, even
as wewere producing this, James, youand
PBS Wisconsin were integral in helping us understand
how todo a film, how to navigate
thePBS world . Well thank you.>>
We put your wonderful information and knowledge with
us and look what happened. Callus at
1-800-236-3636. Make yourpledge of support and thank
you .
>> .
A war going. Life also goes onand
you make big
decisions. Doyou wait? What
do you do? And Iknow what I
want them to do .Life carries on just
as itshould , and it's a tonic
to havesomething wonderful to lookforward to.
re excited
, both ofthem, and that's what they want
to do. It's the trajectory oftheir relationship.
And theywere discussing having a familyand
then it's so hard to avoidthat big
elephant in the room that, well, what
happens ifyou're not here?>> I'm so
sorry . For what
? Forabandoning you .>> They're tentatively having
those conversations without having
that conversation at first. And that dance
is quiteinteresting. But, you know, asthe
series progresses, these two are great communicators, though
they end up having thoseconversations and having
them.Well, don't you dare be sorry
you're not abandoning anyone. Wemake
decisions together and this was no different
.>> They finally just lay it allon
the table and they find outthat it's
exactly what they both want to do.
I've been thinking about whatyou said
, and I'm starting to think that we should
pay some.Dear are you saying what
I thinkyou're saying ? If you want to
start a family, you know I do.Me
too. Well, then, shall we get
cracking? Well, I was trying tothink of
something a bit more romantic.
those worries outof the
way, and then he's fullyon board.
You know, I've been tired allthe time
. We might be getting our little James a
bit soonerthan expected.>> You never
.>> All right? I think so
.>> I got so carried away with is
not getting there. I forgot tocheck my
dates.>> How far? >> Not far. It's
early days. >> Are you happy
?>> Thinks nothing could havegone better if
we planned it .
>> Stay with us. Because when we
return .
>> Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'ma volunteer
here at PBSWisconsin. And this
is the lastnight of this pledge drive.
Sothis is a great opportunity. Ifyou've
been saying to yourself, well, I'll
catch it next time, now is the next
time. So call us now
at 1-800-236-3636. Thisparticular show, All Creatures
.You know, if you think about it,this
has really appealed more
than that. It is it is charmed.It
is enchanted viewers since itfirst came on
the air starting,of course, with the
books andthen moving on to the broadcast.
It's really , I think,
a programthat appeals to people of
allages, but in particular peoplewho want
to be entertained butalso want
to have something that really is moving, that
reallycan bring them into an
appreciation of animals and oflife, of
country life that you don't always see on
television .And public television is
whereyou where you find it. So call
us now. One (800) 236-3636 makeyour
pledge of support for allcreatures but
also also for PBSWisconsin
in general. And we have some exciting
news aboutseason five and six. In just
aminute .>> Hi,
I'm Eric Greiling. I'm director of friends
of PBSWisconsin James Herriot storieshave
been inspiring anddelighting readers and viewers
for decades now, and thisMasterpiece
series so perfectlycaptures all of that
. And if youwant to signal that this
kind oftelevision is what you want to
watch, it's a great time for youto
call and make your pledge ofsupport. And
we've got somewonderful ways to say thank
youwhen you do. At $10 a month,
wehave the season four mug. It's a
beautiful wraparound mug. It's afull 16oz. So
perfect for a hotchocolate
or whatever other kind of warm
beverage you want while you're watching.
All CreaturesGreat and Small. Or for me,
it's harder to spill when
the mug isa little bit bigger.
$12 amonth. We'd like to say thank
you to you with
the two DVD, DVD set set of this
season for AllCreatures Great
and Small, $12 amonth for
this season's DVD set at
$25 a month, let us say thankyou.
This way seasons onethrough four
DVDs of all of those. The mug I
was justtelling you about
and a mrs.Hall tea
tea shortbread teatowel . All yours at
$25 a month.Great way to celebrate
AllCreatures Great and Small. Bereminded of
it while you'rewaiting for the new season,
andshow your support for PBSWisconsin
and Masterpiece, call one (800) 236-3636.
I'm Michele Good fromWisconsin Public Radio,
and thisis a very
exciting time here at PBS Wisconsin because it
is timefor our new seasons and new
episodes and new series arecoming
in, and you make all ofthat possible
with your supportat
one (800) 236-3636. One ofthe best
ways for you to showyour support
for publictelevision is by becoming a
sustainer. It's very easy. It's
just ongoing support. It keepsgoing
until you tell us to stopit. It
is more convenient for usbecause
when we're budgeting, we know
how much to expect comingin, and it
helps make yoursupport
more reciprocal , similarto how you
depend on public television. We depend on
you.And then we can make that
thatrelationship more symbiotic. Sowe're
going to give you a littlebit of
a sneak peek coming up
about some of the seriespremieres and
what the new seasons
are that you can expect
there starting next Sunday whenyou turn in.
We won't be here, but some of these
will makeother people
out therefrightened .>> Two dead bodies
in quicksuccession. We're dealing with a
serialkiller. the key
witness. Whatdid you see
? The landscape ofcriminal investigation.>> Of course.
>> We're not going to miss this
,are we? are all in this
together .
>> So in addition to what'scoming
up, starting next week and this fall, as
I said, wehave an announcement aboutseason
five and six. Maybe youknow this, but
not everybodydoes that because of yoursupport
for all Creatures. We
will have seasons five and sixreturning
to PBS Wisconsin Idon't know exactly
when, but Isuspect it will be over
the winter, so stay
tuned for that.You'll see it in your
programguide, and undoubtedly you'llhear all about
it from all your friends. So plan for that. And
in the meantime, call
us at one(800) 236-3636.
One of thethings about this program that
Ithink is terrific is
that it'sreally straightforward. I don'tmean
simple in its production,but you don't
see a lot of graphics
, you don't see a lot ofspecial effects,
you don't see a lot of whiz bang.
It's reallyhuman drama. And
of course, notjust human drama, animal drama
as well, but drama put onto thescreen
in a way that is, I
think, realistic and watchable and approachable and something
that you can really enjoy notbecause it's
flashy, but becauseit has integrity and it
has somedepth. I think that's important
.So call us at one
(800) 236-3636. nday
nights on PBSWisconsin? Great.
Thank you for calling suchgreat programs
and where you can find out about
them first is inairwaves.
>> The program guide that James
just mentioned. At every levelwe're going
to talk abouttonight, you can receiveairwaves
as your monthly programguide and find
out about what'scoming on Sunday nights
first.So at $10 a month, your gift
shows that you support this kindof great
programing. You love all Creatures Great and
Smalland the other programs we'reable to
bring you on Sunday nights, and we can
say thank youto you with a special
mug. Theseason four mug, full wraparoundlandscape
of the Yorkshire Dales and a very specific
to AllCreatures Great and
Small season four. At $12 a
month, we'd liketo say thank you with
the seasonfour two DVD set
, and for $25 a month, we
have a very special thank you package for
you. It's season one. Season two.
Seasonthree. Season four DVD sets the
season four mug and the Mrs.
Hall's shortbread tea towel. It's not only a
great tea towel,but it's got the shortbread
recipe right on it , so pleasegive a
call right now. Show yoursupport by calling
one(800) 236-3636. All Creatures Great and
Smallis such good, riveting
drama.The landscapes are gorgeous, but
there is a lot of really
amazingdrama programs . History.Biography on
PBS Wisconsin. Morethan you could actually
everwatch, even if you tried towatch
it all. Which is great
because there is the PBS app.It's
a streaming service that you can watch on
your yourphone, your tablet, yourcomputer, or
your TV. It youdon't
have to make a donation.It's
just it's there. You justgo online. You
can watchwhatever you want.
You can watchepisodes when they
first arrive,as well as our
new season that'scoming up. Just go
topbswisconsin.org and you cancatch
it there. But in themeantime, show your
support forthis great program
and thisstation by making a
call one(800) 236-3636.
know, pledge drives like this one give us
an opportunityto thank you and
they also giveus an opportunity to remind
you really, of how
this whole thingworks with
PBS. Because viewersupport, your support. My
support together is the mainpart of the
support. We do get help from the federal
governmentand from the state and from
corporations and foundations. But
the bulk of it comes
from,as we say, viewers like you
,viewers like me. So that supportis really
what allows us tobring
you programs like All Creatures
and the programs that you rely on day
in and day out, week after week. On
PBSWisconsin one (800) 236-3636.>> We're going
right back to the program, but
let me first remind you of some special
ways we cansay thank you if you
go online.Now, if you use that QR
code onyour screen, if you call one
(800) 236-3636 to make your pledge right now for
$10 amonth, we'd like to thank you
with the mug for $12. The
DVDand 25, the very special
packageof DVDs mug and the
tea towel.Show your support
for this kind of programing and
all creaturesby calling one (800) 236-3636.
But right before going to thebus stop,
James says his hardest
goodbye to Helen .>> You're going to
be an incredible mum
. I've never beenso sure of anything in
my life.>> Go for
a cry .
>> But despite thisheartbreaking reality, James
leaves Helen a surprise toremind her
of his love , loyaltyand eagerness to
return home safely
.>> All my love is like a
red,red rose that's newly sprung inJune
. All my love is like the
melody that's sweetly played intune
. As fair art thou my bonnielass. So
deep in love. Am I
. AndI will love thee still. My
dear.Till all the seas gang dry
. Tilall the seas gang
dry, my dear.And the rocks melt with
the sun .And I will love
thee still, mydear. While the sands of
lifeshall run . And fare thee
weel.My only love . And fare theewell.
A while . And I will come
again. My love . Though it were
10,000 miles. >> Stay with us.
Because when wereturn we'll look at the
Christmas miracle that arrives in Darrowby
. As well as all theentertaining animals and
much more in All Creatures
Great .
>> Siegler. I'm James Steinbach, a
volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin,and like
you, just watching watching that last scene,
youknow, it reminds me
how powerfultelevision can be for reminding
us about the importance of
warmth and love and humanity.And this program,
I think,really does a really good job
ofthat, which is, I think, pretty
extraordinary. And as we move
onto season five and season sixand,
and in in their time,
worldevents are looming over them and
are going to shake thefoundation of
everything thatthey have in their
life. Andthat's something we've allexperienced in
our own lives.Watching
this program. I don'twant
to I don't want to go toofar
in this, but it allows youto have
an insight into how people can handle these
enormoustragedies and changes. Andwhether it's a
fictional pieceor whether it's real life.Sometimes
it's actually betterto
watch something in fiction, Ithink, because it
can revealmore that you
might never seeotherwise. So but
anyhow, callus at one
(800) 236-3636 becausethis is a
challenge break andwe're going to try and
get 20members calling and having your
membership doubled. So call usnow one
(800) 236-3636.>> Hi I'm Eric Greiling. I'm
director of friends of PBSWisconsin. And James,
you are soright. You're right. Twice. This
is a very special show. And
itis a challenge break, whichmeans your
gift is going to gotwice as far
when you callduring this break and become
amember. Our existing members arechallenging you
to show yourappreciation for a
very special program made with made
withcompassion for the charactersmade
with heartfelt feelings,and a real dedication to
thestories. We'd love to say thankyou
in a way that we
thinkhonors the show. At $10 a
month,we'd like to say thank you
withthe season four mug. Veryspecial
wraparound landscape mugYorkshir e
Dales, pictured thereon the mug
, 16 ounce mug, $12 amonth. Your
gift of $12 a month.We'd like to
say thank you with the season four two
DVD set andwith your gift of $25
a month,which, by the way
, during thischallenge break could go twiceas
far. We'd like to say thankyou
with the seasons one throughfour DVD
set, the season fourmug, and
a tea towel with Mrs.Hall's shortbread
recipe righton the tea towel. It's
a greattime to call. And that number
tocall is 1-800-236-3636.>>
All Creatures Great and Smallis a
big hit, and as fans, we
know why there is so much heart
in this show. There's agentleness. The
relationshipbetween people and the
land,people and their animals and the
community bonds. It's. It's inspiring and it's something
Ithink we all wish we had
more ofin our lives, especially in a
time like this where there's somuch derision,
theneighborliness, the kindness,the looking out
for each other,it's really special.
And if youget those
sort of warm feelings, it's like the chicken
anddumplings of television. It's so
comforting if you get those
warmfeelings when you watch
allCreatures Great and Small, showyour support
right now. This isa
great time to do it. You getyour
donation doubled. You get to give double the
s upport that
you actually might not be ableto afford.
Make that gift rightnow. Get
your donation doubled.Don't leave any
of that on the table
. Members would like toinspire you to
become a memberyourself. One
(800) 236-3636okay I'm I'm I'm
going withchicken and dumplings.>> I think
that's I think that'sthe reason to
pledge one (800) 236-3636 right here during
this challenge break . You know,this program
putting together ashow takes
a tremendous amountof work. Not only have
to findgreat actors, but you have to
find the right location. And tofind fictional
darrowby and makethat into a place that
workedand felt right. They
landed in atown called Grassington, whichyou
may know, and in fact
youmay have that on your bucketlist
as a place to go and see.Because,
you know, of course youcan tour everything
now, but ifyou don't get there, you
canjust keep watching the show,
which is not quite as good as
going to a place, but it'spretty darn
good. And it has allthe actors in
it, of course. And all the animals. So
call us at one (800) 236-3636. Make your
pledge of support during thischallenge break
because because your your contribution is
doubled by members who have
setaside a pot of money to see
yours and double it, call us
one(800) 236-3636. at
six in our challenge break.
to get to 20. Go
ahead and make that call. Rightnow
I can hear our volunteersare busy on
the phone. So you can also use that
QR code that'son your screen. Or go
online pbswisconsin.org and make
yourgift during this challenge break
so that your gift can
go twiceas far. Your new membership can
go twice as far, and we can
saythank you to you with some very
special gifts. All about seasonfour. Of
all Creatures. For $10 a month, we'll say
thank you with the season four
mug 16ounce mug. Beautiful
wraparoundimage from the Yorkshire Dales,
$12 a month. We'd like to saythank
you. With the season fourtwo DVD set
for $25 a month, we'd like to say
thank you. Withthe seasons
one, two, three, andfour DVD set
and the season fourmug and
the tea towel. So my
colleagues think it's a chickenand dumpling kind
of comfort show. I think it's
a shortbread cookie kind of comfort
show, andthat's what you get
. Theshortbread recipe. Mrs. Hall'sshortbread
recipe on this tea towel
. At $25 a month, that
$25goes twice as far during the
challenge break . Please give usa
call one (800) 236-3636.>> So now
we have our own littlechallenge here. Is
it ashortbread sort of a show or
achicken and dumplings? Kind ofthe
show regardless, whicheverone it is,
it's a sweet treat. It is
comforting. There is so much heart into this
show . I'm abig softy
when it comes to animals, and I
think the firsttime I saw it, I
was very hesitant, very
hesitant. They treat the animals with
suchrespect. They really put it in
perspective. Their care and loveand nurturing of
these animals .If you're a big
animal lover and that's
one of the reasons youlove this show,
that's one ofthe reasons you tune in
tonature. Maybe you saw GreenFire. You
care about the environment. This is the
time toshow your support for more of
this programing . We listen.We're
bringing seasons five and six of All Creatures
Great and Small. Cast your vote,
get your support doubled during this
break. 1-800-236-3636.>> We are
at nine calls. Tenjust
went to ten. We're halfway
there. Come on, keep on calling
.1-800-236-3636. So PBS Wisconsin has
been providing service to people in Wisconsin for
70years. That's a that's a goodlong
time PBS public media wasinvented in
Wisconsin. Public radio was invented in
you know,you pick your date
. A lot ofpeople say 1918.
Some people say19, 14. It's a long
time , andit's always
been focused oneducational programing,sometimes very specifi
cally defined as learning in
aclassroom, but often definedmore as something
which isuplifting , enriching, taking youto
a world you've never been
to,seeing something you could notsee otherwise.
And for example,where are you
going to findopera? The only place you
reallyfind it is in public media, TV
and radio. And if you're notgoing to
be able to get to
themet, it's your next best shot.
And in some ways it's betterbecause you
can just stay homeand relax. But rig
ht now, thething to
do is not relax. It'sto go to
the phone and call usat we're at
13 one(800) 236-3636 during this
challenge break .>> Membership
drives like thisone are a vital chance
for us tolet you
know just how importantyour membership, your
support is. It is vital
to continuingprograms like this
, tocontinuing all of the work thatwe
do in public media, bringing
you wonderful comfort programs like
this, programs from aroundthe world, and
doing educationwork and other
kinds of outreachthroughout the state. Some
ofwhich doesn't appear on the air,but
it is a challenge break.We're at 13,
and it's yourchance
to call 1-800-236-3636.Let your gift go twice
as far.It'd be great
for you to join asa new
member. I'd love you to
bethe newest member to join
PBSWisconsin right now with thecall, you
can cast your vote for
shortbread rather than chicken and dumplings as
well, or it's a great time if you're
already amember, to add to that gift
andsay, I really like this kind of
programing and the kinds ofgifts that you're
offeringduring this break, remind me howmuch
I like All Creatures Great
and Small for $10 a month. Letus
say thank you with the seasonfour mug
for $12 a month, we'dlike to thank
you with the season four two DVD
set. And for$25 a
month, we've got a full
package for you all fourexisting seasons of
allCreatures, the Season four mugand Mrs.
Hall's ShortbreadCookie tea towel. Give us a
callif it's busy, go online or be
patient on the phone.
One(800) 236-3636. >> So are you
one of thosepeople who stream TV
shows? Doyou have a streaming servicelike
a Roku player or Amazon
also has a streaming service. Ifyou
do the PBS app is a
greatway to watch your favoriteshows.
You get to watch themwhen they come
out. You canwatch it on your tablet
, on yourphone, even on your computer
.Add it to all the otherprograms, all
the other appsthat you have
like Showtime orNetflix. It's a
great way foryou to catch
up to because you get to watch it
whenever it's convenient for you. Or
you canalso binge watch, which is
kindof the way I like to watch
. It'seasy to do. Show your support
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It's very rare, I think, toactually
work on a show
which ismaking good work and also
ismade by really lovely people.>> Come
to meet them at, say,Wesley's place in
an hour.>> Well, at least that poor
dogwill stand a chance. Now, don'tthey
cut it out. Come on, Jess.Come on,
come on. It feels likea family.
And it's what makes it such
awarm and emotional show.
>> I have to look forward, dad
.Skill does my own
. And I want us to be there when
he comes back.Me
and the baby.>> It makes
sense.>> It's very interesting
playinga character for four years and
not knowing when it's going tostop. Because
it's like life as usual for you all.
>> I'll get these. >> At least I
can do. I realize I've made everyone's lives
a bitmiserable. Thank you. Siegfried.>>
It's such a family behind the
scenes, and it's such a team.And we
make the show together. >> Aren't you Anson
? Yes >> Do you want
to come and say hello to your Uncle
Siegfried?Oh you're frying him. I'm
notgoing to frighten him. I'm notin
the least bit frightening. >> You'll have your
turn in aminute. >> The question what
can I lookforward to is a bit
like what Icould look forward to in
life. Imean, staying together withthese lovely
people would benice. I think that's cool.
>> I wonder where we shouldbegin.
Clostridial diseases insheep. Avian pox.
Infectiousdermatitis in reptiles .
Yes.Thank you. Comedy. Nobody
likesa know it all. And we're about
to eat. were saying
?>> This calls for a toast. To
knowledge. Fleas and our growingfamily
knowledge. Fleas andfamily
. Thanks to my new
asparagus. Marvelous.>> And of
course, we toast you for spending this time
with usto celebrate All Creatures Greatand
Small on Masterpiece. Thankyou for joining
us for this.Look back at the
engaging andemotional fourth season.
Theheartwarming cast, lovable animals
, and charming storiesfrom the breathtaking Yorkshire
Dales will be back in your homesvery
soon .
>> Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'ma
volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin. This is the
last break of the last
program of this pledge drive, so
we'reabout to head into a new season
in the fall of programs
. Thethings you've been lookingforward to and
of course,continuing the programs
that youlove, I mean, they go together,
new and I don't want to saylegacy
or iconic, but favorite,you know, that's that's
whatwe're about here. And we areable
to do this work. We're ableto do
this work because of yoursupport. Your support
is whatmakes it possible for PBSWisconsin
to continue day afterday,
year after year. To providethis, we've
been doing it now for 70 years. That's
a longtime. And it's always beenalways
been something that relied on viewer support.
Soplease continue that tradition.It's a
wonderful tradition ofsupporting PBS Wisconsin andcall
us at 1-800-236-3636.>> Hi,
I'm Eric Greiling. I'mdirector of
friends of PBSWisconsin This is a great
timeto make your gift. It's a great
time because you can be the next
member of PBS Wisconsin, thenewest member of
PBS Wisconsin.And going into that new season
of fall programs that James was
talking about, this is a greattime to
propel us into that season and say, you
know , thekinds of programs
we get to see on Sunday nights
all Creatures,the Masterpiece schedule, theMasterpiece Mystery
schedule.Those are programs that Icherish. Programs
that I want to see, that I want
to be a comforted
by, that are familiar to me. But
also surprising anddelightful and new. And we'd
love to say thank you
to youwhen you do become that newest
member or add to yourmembership.
And at $10 a month,we'd like to
say thank you. With a season for All
Creatures Greatand Small mug at
$12 a month,we'd like to
say thank you with the season four two
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say thank you to you. With
allfour seasons of All Creatures SoFar
and the mug and a special
shortbread recipe tea towel,please give
us a call at1-800-236-3636 PBS Wisconsin
hasbeen serving the people ofWisconsin for
70 years.>> public media in Wisconsin
hasbeen here for over a hundred.
Wewere a was one of
the leaders inbringing public education
public media to everybody
. Anybody. Itall started right here in the
state of Wisconsin. It'ssomething
you can be proud ofand
that 70 years of PBSWisconsin
it is really a legacyof
quality programing,educational pr ograming
,inspirational programing. You too can leave a
legacy with yoursupport when
you make adonation, you are helping bring
this program to the people
ofthe state , to people who maybe
can't support PBS Wisconsin.You're making
it possible for everyone to watch it,
but youhave to support
one(800) 236-3636. Make your donation.
want to take a minutejust
to thank the members of thedirector's
circle who have made extraordinary gifts to
make surethis service continues. And ifyou
have the means to contribute
$1000 or $100 a month, pleasethink about
joining them . Butwhatever you contribute,
that'sthat's an important thing forus.
And, you know, it is alsotrue. Michele
was talking about.It's almost like paying it
forward ,
that that there might have been a time
in your lifewhen you couldn't support public
media. You had other things youhad
to do, you know, stuff withthe kids
and all the things thatthat occupy our
life and our and our checkbooks. But now
ifyou're in a position where youare
able to support public media, PBS Wisconsin
considerdoing it now in a way, on
behalfof your neighbors, or maybe
onbehalf of your grandkids. It's away
to ensure that this servicecontinues
into the future so that you and future
generationscan continue to enjoy
PBSWisconsin and the shows that youknow
what I like about PBSWisconsin
is that shows respectto you as
a viewer. They aren't things which are just
going tobe having
things that sort of slap you
around emotionally. Theprograms that we have here
arethoughtful . They they, theycontain
important news andanalysis . They're entertaining.And above
all, they'reeducational. So please give us a
call at one (800) 236-3636 atthose special
directors levelproducers level , executiveproducers level that
James wastalking about. >> And at
every level we'retalking about tonight, one of
the ways we can say thank you to
you is with Airwaves Magazine.Airwaves is our monthly
programguide. It'll let you know all
the programs for the comingmonth, so you
can plan ahead and circle some of your
favorites.It's got tips andrecommendations. It's also
gotsome behind the
scenesinformation and news and
information about events that wehave coming up
that you might beable
to take part in. So that'savailable at
all the levels that we're saying thank you
in otherways at and another way that
wewant to thank you for
being amember, for doing your part to
keep this great legacy
of publictelevision, public broadcastingactive here in
Wisconsin , andreally enjoy the
wonderfulprograms . Please make a gift
at$10 a month and let us say
thankyou with the season four mug at
$12 a month, we can thank youfor
your gift with the two DVDsthat have
all of season four ofall
creatures on them, and foryour gift of
$25 a month, we'd like to thank you
with fourDVDs, that's
the first. That'sactually six DVDs,
but it's thefour seasons of
All Creaturesand the season four mug,
and awonderful special tea towel
withthe shortbread recipe on it
allhappens with you calling1-800-236-3636, while the
castand crew are busy getting
seasonfive of All Creatures Great andSmall
ready for us, we alreadytold you season
six has beenapproved again, thank you to
your support. could not do
that withoutyou. Just want to give you
onelittle kind of behind the
scenesinformation. Just a little
tidbit for hardcore AllCreatures Great and
small fans .Someone is coming back
during next season, somebody you
mayhave missed quite a bit. Names,
Tristan . Keep your eye out
forit. You heard it here
first, butin the meantime, while we'rewaiting
for the next season,there is so
much to enjoy. Check out the PBS app
at all of the levels that
Eric mentioned. Youalso get PBS, Passport, and
there is so much to see there.Take
a look at what we've got
craving adventure Passport isyour ticket
to the hottestdestinations in drama
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nowwith Passport on the
PBS app .>> So one of
the most important thank yous of all
is to thankthe volunteers who are
answeringthe phone tonight. Without them,well, we
wouldn't answer thephone. So that's a key
part ofwhat we're doing here. The other
key thing is the folks whosupply
food for the volunteers. And tonight it's
GreenbushBakery and Willy Street Co-op,and I
have to say, we eat these
those donuts. We like the
plainold fashioneds, but I can't sayI
know, I know, I know otherpeople like
it, but that's our favorite. So Greenbush thank
you. And Willy Street, thank you. Call us
now. One (800) 236-3636. Not
for the donuts, although they're great,
but call us for the programsbecause
these shows, if youthink
about it, these are programs that you
can rely on.You know that you're going
toget something of quality,something of distinction
, something that is going
toreward you as a viewer, not just
sit down and kind of
have thingspass over you. These programs
,as I said before, respect youand will
reward your time withimportant
ideas , importantrelationships as you
as youwatch people really wonderful,wonderfu
l ways to
see the world,to see Wisconsin. Think of
allthe shows about Wisconsin,Wisconsin from
the air. I could go
on, call us now. One
(800) 236-3636.