>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, DIVE DOWN INTO
HISTORY AS WE TRAVEL TO AN
UNDERWATER TIME CAPSULE OF
SORTS.
DISCOVERY HOW LOGGERS AND NATURE
LOVERS ARE SHARING THIS FOREST.
FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THE FIGHT AGAINST CHRONIC
WASTING DISEASE.
WE'LL ALSO TAKE YOU DEEP INTO A
WILDLIFE REFUGE TO WATCH AS TWO
BUCKS STAKE THEIR CLAIM FOR
DOMINANCE 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, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PAUL
P. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER, PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW PAUL P. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER, COMPREHENSIVE, AS
DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL
CANCER INSTITUTE.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL PROBLEMS
OF SMALL COMPANION ANIMALS.
>> WE'VE BEEN BRINGING YOU
OCCASIONAL REP ON
WISCONSIN'S LAND TRUST MOVEMENT.
LAND TRUSTS ARE THE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BROKER LAND
PURCHASE DEALS, PLACING
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON THE
PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS USUALLY
AGREE TO FOREGO DEVELOPING THE
PROPERTY IN EXCHANGE FOR TAX
BREAKS.
NOW, PRODUCER JOANNE GARRETT HAS
A REPORT ON WHAT COULD BE CALLED
THE MOTHER OF L TRUST
DEALS.
NOT ONLY IS IT LARGEST DEAL
IN WISCONSIN TO DATE.
IT ALSO SETS UP AN INTERESTING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO GROUPS
THAT DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO
EYE.
>> T ANDUTIFUL.
THIS IS THE WILD RIVERS LEGACY
FOREST.
IT'S THE RESULT OF THE LARGEST
LAND CONSERVATION PROJECT IN OUR
STATE'S HISTORY.
HOW DO I GIVE YOU HOW BIG THIS
DEAL IS?
TO CRUISE THROUGH THIS FOREST,
YOU DRIVE 101 SQUARE MILES OR AN
AREA JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER
THAN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
YOU'D HEAD PAST 48 LAKES AND
PONDS, 70 MILES OF RIVER.
INCLUDING PARTS OF THE
AND PINE.
RIVERS SO PRISTINE THEY'RE PART
OF OUR WILD RIVERS SYSTEM.
>> OUR ACREAGE IS 64,000 ACRES.
>>EN GARDNER HAS BEEN
TROMPING THROUGH THESE WOODS AS
A FORESTER FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS CALLED
THE GOODMAN FOREST, AFTER THE
ORIGINAL OWNER, WHO WAS THE
FIRST FOR OWNER IN WISCONSIN
TO DECIDE THAT HIS LOGGERS
WOULDN'T CLEARCUT.
>> ARBY GOODMAN, ONE OF THE
OWNERS, DECIDED THAT THAT
CLEARCUT PHILOSOPHY WAS NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TOTAIN HIS
BUSINESS.
SO HE WENT TO GERMANY AND
STUDIED WITH THE FORESTERS IN
THE BLACK FOREST ABOUT SELECTIVE
LOGGING.
THAT WAS IN 1926 HE WENT THERE.
AND IN 1927 HE STARTED SELECTIVE
LOGGING ON HIS FOREST HERE.
>> SELECTIVE LOGGING, OR
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY, HAS BEEN
THE PRACTICE IN THIS FOREST FOR
OVER 80 YEARS.
CHAINSAWS HAVE GIVEN WAY TO
BIGGER MACHINES.
BUT THE RESULT IS THE SAME.
TREES ARE EXTRACTED.
THE FOREST REM.
TONY CUB COW SKI IS A LOGGER.
>> IF YOU CAN GO IN AND
SELECTIVELY TAKE CERTAIN TREES
OUTF YOU LOOK IN HERE, THE
LANDSCAPE STILL LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
IN TWO YEARS YOU WON'T EVEN TELL
THERE WAS A CREW IN HERE.
>> TONY AND ANDREW WORK FOR HIS
DAD, TOM CUB COW SKI, WHO OWNS
THE FAMILY LOGGING BUSINESS.
HE TOOK IT OVER FROM HIS DAD ED.
>> MY DAD WAS A LOGGER.
>> WHO'S BEEN LOGGING ON THE
GOODMAN FOREST FOR O 50
YEARS.
>> THIS CHUNK WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW
I CUT FOR ANOTHER LOGGER WHEN I
GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, '81, '82
WE CUT THIS SAME AREA.
NOW WE'RE BACK AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN MANAGED RIGHT.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU TO MANAGE
IT.
OTHERWISE IT AIN'T GOING TO BE
HERE.
>> FOREST IS ALSO THE
BACKBONE OF COMMUNITIES IN
NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, LIKE THE
TOWN OF GOODMAN.
>> PRETTY MUCH OUR MAING SOURCE
IS WORKING IN THE WOODS.
>> IT'S A CHARGENK OF THE
LOCAL ECONOMY UP HERE.
IT'S HUNDR OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT EACH MILL.
ALL THESE FAMILIES, WE'RE ALL
TIED UP IN THIS ONE INDUSTRY.
IF IT GOES UNDER, THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
>> IT IS A REAL THICK ROOT IN
THIS ECONOMY.
>> THAT THICK ROOT, THE FOR
FACED AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN
2005, WHEN THE OWNER AT THE
TIME, INTERNATIONAL PAPER,
ANNOUNCED GOODMAN FOREST WAS UP
FOR SALE.
>> I WAS PRETTYED THAT
THEY WERE JUSTNG TO CLOSE IT
ALL DOWN SO YOU CAN'T CUT IT.
STOMACH WAS TURNING A LITTLE
BIT, YOU KNOW.
>> I PRETTY WORHAT I'D
BE OUT OF A JOB.
>> LOGGERS, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
AND CONSERVATIONISTS W
WORRIED THAT THE FOREST WOULD BE
FRAGMENTED, OFF IN 40-ACRE
LOTS.
THE MOST DESIRABLE LOTS, THOSE
AROUND THE LAKES AND RIVERS,
WOULD BE SOLD, LOCKED UP, LOST.
>> IT'S A HARD ASSET AND MARKETS
FOR TIMBER MAY FLUCTUATE UP AND
DOWN SOMEWHAT, BUT THE TREES ARE
ALWAYS G.
THE INVESTMENT IS ALWAYS
GROWING.
SO IT'S A PRETTY STABLE,
LONG-TERM INVESTMENT.
>> ENTER A COMPANY THAT SEES
GREAT POSSIBILITIES IN TRE
JEFF KUKEL WORKS FOR FOREST
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES.
I'M A TIMO.
WHAT'S A TIMO?
IT'S SHORT FOR TIMBER INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT ORGION.
TIMOS INVEST IN TREES.
THEY BUY TIMBERLAND AS A
NONRISKY PORTFOLIO FOR LARGE
INVESTORS.
>> THE RETURNS ARE NOT DRAMATIC
LIKE THE STOCK MARKET, BUT THEY
ARE STEADY.
>> THINK OF IT LIKE A BOND WITH
BARK, AND THIS FOREST WAS
PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE.
>> IT'S BEEN MANAGED SUS
STYPBABLY SINCE I THINK 1926 OR
1927.
THE TIMBER HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
DEVELOP SO THAT THERE ARE
DIFFERENT AGE CLASSES ON THE
FOREST, WHICH IS INT FOR
OUR INVESTORS.
YOU HAVE SOME MATURE TIMBER THAT
IS VERY HIGH QUALITY AND CAN BE
SOLD AS VENEER IN THE WORLD
MARKETS AND YOU HAVE SEEDLINGS
THAT AREE HIGH AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
>> DIFFERENT AGES, DIFFERENT
ECIES.SP
>> NOW ENTER A LANDST.
MATT WORKS FOR THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY, A WISCONSIN LAND
TRUST.
>> IN THE HISTORY OFCONSIN
THIS WAS THE LARGEST
CONSERVATION TRANSACTION TO
DATE.
64,000 ACRES FOR US WAS THREE
TIMES THE SIZE OF ANYTHING WE'VE
DONE IN THE PAST.
>> IT WAS LARGE.
THE FINAL PRICE TAG WAS $84
MILLION.
AND IT WAS COMPLICATED.
THE PROJECT INCLUDED A SLEF
PARTNERS.
JEFF COOKEL'S TIMO AND ANOTHER
TIM O THE NATURE CONSERV,
AND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
THE END RESULT?
THE FOREST WAS SAVED.
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY FOSTERED
A DEAL THAT GOT A CONSERVATION
EASEMENT ATTACHED TO THE DEED OF
THIS PROPERTY, AND THAT EASEMENT
STATES THAT THE CURRENT OWNERS,
THE TWO TIMOs, CANNOT DEVELOP
THE PROPERTY.
THEY MUST ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND THEY CAN HARVESTR, BUT
IT MUST BE DONE SUSTAINABLY.
THIS PLACE WILL STAY IS
NOW FOREVER.
>> CRVATION FOREST TRIAND
FOREST INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES
CANNOT DEVELOP THE LAND OR SELL
IT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WILL BE NO HOMES ON IT.
THEY CANUT CABINS UP H
THEY CAN'T LEASE IT OUT FOR
HUNTING.
THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS
MANAGE FROM TIMBER.
THE NEXT PEOPLE WHO BUY IT FROM
THEM CAN ONLYAGE TIMBER.
THE EASEMENT STAYS ON THE LAND
FOREVER, NO MATTER WHO OWNS IT.
THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE ACCESS TO
IT, HUNT AND FISH OUT HERE.
WE'LL NEVER SEE HOMES OUT HERE.
WE KNOW IT'S THROUGH THE
EASEMENT SUSTAINABLY MANAGED.
IF THIS D HAVE BEEN
PURCHASED BY POSSIBLY A
DIFFERENT OWNER AND THAT
DIFFERENT OWNER DIDN'T VALUE
THESE LANDS FOR THEIR NATURAL
VALUE, WE COULD HAVE SEEN CABINS
AND HOMES BEING DEVELOPED ON
THESE EDGES OF THE LAKES AND WE
NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE.
IT STAYS ON THE TAX ROLLS.
IT'S STILL PRIVATELY OWNED.
>> BUT WITH ACCESS FOR THE
PUBLIC AND LOGGERS.
>> THEY CUT IT THE WAY IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE CUT AND GET THE
SEEDLINGS GROWING AGAIN AND NOT
MAKING THEIR MONEY AND RUNNING.
THEY'RE MANAGING IT TO WHERE
IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR MY
GREAT, GREAT GRANDKIDS.
>> THEY ARE HELPING US MAKE THIS
FOREST LAST SO MY KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS
CAN COME BACK.
I CAN SAY I CUT THAT FIVE TIMES
IN MY LIFETIME AND EVERY TIME IT
KEEPS COMING BACK.
EVERYTHING IS STILL HERE.
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.
>> AGAIN, THE WILD RIVER LEGACY
FOREST IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR
HUNTING, FISHING, HIK OR
SIMPLE SOLITUDE.
CHECK IT OUT.
YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FOREST, LAND TRUST AND
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE,
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
>> WISCONSIN'S REGULAR NINE-DAY
GUN DEER SEASON STARTS SAT
MORNING AT SUNRISE, BUT SOME
HUNTERS WERE IN THE FS A
MONTH AGO FN EARLIERSON
IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
IT WAS THERE FIVE YEARS AGO THAT
TESTS UNCOVERED CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE.
CWD IS A NEUCAL DISEASE
SIMILAR TO MAD COW DISEASE.
IT SLO DESTROYS THE ANIMAL'S
BRAIN.
WHEN CWD WAS DISCOVERED IN
WISCONSIN'S DEER HERD, IT WAS
CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
REPORTER ART HACKETT REPORTS ON
THE STATE'S FIVE-YEAR EFFORT TO
CHECK THE SPREAD.
>> TRAFFIC SPARSEME AT
THE DNR DEER REGISTRATION
STATION IN BARNEVELD DESPITE IT
BEING OPENING DAY OF A SPE
EARLY HUNTING SEASON.
BARNEVELD IS IN THE HEART OF THE
REGION WHERE CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE IS ENDEMIC.
HERDERS BROUGHT IN THEIR KILL.
TECHNICIANS REMOVED TISSUE FROM
THE ANIMALS SO ID BE
TESTED FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE
DISEASE.
BUT HELPING TO CONTROL CWD
WASN'T FRONT AND CENTER IN THE
MINDS OF HUNTERS LIKE MIKE BERG
OF SUNIRIE.
>> IT REALLY DON'T BOTHER ME
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD A DEER
TEST POSITIVE FOR IT AND I'VE
BEEN EATING VENISON 34
YEARS.
>> THE EARLY SEASON WAS JUST
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TOAIN
MEAT FOR HIS FAMILY.
>> I GO THROUGH ABOUT FIVE DEER
A YEAR.
I EAT IT ALL.
>> CONTRAST THE LAID-BACK
ATMOSPHERE THIS YEAR IN
BARNEVELD WITH THE WAR ROOM
AMBIENCE IN DODGEVILLE IN THE
SPRING OF 2002.
CWD HAD RECENTLY BEEN FOUND IN
THREE ALS DURING ROUTINE
TESTING FOR ANOTHER DISEASE.
>> IT REALLY TOOK ME AT LEAST