>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK LIONS, TIGERS AND
MORE LIONS, OH MY.
FIND OUT HOW THIS MAN'S DESIRE
TO RESCUE CATS HAS BEEN LIKE
RUNNING A LEGAL OBSTACLE COURSE.
HERE IS A HINT FOR A MYSTERY.
IT INVOLVES THIS LITTLE CRITTER.
DISCOVER HOW THIS ARTIST'S LOVE
FOR AN OLD WORLD CRAFT HAS
PEOPLE FIRED UP ABOUT HIS WORK.
WE'LL ALSO SHOW OFF THE WINTER
BEAUTY OF THE OLDEST COLLECTION
OF RESTORED ECOLOGICAL
COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD FOUND
ONLY HERE 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 LIFE IN WISCONSIN
RUNNING SMOOTHLY OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
PAUL B. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW. PAUL B. 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.
>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE
ARE REPORTS OF EXOTIC ANIMALS
ON THE LOOSE IN WISCONSIN,
THERE HAS BEEN A WANDERING
KANGAROO, A PYTHON AND MORE
THAN ONE ALLIGATOR.
MOST RECENTLY TWO COUGARS WERE
RELEASED BY VANDALS FROM THE
MANITOWOC ZOO.
EVEN THOUGH EXOTIC ANIMALS ARE
MORE COMMONLY KEPT IN ZOOS WE
HAVE NO STATE-WIDE LAW
PROHIBITING PEOPLE FROM KEEPING
THESE ANIMALS AT HOMES.
IT HAS LEFT SOME CITIES AND
COUNTIES SCRAMBLING TO MAKE
ORDINANCES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS.
AND A CONFUSING LEGAL SITUATION
FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ADOPT
EXOTIC ANIMALS.
>> LIONS, TIGERS AND LEP ARDS
ARE LIVING A LIFE OF LEISURE AT
THE WISCONSIN BIG CAT RESCUE
AND EDUCATION CENTER IN SAUK
COUNTY.
>> WE'RE WAITING FOR TODD TO
COME WITH THE CRANE.
>> JEFF KOZLOWSKI RUNS THE
RESCUE WHICH PROVIDES A HOME TO
MORE THAN 20 LARGE CATS.
>> COME HERE.
>> WISCONSIN DOESN'T HAVE
STATEWIDE LAWS REGULATING THIS
BIG CATS BUT RECENTLY SOME
COUNTIES HAVE PASSED ORDINANCES
THAT LIMIT OR PROHIBIT OWNING
THESE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
ANIMALS.
SAUK COUNTY CREATED THIS
ORDINANCE IN JANUARY OF 2005.
IT WAS THE ORDINANCE THAT
KICKED OFF A TWO-YEAR JOURNEY
FOR THE COUNTY, KOZLOWSKI AND
HIS NEAREST NEIGHBORS.
>> WITH THE ORDINANCE WE WANT
TO STRESS IF YOU WANT AN ANIMAL
HOLDING FACILITY YOU COME IN
AND BE UP FRONT WITH IT AND NOT
SURPRISE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH
SOME DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
>> IN EARLY 2005, SAUK COUNTY
OFFICIALS TOLD KOZLOWSKI THAT
IN ORDER TO GET A PERMIT, HE
NEEDED LIABILITY INSURANCES.
AT THE TIME, KOZLOWSKI ONLY
OWNED FOUR CATS.
>> WHEN WE MADE A DEAL WITH THE
COUNTY THE DEAL WAS IF WE
OBTAINED THE INSURANCE THAT
THEY ASKED FOR, THAT THEY WOULD
ISSUE US THE PERMIT.
>> SO KOZLOWSKI GOT LIABILITY
INSURANCE.
BUT EVEN THOUGH HIS PERMIT
HADN'T BEEN APPROVED, IN
OCTOBER OF 2005, HE ADOPTED 12
MORE LARGE CATS.
ANIMALS THAT HAD BEEN
CONFISCATED BY THE INDIANA DNR.
>> THEY HAD TO PLACE THE CATS
BY A CERTAIN TIME OR THEY WERE
GOING TO START DARTING THEM.
THEY WOULD BE PUT DOWN.
>> NOT LONG AFTER THAT
KOZLOWSKI ADOPTED SIX MORE BIG
CATS BRINGING THE TOTAL TO MORE
THAN 20.
IN EARLY 2006 AFTER COUNTY
OFFICIALS LEARNED ABOUT THE
ADDITIONAL ANIMALS THEY BECAME
CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE COUNTY FELT THE CAGES FOR
THE ORIGINAL FOUR CATS WERE
STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
BUT QUESTIONED THE CAGES HE
BUILT FOR THE NEW ANIMALS.
BOTH SIDES HIRED ENGINEERING
CONSULTANTS.
>> HAD AN ENGINEERING FIRM COME
OUT AND EVALUATE THE CAGES AT
THE PROPERTY AND IT TURNED OUT
TO BE SOME QUESTIONABLE ISSUES
ON STRUCTURAL STRENGTH.
>> THAT CHAIN CAME FROM A
BUFFALO FARM.
NOW, IF THE DNR LICENSED THE
GUY FOR A BUFFALO FARM, IF IT
CAN HOLD A BUFFALO, HOW WILL IT
NOT OLD SOMETHING THAT WEIGHS A
QUARTER OF WHAT A BUFFALO
WEIGHS?
>> SAUK COUNTY'S DANGEROUS
ANIMAL ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES
THAT ANIMALS BE KEPT ON LAND
THAT IS ZONED FOR THEM.
AT THE TIME KOZLOWSKI LIVED IN
THE TOWN OF EXCELSIOR IN AN
AGRICULTURAL ZONE THAT ALLOWS
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
>> UNDER THAT ZONING DISTRICT,
THEY ALLOW, AGAIN, LIVESTOCK
AND OUR OFFICE DIDN'T VIEW THE
CATS AS LIVESTOCK.
>> KOZLOWSKI SAID HE DIDN'T
KNOW THE AGRICULTURE ZONE
DIDN'T INCLUDE HIS CATS.
HE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE
TOLD HIM FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT ZONING WAS A PROBLEM.
>> THEY SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE
ZONING.
THEY DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE
ZONING ISSUE UNTIL TWO OR THREE
MONTHS LATER.
>> PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS HE
WAS OUR INITIAL APPLICATION FOR
DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND THAT
MAYBE THE STANDARDS WERE THERE
BUT THEY WEREN'T STRESSED MAYBE
PROPERLY TO BEGIN WITH.
>> REZONING BECAME THE HOLY
GRAIL FOR KOZLOWSKI.
IN ORDER TO STAY WHERE HE WAS,
HE NEEDED TO CONVINCE THE LOCAL
TOWNSHIP OF EXCELSIOR TO REZONE
THE LAND.
TOWNS AND VILLAGES LIKE
EXCELSIOR HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
LAND USE WITHIN THEIR BORDERS.
>> YOU GO TO THE LOCAL TOWN
WHERE HE'S LOCATED AND ASKING
THE TOWN FATHERS IF HE CAN HAVE
THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION.
>> AFTER A CONTENTIOUS PUBLIC
MEETING IN APRIL OF 2006 THE
EXCELSIOR TOWN BOARD TURNED
DOWN KOZLOWSKI'S REZONING
REQUEST.
WITHIN DAYS THE COUNTY SENT
KOZLOWSKI A VIOLATION NOTICE
AND ABATEMENT ORDER.
>> IT WAS BASICALLY GIVEN TO
JEFF THAT EITHER HE TAKE OUT
PERMITS OR WE'LL SHUT HIM DOWN
AND THE COUNTY GAVE HIM A
DEADLINE.
>> THIS ACTION MARKED THE
BEGINNING OF A BATTLE BETWEEN
THE COUNTY AND KOZLOWSKI WHICH
INCLUDED TAKING HIM TO COURT.
IN THE MEANTIME, KOZLOWSKI
SEARCHED FOR A LEGAL RESIDENCE
FOR THE CATS.
HE FOUND IT ONLY A FEW MILES
AWAY.
ROCK SPRINGS VOTED TO GRANT
KOZLOWSKI BIG CAT RESCUE CENTER
A PERMIT.
THE VILLAGE HAS AUTHORITY THAT
SUPERSEDES THE COUNTY ORDINANCE.
>> ROCK SPRINGS IS A LOGICAL
PLACE.
IT NEEDS TO GROW AND NEEDS TO
GET A VISITOR PRESENCE.
>> A PRIVATE LOAN MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR KOZLOWSKI TO
PURCHASE LAND AND CONSTRUCT NEW
FACILITIES.
HE MOVED THE CATS IN THE SUMMER
OF 2007 AND IS PLANNING TO OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC OFFERING TOURS
FOR A FEE.
WHILE NOT EVERYONE IN ROCK
SPRINGS IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE
CATS, BEHNKE SAYS A LOT OF
EFFORT WENT INTO ADDRESSING
THOSE CONCERNS.
>> IT WAS ADDRESSED AND TOOK
FIVE OR SIX MEETINGS WITH THE
VILLAGE BOARD AND THEY FORGED
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO
BEFORE WE LET THEM COME IN HERE.
>> IT TOOK MORE THAN TWO YEARS
FOR SAUK COUNTY AND KOZLOWSKI
TO RESOLVE THAT YOUR CONFLICT
OVER THE NEW ORDINANCE.
>> IT IS JUST TERRIBLY SLOW
PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS INVOLVED AND THE LOCAL
INPUTS.
ALL OF IT TAKES TIME.
>> AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, SAUK
COUNTY OFFICIALS RECOMMEND THAT
ALL COUNTIES TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT MAY BE A GROWING TREND.
>> EXOTIC ANIMALS ARE BECOMING
MORE PREVALENT AND EITHER
CONSIDER THEM OR ADOPT AN
ORDINANCE NOT TO HAVE THEM.
>> TO DATE THERE ARE FEWER THAN
15 COUNTIES WHERE THE
ORDINANCES THAT RESTRICT OR
PROHIBIT OWNERSHIP OF LARGE,
NON-NATIVE CATS LIKE LIONS AND
TIGERS AS PETS.
THERE IS A BILL IN THE
LEGISLATURE WOULD -- WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT
BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE
REGISTRATION OF LARGE CATS AND
THAT IT WOULD BE POSTED ONLINE.
>> OUR NEXT REPORT TAKES US TO
MERRIMAC.
IT ALSO SEEMS TO TAKE US BACK
IN TIME TO A PLACE CALLED
BADGER VILLAGE BLACKSMITHING.
STEVE HACKBARTH NAMED IT FROM A
POEM CALLED "THE VILLAGE
BLACKSMITH."
WE CREATE THIS PORTRAIT OF AN
ARTIST WHO TAKES A
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF HIS CRAFT.
**
>> UNDER A SPREADING CHESTNUT
TREE THE VILLAGE SMITHY STANDS.
THE SMITH, A MIGHTY MAN IS HE
WITH LARGE AND SINEWY HANDS.
A SMITH A MIGHTY MAN IS HE WITH
LARGE AND SINEWY.
THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
>> HIS HAIR IS CRISP AND BLACK
AND LONG.
HIS FACE IS LIKE THE TAN.
HIS BROW IS WET WITH HONEST
SWEAT, HE EARNS WHATEVER HE CAN.
>> BLACKSMITHING IS A NOISY
KIND OF PHYSICAL PROFESSION.
IT IS AN ATHLETIC ENDEAVOR.
YOU HAVE TO BE POUNDING ON IRON
OR FORMING IT OR SHAPING IT IN
SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
>> YOU CAN HEAR HIM SWING HIS
HEAVY SLEDGE WITH MEASURED BEAT
AND SWELL.
LIKE THE SEXTON RINGING THE
VILLAGE BELL WHEN THE EVENING
SUN IS LOW.
>> SO IT'S NOT A PROFESSION
THAT ALLOWS ITSELF A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION.
THE BLACKSMITH IS KIND OF
TRAPPED WITHIN THAT SILENCE OF
NOISE.
SO HE ENDS UP BEING A
PHILOSOPHER OF SORTS.
>> THERE ARE MANY SPIRITUAL
PARALLELS IN BLACKSMITHING.
THE IDEA OF SHAPING SOMETHING.
OFTEN IF WE LOOK AT OURSELVES
AS THE IRON THAT'S BEING
SHAPED, I OFTEN LOOK AT THE
FACT THAT IT CAN'T BE A
PLEASANT PROCESS FOR THE IRON
TO BE HEATED UP AND POUNDED ON.
ALL OF US GO THROUGH CERTAIN
TRIALS IN OUR LIVES IN RELATION
TO THE SORROW AND PAIN THAT IS
EXISTING IN THIS WORLD AND, YOU
KNOW, IT SHAPES US.
SOME PEOPLE IT SHAPES
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS.
>> TOILING, REJOICING,
SORROWING, ON WARD IN LIFE HE
GOES.
>> YEAH, I COULDN'T RESCUE THAT
ONE.
BLACKSMITHING IS ABOUT LEARNING
HOW TO FAIL AND BE OKAY WITH
FAILING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
FAIL A LOT OF TIMES BEFORE YOU
GET IT RIGHT.
AND IT'S BEING WILLING TO GO
THROUGH THAT FAILURE AND GO
THROUGH THAT DISAPPOINTMENT AND
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
I FIND THE SAME EXPERIENCE IS
TRUE WITH MY GUITAR PLAYING.
**
>> THE MATERIAL THAT I COMPOSE
ON GUITAR IS BUILT WITH SMALL
PHRASES AND I TRY TO PUT STUFF
TOGETHER SO THAT IT MAKES THE
COMPOSITION AND BLACKSMITHING
TO COME UP WITH A FINISHED
PROJECT IS THE SAME, WHERE YOU
BUILD SMALL ITEMS TO MAKE A
FINAL PIECE.
>> EACH MORNING SEES SOME TASK
BEGIN, EACH EVENING SEES IT
CLOSE.
SOMETHING ATTEMPTED, SOMETHING
DONE, HAS EARNED A NIGHT'S
REPOSE.
>> AS A PERFECTIONIST I WANT
EVERYTHING TO BE JUST RIGHT.
WHEN YOU GET TO A POINT ON A
PROJECT YOU NEED TO STOP AND
YOU NEED TO MOVE ON.
CONTENTMENT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
IS LEARNING HOW TO WORK THE
MATERIAL BUT THEN ALSO LEARNING
WHEN TO STOP WORKING IT.
>> THANKS, THANKS TO THEE MY
WORTHY FRIEND FOR THE LESSON
THOUSAND HAS TAUGHT.
THUS AT THE FLAMING FORGE OF
LIFE OUR FORTUNES MUST BE
WROUGHT.
>> STEVE HACKBARTH TELLS US HE
IS NOW FINISHING UP A NEW WORK
WITH A TUSCAN THEME.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE
wpt.org/inwisconsin TO SEE MORE
OF HIS WORK.
NEXT WE HEAD NORTH TO CHECK OUT
A WILDLIFE MYSTERY IN ASHLAND
COUNTY.
THE PINE MARTEN IS ONE OF OUR
STATE'S MOST ENDANGERED ANIMALS
BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHY.
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WERE
ATTEMPTING TO REINTRODUCE THE
TINY MAMMAL.
THREE YEARS LATER THE NUMBERS
ARE STILL DWINDLING.
JOANN JOINS THE RESEARCHERS TO
FIND OUT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO
NEXT.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> JONATHAN GILBERT IS A
BIOLOGIST AND WILDLIFE SECTION
LEADER WITH THE GREAT LAKES
INDIAN, FISH AND WILDLIFE
COMMISSION.
>> THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
WABESHAY IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED
IN OJIBWAA.
>> HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE
SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE
WORKING WITH THE PINE MARTEN.
>> MARTENS ARE VERY LIGHT,
ALMOST WHITE.
SOME ARE REALLY DARK, ALMOST
LIKE REALLY CHOCOLATE BROWN.
>> THE PINE MARTEN IS A STATE
AND TRIBAL ENDANGERED SPECIES.
>> LET HIM GO.
>> MARTENS HAD DISAPPEARED
COMPLETELY FROM WISCONSIN BY
1927, PUSHED OUT BY THE TWIN
PRESSURES OF TRAPPING AND
CLEAR-CUT OF THE NORTHERN
FORESTS.
>> EASY, BIG GUY.
>> MARTENS WERE REINTRODUCED IN
THE STATE IN 1990.
IT WAS A WELCOME RETURN OF AN
ANIMAL THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
PART OF OUR NORTHERN FORESTS
AND CULTURE.
THE MARTEN HAS REMAINED RARE IN
WISCONSIN.
BACK IN 2006 WE FIRST BROUGHT
YOU INTO THE WORLD OF MARTEN
RESEARCH.
A WORLD THAT COMBINED HI-TECH
AND LOW TECH.
>> IT'S THE RIGHT COLOR, IT'S
THE RIGHT LENGTH.
>> SNARES ATTACHED TO TREES
THAT CAPTURED ON A PAD
INDIVIDUAL PINE MARTEN HAIRS TO
BE SENT OFF FOR DNA ANALYSIS.
>> YOU GOT SATELLITES NOW?
>> WE HAVE SATELLITES.
>> SHALL WE TAKE OFF AND GO
BACKTRACKING?
>> GPS AND PAW PRINTS USED TO
TRACK A MARTEN'S DAY.
AND FOR OVER A DECADE, THEY'VE
TRAPPED AND RADIO COLLARED
INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS.
>> THIS HAS TAKEN TEN YEARS TO
PERFECT THIS TECHNIQUE AND GONE
THROUGH LOTS OF CHANGES AND
ATTEMPTS AT DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> ONCE COLLARED, THE ANIMALS
CAN BE TRACKED THROUGH
RADIO-TELEMETRY.
>> EACH ANIMAL HAS ITS OWN
FREQUENCY ON THE COLLAR AND WE
CAN PICK THEM UP AND WE CAN
CHECK TO SEE IF HE'S OKAY.
>> THAT IS EDITH BY THE TRACKS.
MAKE THAT IN THE TRAP.
MORE THAN A DECADE OF THIS KIND
OF MONITORING HAS SHOWN THAT
THE MARTEN HAS NOT REBOUNDED.
TO SUSTAIN, THEY NEED AT LEAST
1,000 IN THE STATE.
THEY BARELY TOP 250.
>> THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
>> CALL IT THE MARTEN MYSTERY.
OTHER ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
REINTRODUCED TO WISCONSIN AND
DONE WELL.
TAKE THEIR CLOSE COUSIN, THE
FISHER.
>> IT'S A FEMALE FISHER, I
THINK.
>> FISHERS HAVE DONE SO FINE
THAT THE RESEARCHERS OFTEN FIND
THIS LARGER ANIMAL WEDGED INTO
ONE OF THEIR MARTEN TRAPS.
>> I WANT TO OPEN IT UP, OKAY?
STINKY ANIMALS, MAN.
DON'T BITE ME NOW.
YEAH, I KNOW.
I KNOW.
>> IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO TRAP A
FISHER IN THESE WOODS BUT IN
2006, THE RESEARCHERS WERE ONLY
ABLE TO TRAP A TOTAL OF THREE
MARTENS.
HERE IS THE SAD MATH.
MARTENS ARE FOUND IN ONLY TWO
PLACES IN THE STATE, HERE IN
THE CHEG WAM GONE NATIONAL
FOREST AND THE NICOLET NATIONAL
FOREST.
HERE THEY RELEASED 140 AND THE
NUMBERS HAVE TUMBLED.
THERE ARE 20 TO 30 MARTENS.
>> THIS IS THE AGE THAT IS NOT
SURVIVING.
>> THIS YOUNG MALE RELEASED
LAST YEAR HAS NOT BEEN FOUND
THIS YEAR.
THE FATE OF HIS MOTHER IS KNOWN
AND IT IS NOT GOOD.
>> WE WALKED INTO FIND HER AND
FOUND SHE HAD BEEN KILLED BY A
FISHER AND THAT UPON
EXAMINATION OF THE CARCASS WE
SAW SHE HAD BEEN NURSING AND
KNEW SHE HAD YOUNG AT THAT
POINT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, SHE DIED,
UNDOUBTEDLY THE YOUNG DIED AND
AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
JUST A HANDFUL OF ANIMALS, AND
YOU LOSE A WHOLE LITTER LIKE
THAT AND A REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE
AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A BIG
LOSS, A VERY BIG LOSS.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS
FOREST TO BRING DOWN THESE
NUMBERS?
AND WHY TO ADD TO THE MYSTERY
IS THIS SMALL MAMMAL SURVIVING
EVEN THRIVING IN THE STATES
AROUND US?
>> ON BOTH SIDES OF US.
MINNESOTA HAS SEVERAL THOUSAND
MARTENS AND MICHIGAN HAS
SEVERAL HUNDRED.
NOT QUITE A SAME DENSITIES BUT
BOTH ARE APPARENTLY DOING WELL
AND WE'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
HERE AND HAVE AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES.
>> WHY?
>> THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
>> THE BLACK THINGS ARE YAKTRAX
AND THEY GO ON MY BOOTS CALLED
MUKLUKS.
>> THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO LET
IT GO YET.
THERE ARE STILL THINGS TO BE
DONE.
>> WHICH IS WHY WE WENT BACK TO
THE FOREST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
NEXT AFOOT FOR THE MARTENS.
>> I LOVE IT.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF HI-TECH
AND LOW TECH STUFF.
THEY'VE GOT MY TRADITIONAL
COMPASS AND MY HI-TECH GPS UNIT.
THEY'RE ALL GOOD.
>> IT'S BACK TO THE WOODS.
THIS TIME AS A PREPARATION FOR
A PLAN TO REINTRODUCE THE PINE
MARTEN A SECOND TIME.
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF
NATIONAL RESOURCES HAS FUNDED A
THREE-YEAR PROJECT TO RESEARCH
THE OPTIMUM REINTRODUCTION AND
BRING IN 90 MORE MARTENS, 30 A
YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
>> WE ALREADY DID THAT.
IN 1990 OR SO WE GOT 150
ANIMALS AND BROUGHT THEM HERE
AND RELEASED THEM AND NOW WE'LL
DO IT AGAIN.
WELL, SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
WELL, INSTEAD OF TAKING 150
MARTENS AND RELEASING THEM ALL
IN ONE SPOT OR TWO SPOTS OR
WHATEVER, WHICH IS KIND OF THE
WAY IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST,
HOW ABOUT IF WE GO AND FIND
THESE DIFFERENT POCKETS OF
PLACES WHERE MARTENS LIKE TO
LIVE OR PROVIDE SUITABLE
HABITAT FOR THEM?
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS
AND FIND THE PLACES WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO RELEASE MARTENS.
>> TO DO THAT THEY FOLLOW THE
MARTENS.
>> LET THEM TELL US.
THEY WILL TELL US WHAT THEY
NEED AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE
THAT FOR THEM.
THERE WE GOT HER.
COOL.
THIS IS A RADIO ANIMAL THAT WE
CAUGHT IN THE FALL, PUT THE
RADIO ON HER, RIGHT?
SHE'S OFF THIS WAY.
>> ON THE WAY TO THE MARTEN WE
PASS A TRAP SITE THAT GIVES A
GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS NEEDED
FOR GREAT MARTEN REAL ESTATE.
>> I LOVE MESSY FORESTS.
THE STUFF THAT MAKES THE FOREST
LOOK MESSY, TIPUPS, THINGS
FALLING OVER.
THAT KIND OF FOREST STRUCTURE.
>> THIS MESSY FOREST MAKES FOR
A GREAT GROCERY STORE AND A
TOASTY HIDEOUT.
ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS A BIT MORE
SNOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT MARTEN
CONDO.
>> IT IS LIKE LITTLE SNOW
TUNNELS, THEN, UNDER THE SNOW.
IT IS LIKE AN IGLOO.
IT'S 32 DEGREES, KIND OF WARM
COMPARED TO 10.
BE WARMER UNDER THE SNOW EVEN
TODAY.
PROVIDES A PLACE FOR THEM TO
GET AWAY FROM PREDATORS, MICE
AND OTHER THINGS ARE IN THE
SAME AREA.
IT PROVIDES THEM FOOD.
>> CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF THEIR
FOOD.
>> THIS IS A NICE DAY.
IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME SHE'S
OUT HUNTING.
ONCE YOU START TUNING INTO
THINGS, WHAT YOU CAN TELL HAS
HAPPENED BASED ON WHAT IS IN
THE SNOW, THERE IS CERTAINLY
LOTS OF FRESH SIGN IN HERE.
ALL KINDS OF FRESH TRACKS ALL
THROUGH HERE.
SO SHE'S BEEN IN HERE.
THIS IS WHERE SHE'S HUNTING AND
STUFF.
I THINK SHE'S PROBABLY THIS WAY.
I'M JUST GOING TO WALK AROUND
IN A 100-FOOT CIRCLE AND SEE IF
I CAN ZERO IN ON HER A LITTLE
BIT.
I THINK I GOT HER.
>> AND WITH THAT, GILBERT
DROPPED HIS ANTENNA TO LISTEN
IN VARIOUS PARTS.
IT'S AN OLD ROTTING WHITE PINE
STUMP AND FOUND HER RESTING
THERE.
THE MARTEN, BY THE WAY, IS
EDITH.
AND NOW GILBERT HAS A BETTER
IDEA WHAT MARTENS LIKE EDITH
REQUIRE.
AND HE RECORDS IT.
>> OLD STUMP, IT'S ROTTEN, ONE
METER TALL, THREE METERS IN
DIAMETER.
SIX TO EIGHT ENTRIES AT GROUND
LEVEL.
SHE'S TELLING ME BY HER SIGN
SHE LIKES THIS SPOT A LOT.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING SO
NOW, OKAY, NOW I'VE LEARNED
SOMETHING FROM HER.
I'VE LEARNED THESE STUMPS ARE
IMPORTANT AND THOSE ARE USEFUL
PLACES FOR THEM.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW?
A DEAD STUMP.
>> WHEN THEY LOOK FOR SUITABLE
RELEASE SITES, STUMPS MIGHT BE
PART OF THE PICTURE.
>> I'M SURE THIS IS FROM THE
ORIGINAL CUT SO YOU'RE TALKING
80 TO 100 YEARS PROBABLY.
AS I SAID, LOGGING MIGHT BE IN
SOME CASES COME PATIBLE.
CUT DOWN A TREE, LEAVE A STUMP.
100 YEARS LATER IT'S A MARTEN
BED.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THINGS
TO HAPPEN.
>> LONG TIMES, LONG TIMES ARE
NEEDED TO SHAPE A FOREST.
BUT THE PRESSURE IS ON TO SAVE
THIS FOREST ANIMAL.
RESEARCHERS ARE GATHERING
INFORMATION LIKE THIS OVER THE
COMING MONTHS AND THEY PLAN TO
ADD TO THE EXISTING POPULATION
WITH NEW RELEASES FROM OTHER
STATES IN THE FALL.
>> JO PLANS TO BRING US AN
UPDATE ON THEIR WORK SOMETIME
AFTER THE FALL RELEASE.
ON ANOTHER NOTE AS WE MOVE
TOWARD OUR STATE'S PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY NEXT MONTH WISCONSIN
PUBLIC BROADCASTING HAS
LAUNCHED ITS ONLINE ELECTION
YEAR RESOURCE, WISCONSIN VOTES.
THE SITE FEATURES UPCOMING
ELECTION DATES AND VOTER
INFORMATION, POLITICAL COVERAGE
BY WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO AND
TELEVISION, WISCONSIN-GENERATED
BLOGS AND MORE.
BOOK MARK WISCONSINVOTE.ORG NOW
AND YOU CAN USE IT AS A
REFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE
ELECTION YEAR.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK.
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE SHOW
YOU HOW FARMERS ARE GETTING
MUCH NEEDED HEALTHCARE WITHOUT
LEAVING THE FARM.
INTRODUCE YOU THE A GROUP OF
STUDENTS WHO HOPE WINNING A
NATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION CAN
PROPEL THEM TO BIG THINGS AND
WHY THIS PAPER MILL IS GETTING
NOTICED FOR ITS ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPRINT IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE LEAVE YOU
TO ENJOY THE WINTER BEAUTY
FOUND AT THE UW ARBORETUM IN
MADISON.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M PATTY
LOEW.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> 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 B. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER, PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW PAUL B. 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.