WARMING.
ICE IS SORT OF LIKE A MINER'S
CANARY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE'LL INVESTIGATE THE MYSTERIOUS
DISAPPEARANCE OF BEE COLONIES
AROUND THE STATE, AND MEET THE
TEAM THAT GETS CALLED INTO
ACTION WHEN THINGS GO VERY WRONG
ON THIS 500-FOOT-HIGH CLIFF.
WE'LL ALSO SHOW YOU HOW SENIOR
CITIZENS ARE GETTING A TAX BREAK
BY HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL, GRADE
SCHOOL.
IT'S, "IN WISCONSIN."
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.
AND UW HEALTH, PROVIDING
SPECIALTY AND PRIMARY CARE FOR
ALL AGES THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS, AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL
IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
AND, 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.
LAST WEEK, REPORTER ART HACKETT
TOOK US TO TROUT LAKE IN VILAS
COUNTY FOR A TOUR OF THE UW
LIMNOLOGY RESEARCH LAB.
LIMNOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF LAKES.
THE TROUT LAKE SCIENTISTS DO A
LOT OF THEIR WORK IN THE
FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER.
BUT SURPRISINGLY, THEY ALSO DO
SOME KEY RESEARCH IN THE DEAD
OF WINTER.
WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM A SHEET
OF FROZEN LAKE ICE?
ART HACKETT EXPLAINS HOW ICE MAY
BE A WINDOW INTO OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE.
>> ANN SMALL AND SIPPED
YESTERDAY RUSAK ARE
LIMNOLOGY RESEARCHERS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN'S TROUT
LAKE RESEARCH STATION.
LIMNOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF LAKES,
WHAT'S IN THEM, AND WHAT
SURROUNDS THEM.
IN OCTOBER OF 2007, SMALL AND
RUSAK WERE TAKING THEIR NEXT TO
THE LAST SAMPLES OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE
LAKES TURN OVER, AND THAT'S WHEN
WE DO OUR FINAL SAMPLING.
CINDY MONITORS THAT WITH HER
TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN PROFILE."
WHEN A LAKE "TURNS OVER" IN THE
LATE FALL, DECAYING ORGANIC
MATTER FROM DEEP IN THE LAKE
RISES TO THE TOP.
IT HAPPENS AS
TEMPERATURES DROP.
SPENDING FOUR HOURS IN A BOAT
BECOMES LESS ATTRACTIVE.
WE'RE USUALLY RARING TO GO ON
THAT LAST ONE, ANXIOUS TO GET
OUT THERE.
>> THREE MONTHS LATER, THE CREW
FROM THE U.W. TROUT LAKE STATION
ISN'T IN A BOAT.
THEY ARE ON THE ICE.
TIM MEINKE PULLS WATER SAMPLES
FROM VARIOUS DEPTHS.
>>> IT NOT TOO MANY ANIMALS
HERE.
THE GREEN IS FROM THE ALGAE THAT
HAPPEN TO BE IN THE WATER.
>> BUT HE'S ALSO PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE 15-INCH-THICK
PLUG OF ICE PULLED FROM THE
SAMPLING HOLE.
>> THE ICE GREW TOWARDS THE
BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.
SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD SNOW AND
RAIN ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE
SURFACE.
THEN WE HAD A
WARMING SPELL.
SO THIS WHITE STUFF THAT IS NOT
CLEAR LIKE THE OF THE ICE
CLOCK IS THE STUFF THAT HAS
REFORMED SINCE THE ORIGINAL
FREEZING AND IT CONTAINS DIRT
AND
AIR AND OTHER PARTICLES THAT
MAKE IT CLOUDY LIKE
THAT.
THE ICE CREATES A RECORD OF
POLLUTION FROM THE AIR, AND
RUNOFF FROM SURROUNDING LAND.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT
THE ICE THAT MEIKE AND THE OTHER
RESEARCHERS AT TROUT HAVE
NOTICED.
WE ARE FINDING ICE FORMING ON
THE LAKES MUCH LATER AND LEAVING
EARLIER.
ICE IS SORT OF LIKE A MINER'S
CANARY FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE.
DR. JOHN MAGNUSON IS EMERITUS
PROFESSOR OF LIMNOLOGY AT THE
UNVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.
ICE, HE SAYS, IS A GOOD
INDICATOR FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
>>> AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, IT'S SO
SENSITIVE TO WARMING.
ICE MELTS QUICKLY.
AS THE ENVIRONMENT WARMS UP, IT
LEAVES A SIGNAL THAT
CAN BE SEEN VERY EARLY IN THE
SEQUENCE.
AND THE FREEZING OF A LAKE
DOESN'T JUST REFLECT THE FACT
THAT IT'S COLD ON ONE PARTICULAR
DAY.
IT REFLECTS A PATTERN OVER TIME.
>>> SO OVER THE PREVIOUS ONE,
TWO, THREE MONTHS.
SO IT'S AN INTEGRATED MEASURE.
>>> AND THE DURATION OF ICE
COVER ON
A GIVEN LAKE, MEASURED OVER A
SPAN OF YEARS, REFLECTS THE
CLIMATE.
CLIMATE REFERS TO
LONG TERM CONDITIONS, AS
OPPOSED TO WEATHER, WHICH IS
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UNTIL SCIENTISTS STARTED
STAFFING
THE TROUT LAKE STATION YEAR
ROUND, THERE WERE NO RELIABLE
LOGS OF ICE ON AND ICE OFF DATES
FOR TROUT LAKE AND OTHER LAKES
IN THE AREA.
THE RECORD STARTS IN
1982 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THE GENERAL TREND FOR ALL THESE
LAKES IS LESS
ICE COVER, ABOUT EVERY TEN DAYS,
LESS ICE COVER EVERY TEN YEARS
FOR THAT GROUP OF LAKES.
THIS IS THE GRAPH FOR TROUT
LAKE.
ITS ICE DURATION HAS DROPPED
5.6 DAYS PER DECADE.
>> TO GET REALLY LONG-TERM DATA,
YOU HAVE TO COME TO MON'S
LAKE MONDOTA WHERE SCIENTISTS
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE ICE COME
AND GO FOR 150 YEARS.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE F AND
BREAKUP DATES ARE VERY DIFFERENT
YEAR TO YEAR.
BUT WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP TO 150
YEARS, WHICH IS FIVE GENERATIONS
OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN THAT IT
USED TO FREEZE ON AVERAGE AROUND
FOUR MONTHS A YEAR, AND NOW IT'S
FREEZING ON AVERAGE THREE MONTHS
OF YEAR, SO WE HAVE LEFT ABOUT
25% OF THE ICE COVER INTA.
>> MADISON SAYS MENDOTA'S ICE
COVER IS BECOMING NINE DAYS
SHORTER EVERY DECADE.
>> WE ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE
LAKES IN WISCONSIN DON'T
FREEZE EVERY WINTER.
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN MENDOTA,
YET.
>>> IN THE WINTER OF 2000-2001,
THE ICE COVER LASTED ONLY THREE
WEEKS.
HE WON'T PREDICT WHEN THE FIRST
ICE-FREE WINTERL OCCUR, BUT
HE OFFERSTHER PREDICTION FOR
SNOWFALL.
>> THAT WILL CONTINUE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF
SNOWFALL A LOT OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE WINNER.
THAT WILL RESULT IN A LOT OF
SNOW ON THE ICE AND THE WILL
BE THINNER.
SO WE EXPECT MORE GRAY ICE
RELATIVE TO CLEAR ICE IN THE
FULL.
>> LUMP NOLL GIFTS, CARE ABOUT
GRAY AND CLEAR ICE, FOR A
REASON, LESS LIGHT ENTERS THE
WATER AND CAN AFFECT THE
MICROSCOPIC PLANTS AND ANIMALS
LIVING UNDER THE ICE.
>> WE HAVE TWO SAMPLES.
THE GREEN ONE IS NEAR THE
SURFACE AND THE CLEARER ONE IS
DEEPER THAN THAT.
IT'S A DEMONSTRATION HOW THE
ALGAE HAS TENDED FLOAT NEAR
THE SURFACE WHERE THERE'S MORE
LIGHT.
>> THOSE CHANGES WORK UP THE
FOOD CHAIN AFFECTING WHAT KIND
OF FISH LIVE IN WISCONSIN'S
LAKES AND RESEARCH ORS CARE
ABOUT THE NUMBE DAYS, NOT
JUST BECAUSE OF FISHING.
>> THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING QUITE
RAPIDLY AT THE PRESENT T
YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNAL OF THE
WARMING OCCURRING IN THE
ICE-COVERED DATA.
>> HE LOOKS AT THE DATA FOR LAKE
MENDOTA AND SEES A DISTURBING
ICE COVER.
>> THE RED DOTS ARE THERTEST
AND ALL THREE ARE IN THE MOST
RECENT YEARS.
>> THE TEN YEARS WHEN THE ICE
WAS FROZEN OVER THE LONGEST WERE
ALL OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
>> IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING,
THIS SEASON, LAKETA USED
OVER DECEMBER .
THE ICE COVER WILL HAVE TO
REMAIN FOR FOUR MORE WEEKS TO
HIT THE LONG-STORM TREND.
AND DR. MAGNESON COMPARED ICE TO
THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
OUR NEXT REPORT FEATURES
SOMETHING SCIENTISTS VIEW AS
EARLY ENVIRONMENTALEMS,
THE TINY HONEYBEE.
A RECENT PHENOMENON HAS BEES
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARING IN THEIR
HIVES.
THIS HNG SCIENTISTS PUZZLED
AND AS.
HOW STATE BEEKEEPERS ARE
SEARCHING FOR CLUES TO THIS
MYSTERY.
>> SHE'S KNOWN AS TEE
CHARMER.
THE PRODUCTS OF MARY'S MAGICAL
PRODUCTS, ARE OFF EACH WEEK
AT THE DANE FARMER'S MARKET.
SEALY HAS BEEN CARING FOR HONEY
BEES FOR 26 YEARS.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL BEES,
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO SLOW.
>> KEEPING HONEYBEES SUPPORT
EASY, IN THE 1980s, TWO
DIFFERENT INSECTS MADE THEIR WAY
TO THE UNITED STATES AND BEGAN
ATTACKING THE BEING.
>> WE HAVE LOST PROBABLY HALF
THE HONEY BEES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> AND IN THE SPRING OF 200,
WISCONSIN BEEKEEPERS BEGAN
LOSING THEIR COLONIES IN A
DIFFERENT AND MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
>> NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO THEM AFTER THAT.
>> YOU SEE, THIS IS A LIVE
THAT -- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU GO TO THEM.
THERE IS JUST NOTHING HERE.
>> AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT I
JUST DIDN'T NOTICE IT.
BUT -- NO, THERE WAS BLOOD.
THEY LEFT WITHOUT THESE
HAPPENING OUT, THIS IS A HIVE
WHICH AS ABSCONDED WHICH MEANS
THEY ALL LEAVE.
>> IT'S CALLED COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
EVEN THOUGH MOST BEES DON'T
RETURN TO THE HIVE, SEALY HAS
SAID SHE NOTICED DISTURBING
BEHAVIOR NEAR HER BOXES.
>> THIS IS PAID ORI DON'T
LIKE.
SEE, THAT BE IS NOT WELL.
SEE HOW IT'S STOMACH BILLING
AROUND?
IT'S DISORED.
>> COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER WAS
ALSO SEEN IN SOME SOUTHERN
STATES BACK IN THE FALL OF 2006.
>> THESE BEES ARE WORN OUT,
TATTERED AND TORN, AND --
>> RESULTING IN LOSSES OF UP TO
0% OF THE HIVE.
>> THERE'S INDICATIONS THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS OR
MORE.
SOME PEOPLE SUGGEST THEY HAVE
SEEN SIMILAR THINGS IN THE
1880s, EVEN.
>> AND AS WITH ANY GOOD MYSTERY
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES.
>> ONE OF THE THEORY IS THE BEES
IMMUNE SYSTEM BECOMES WEAKENED
AND THEN THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
OTHER, USUALLY NOT SERIOUS
INFECTIONS.
>> IT COULD BE A FUNGAL DISEASE,
A NEW INSECT.
OR MAYBE JUST STREP-RELATED.
>> ANOTHER SERIES POINTS ON TO A
NEWER CLASS OF PESTICIDES THAT
WORK SYSTEMICALLY.
>> IN SOME EXPERIMENTS, SUB
LETHAL DOSAGES HAVE CAUSED A
CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR OF THE BEES.
FRANCE HAS BANNED THE USE OF
THIS IN MANY AREAS, BECAUSE OF
BEE LOSSES IKS AND THE
BEEKEEPERS PETITIONS TO TAKE
THESE CHEMICALS AWAY, BUT THE
CHEMICALS ARE GONE AND THEY'D
ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME
PROBLEM.
>> SOME FEEL THE BEES ARE
SUFFERING THE ETS OF
TRAVELING TO WORK.
HONEYBEES POLL NATURE MORE THAN
130 CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES,
INCLUDINGERRIES IN
WISCONSIN.
THE BEES ARE SENT FROM CROP TO
CROP ON SEMIS, WHICH MAY STRESS
THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
CHRIS WARNER RUNS A BUSINESS
THAT PROVIDES RESPITE FOR BEES
IN THE OFF-SEASON.
THE BEES IN HIS CARE WORKED SIX
MONTH IS OUT OF THE YEAR START
IN CALIFORNIA.
>> MOVING BEES IS DEFINITELY A
FACTOR OF COLONY CE.
WHERE YOU COULD SAY IT WAS
MOVING BEES THATSED ALL
THESE COLONIES TO COLLAPSE, I
DON'T THINK YOU CO THAT.
THERE ARE FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH
AREIRONMENTAL, AND SOME OF
WELCOME WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER
OR A GREAT DEALCONTROL OVER,
HOW WE MOVE THEM, WHEN WE MOVE
THEM, DO THEY HAVEQUATE FOOD
STORES.
>> TO DATE, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE
TO DEFINITIVELY PROVE ANY OF
THESE THEORIES, BUT RESEARCHERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
NOW A NEW STUDY PROVIDES CLUES.
RESULTS PUBLICKED IN
SEPTEMBER 2007, SAYS ONE
ORGANISM IS RARELY ACUTE PA
RECALL CITIZEN OF THE BEES WAS
STRONGLY CORRELATED WITH COLONY
COLLAPSE DISORDER.
THE STUDY POINTS TO BEES
IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA AS A
POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THE V.
THE RESEARCHERS ARE CONTINUING
THEIR WORK TRYING TO FIND OUT IF
THE MIGHT CAUSE COLONY
COLLAPSE BY ITSELF OR IN
COMBINATION WITH OTHER PATHOGENS
AND STRESSES.
MEANWHILE BEEKEEPERS LIKE WARNER
AND SEALY ARE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR BEES
HEALTHY.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
LEAVING TODAY.
>> WE WILL BRING YOU AN UPDATE
WHEN IF SCIENTISTS
DEFINITIVELY ABLE TO PINPOINT
THE CAUSE OF COL COLLAPSE.
>>> WE HEAD NOW TO ONE OF THE
MOST SCENIC SPOT IN WISCONSIN,
DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK.
FEATURING MILES OF HIKING TRAILS
AND A CRYSTAL CLEAR LAKE
SURROUNDED BY-FOOT-HIGH
CLIFFS, BUT WHILE BREATHTAKINGLY
BEAUTIFUL, IT'S ALSO BEEN THE
SITE OF DEADLYIDENTS.
REPORTER ANDY STOKES SPENT A DAY
LAST FALL WITH A TEAM WHO CLIMB
INTO ACTION WHENEVER A CRISIS
CALL GOES OUT.
>> A CALL GOES OUT TO THE
BARABOO AMBULANCE SERVICE.
SOMEONE HAS FALLEN.
>> WE NEED THEM ON THE EAST
TRAIL, SOMEONE HAS FALLEN AND
UNKNOWN INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
>> THE PICSQUE LAKE ATTRACT
ROCK CLIMBERS F ALL OVER THE
MIDWEST.
AND ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN.
BUT OF THE CALLS ARE NOT
FOR A DOW ROCK CLIMB ARE BUT
FOR A PARK VISITOR WHO HAS GONE
OFF THE TRAIL AND FALLEN AND
NEEDS A RESCUE.
DEATHS ARE NOT INFREQUENT.
TODAY IS ONLY A DRILL.
SOMETHING THEY DO MONTHLY TO
DEVELOP AND KEEP THEIR SKILLS
SHARP.
BUT THE SITUATION IS REALISTIC.
>> WE HAVE HAD FALLS RIGHT HERE
BEFORE.
SEE THIS IS AE SPOT
WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
>> TODAY'S SCENARIO CALLS FOR A
HIGH-ACKNOWLEDGE GEL RESCUE.
THAT'S WHEN THE ONLY WAY TO
REACH THE VIC STRAIGHT
DOWN.
A TWO-PERSON TEAM LOCATESES THE
VICTIM AND MAKES CONTACT.
>> HELLO?
HOW ARE YOU?
>> E.M.T. BRIAN PREPARE TO
PAPPEL DOWN THE ROCKE.
>> WE GET A PARAMEDIC TO THE
PATIENT AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> HE'S GOT PAIN MEDICATION.
>> THE EARLIER WE CAN DO THAT,
THE MORE COMFORT HE'S GOING TO
BE IN AND MORE RELAXED AND IT'S
GOING TO BE EASIER FOR US TO
WORK WITH THROUGH A
FRIGHTENING SITUATION UP AND
OVER THE EDGE, AGAIN.
>> ADDITIONAL PARAMEDICS FROM
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE
CALLED IN WHILE THEY ATTEND TO
THE PATIENT.
>> EMOTIONAL ANDT
SUPPORT NEXT TO THE PATIENT IS
INVALUABLE.
YOU CAN SEE IT SHOW UP IN VITAL
SIGNS IN PATIENT'S CONDITIONS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS WE DO DOWN THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DOWN
THERE AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
>> AFTER HEM ARRIVES, A
SECOND PARA MED DECK LOWERED
DOWN.
SPECIAL TRAINING AND ROPE RESCUE
TECHNIQUES CAN PART THE
JOB.
>> TRAINING IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AND ONE
OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT
BARABOO AMBULANCE, SO HAVING TO
WORK THROUGH A SCENARIO JUST
LIKE YOU WOULD WITH THE PROBLEMS
YOU FACE IN A REAL SITUATION IS
PRICELESS.
>> NEXT A SPECIAL STRETCHER
CALLED A STOKES BASKET IS READY.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FIND
THE BEST SPOT TO BRING THE
PATIENT UP FROM, FACES, ANGLES,
ROCK FORMATIONS,S GOING TO
WORK THE BEST FOR THE BASKET AND
THE PERSONENDING THE BASKET.
AFTER THAT, WE FIND GOOD ANCHOR
POINTS BACK HERE, ROCKS, BIG
TREES, WHATEVER WE CIND AND
SET UP THE SYSTEM TO BRI
PATIENT UP.
>> THE PATIENT IS SECURED IN THE
STOKES BASKET AND PASSING HIKERS
ARE RECRUITED TO HELP MOVE IT.
THEN THE LONG JOURNEY BACK TO
THE TOP BEGINS.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING R?
>> SLOW IT DOWN A BIT.
>> DOING OKAY, RANTY?
>> JUST COMING UP TO THE LIP
NOW.
>> WE BRING THEM TO THE EDGE AS
FAR AS WE CAN, THEN WE
VECTORING AT THE TOP.
>> GETTING READY TO VECTOR?
>> YES.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE
>> READY.
>> WE GRAB THE ROPE AND LIFT IT
AS WE ARE PULLING IT.
AND IT HELPS TO THE BASKET
OVER THE EDGE.
>> THE BASKET IS OUT THE
PATIENT IS ON WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THIS IS A SCENARIO THEY FACE OF
AT DEVIL'SE AND WHILE THEY
ARE ALWAYS READY TO D RESCUE,
THEY HAVE ADVICE --
>> STAY ON THE TRAIL.
STAY ON THE DESIGNATED AREA.
>> PATIENT IS LOADED.
>> COPY THAT.
>> THE BARABOO ROPE RESCUE TEAM
WAS CALLED OUT TO DEVIL'S LAKE
ABOUT 15 TIMES LAST YEAR.
>> OUR VIDEOGRAPHEOR THIS
REPORT IS WILL SAULSMAN.
HE IS ALSO A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN
AND WAS INS INSPIRED BY THIS
REPORT THAT HE NOW ATTENDED ROPE
TRAINING DRILLS WITH THE ROPE
RESCUE C
>>> CONTINUING WITH THE OUTDOOR
THEME, THE STATE'S NATURAL
RESOURCES BOARD TOOK ACTION ON
SEVERAL ISSUES WE REPORTED ON
LAST FALL.
ART HACKET HAS THIS UPDATE.
>> BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED
WITH STAKEHOLDERS REPORT ON
ESTABLISHING ALTER REIN VEHICLE
TRAILS IN THE AMERICAN LEGIONS
STATE FOREST.
THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT
FINDING LOCATIONS THAT DON'T
INVOLVE WETLAND IS OR SCREAMS
WOULD BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING,
CREATING ALL 67 MILES OF ISRAELS
SIMILAR TO THESE, COULD COST AS
MUCH AS $9.5 MILLION.
IT ALSO NOTED THAT MOST MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC VOLUMED IN THE
STUDY PROCESS WERE OPPOSED TO
A.T.V. TRAILS.
ON THE OTHER ISSUE, CHRONIC
WIESTING DISEASE IN DEER, A
STAKEHOLDERS GROUP RECOMMENDED
AN END TO HUNTI SEASON WHERE
AFFECTED DEER HAVE BEEN FOUND.
THE EXTENDED SEASONS WERE PART
OF A PLAN TO ERADICATE ALL DEAR
IN THE INFESTED AREAS.
THE GROUP SAID THE GOAL SHOULD
ONLY BE TO SLOW THE SPREADS OF
THE DISEASE.
THE D.N.R. BOARDSED NEW
HUNTING RULES WHICH ARE C
TO THE TRADITIONAL STATEWIDE
NINE-DAY GUN SEASON.
THERD AUTHORIZED A SERIES OF
PUBLIC HNGS ON THE PROPOSAL.
RESEARCH INTO THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE.
>>> YOU CAN LOGON TO wpt.org
TO FIND MORE INFORMATION,
AND YOU CANCH STREAMING
VIDEO ON OUR REPORTS OF THOSE
ISSUES.
>>> FINALLY THE PAIN OF THE
PROPERTY TAX BILL.
IF YOU ARE A SENIOR LIVING ON A
FIXED INCOME, THAT TAX BILL
COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR
HOME OR NOT.
ENTER AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT
ALLOWS SENIOR CITIZENS TO WORK
IN SCHOOLS IN EXCHANGE FOR A
BREAK ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX
BILL.
WE GO TO PULASKI TO REPORT ON
ONE OF THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
>> HOW DOES THE SHELVING LOOK
OVER HERE?
>> 83-YEAR-OLD JOANNE PUTS IN
NEARLY 500 HOURS A YEAR,
SHELVING BOOKS AT GLENBROOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> I BELIEVE WE FIGURED OUT SHE
WAS GETTING 87 CENTS AN HOUR.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE UNDER
PULASKI'S TAXHANGE PROGRAM
THE MAX NUMBER OF HOURS ALLOWED
IS 86, SENIORS CAN EARN 430
HOURS FOR THEIR TAX BILL.
ALL HOURS ABOVE THE MAX ARE
STRICTLY VOLUNTEER.
>> BUT I STILL HAVE TO LOOK GOOD
TO CITY IF THEY ARE IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.
>> GRANDMA, AS SHE'S KNOWN,
OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T DO THE WORK
FOR THE MONEY ALONE.
>> I LIKE KIDS, YOU KNOW, YEAH,
I LIKES.
>> AS A WIDOW NOW, AFTER RAISING
SEVEN CHILDREN AND GROWING UP IN
AN EVEN BIGGER FAMILY, JOANNE
LIKES TO GET OUT.
>> I AM NOT USED TO BEING ALONE.
THAT'S WHY I COME HERE.
>> BUT SHE WAS FIRST ATTRACTED
TO THE WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT HELPS HER AFFORD TO
STAY IN HER HOME.
>> IT HELPS ME ON THE TAX THING,
BECAUSE OTHERWISE EVERYTHING
ELSE IS UP HIGH ANDT SOCIAL
SECURITY, ISN'T THE GREATNESS,
NOT FOR OUR DAYS.
THAT'S HOW MUCH IT IS.
BUT THEN THEYE ME --
>> IN FACT, WHAT SHE EARNS AT
GLENBROOK, COVERS MORE THAN HALF
HER PROPERTY TAX BILL.
THE LIBRARIAN AT THE SCHOOL SAYS
HER SPECIAL HELPER IS
INVALUABLE.
>> IT'S A STRUGGLE.
WE REALLY STRUGGLE.
WE PROY HAVE TO FIND TWO OR
THREE VOLUNTEERS TO DO WHAT SHE
DOES.
>> AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
SHEER VOLUME OF WORK, BUT IT'S
HER IACTION WITH THE
STUDENTS.
>> SHE JUST KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT
SO MANY THI THE HISTORY OF
PULASKI, SHE WILL TELL KIDS
ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE HER HERE.
>> THE PULASKITRICT EMPLOYS
ABOUT 20 TAX EXCHANGE WORKERS.
>> IT'S A REASON TO GET UP IN
THE MORNING, FOR ONE THING, AND
I LIKE THE K I JUST LOVE
KIDS THERE.
EVERY YEAR I HAVE A DEFENSIVE
GROUP OF KIDS.
>> THIS IS JUST REALLY FUN.
>> I GENERALLY PICK THE SAME FEW
KIDS THAT NEED THAT EXTRA HELP
AND SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS
WELL, CAN WE LEAD WITH HER
TODAY?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE A BANANA?
HOW ABOUT YOU?
HOW ABOUT YOU, YOU WANT SOME
JUICE?
>> I THINK WHAT IT DOES, IT
HELPS US CONNECT AS A COMMUNITY.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE A VITAL PART OF
OURMUNITY.
>> AND THAT HUMAN CONTACT IS SO
VITAL.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT
EDUCATION CAN BE SO MUCH
MORE THAT IT CAN DO A
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
>> AT PULAS YOU COULD SAY THE
DISTRICT HAS HIT THE TRIFECTA
BECAUSE EVERYONE INVOLVED
DESCRIBES THE TAX EXCHANGE
PROGRAM AS A TRIPLE WIN FOR THE
STUDENTS, THE SENIORS, A
TAXPAYERS.
>>> AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR
THIS WEEK, YOU'T FIND US ON
THE AIR FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
WHILE WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION FEATURES SOME SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING.
BUT WHEN WE RETURN 20th,
WE WILL EXPLORE WHAT OPTIONS ARE
OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE UNA TO
AFFORD DENTAL CARE.
FIND OUT HOW A CHICAGO COUPLE
WAS INSTRUMENTABILITY IN SAFING
A PRISTINE AREA OF NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.
AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THE SALAD
BAR FIXING PLAY A ROLE IN
KEEPING YOUR CAR FROM SLIDING
OFF THE ROAD.
ALL THAT WHEN WE ARE BACK
MARCH 20th.
UNTIL THEN, WE LEAVE YOU WITH A
LOOK AT THE UNUSUAL BUT
BEAUTIFUL FORMATIONS OF ICE THAT
ARE CREATED ALONG THE SHORES OF
LAKE SUPERIOR IN THE WINTER
MONTHS, FOR "IN WISCONSIN,"
PATTY LOEW.
SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.