Ho-Chunk Language
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation is trying to keep its culture alive by teaching younger members to speak the language. There are 7,000 members in the tribe and only 300 speak their native tongue. In Wisconsin Reporter Art Hackett shows you how a researcher from halfway around the world could save this native language in Wisconsin.

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Fish Farm
Thursday, May 6, 2010

It's common knowledge that Wisconsin is a leader in the world of agriculture? but have you heard of another farm business called, aquaculture? It's the science of cultivating fish in a controlled environment - or an underwater version of agriculture. In Wisconsin Reporter Andy Soth looks at why the biggest potential market demands for aquaculture may be the traditional Wisconsin Friday night fish fry.

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Phenology
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Phenology is a science that tracks the firsts for every season like the first robin, first snowfall, and when things sprout, bud and blossom in any given year. It's the unofficial account of when the seasons change. This spring perhaps the change came a bit earlier than usual. It's also important information in the study of climate change.

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Steelhead Trout Run
Thursday, May 6, 2010

The video was shot by one of our viewers, Harv Nelson of Washburn, as Steelhead trout migrated up the Sioux River in Bayfield County. The trout spend most of their life far out in Lake Superior but each spring they swim up stream to spawn.

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Your Sneak Peek At Next Week's In Wisconsin
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Converting a golf course along the shores of Lake Michigan into a migratory bird preservation, the physically demanding art of Parkour, bringing music to children who can't afford lessons and instruments, and how author Abigail Helser is catching the attention of the folks at Reading Rainbow.

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