Thanksgiving "In Wisconsin"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin Public Television

After you eat all that turkey, stuffing and desert turn on the tube for a feast for your eyes.

This week "In Wisconsin" reports on the historic work of Camp Madison's Civilian Conservation Corps. The University of Wisconsin Arboretum is the site of the nation's first restored prairie. This prairie restoration is the vision of Aldo Leopold and built by members of the Camp Madison CCC.

Plus new information about the largest DNR deer research study in Wisconsin history. In Wisconsin Reporter Frederica Freyberg looks at how the DNR is responding to hunter complaints.

And In Wisconsin Reporter Andy Soth goes in search of Increase Lapham as Andy kicks-off a new initiative titled "Quest. Named Wisconsin's first great scientist, Lapham was a self-taught renaissance man who dabbled in botany, archaeology, forestry and climatology. Discover how two hundred years after his birth Lapham's influence is still being felt in the state.

"Quest" is a project that delves into issues about Wisconsin's environment. For more information, visit QuestWisconsin.org on the Web.

Comments