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Jerry: Up North Hot Spots
Up North
Jerry searches for the quintessential "Up North" experience.
running time: 3:23
 State and
National Park Hot Spots
Superintendent Dennis Leith shares some vacation hot spots.
running time: 5:15
Northern State Senators Lumberjack Dustin Beckwith
Northern Political Summit
Senators Roger Breske, Robert Jauch, and Russell Decker discuss issues important to their constituents.
running time: 8:16		 Scheer's Lumberjack
Lumberjack Dustin Beckwith demonstrates axe throwing and the underhand chop.
running time: 3:44
Forest Fragmentation report John Grosman
Forest Fragmentation
WeekEnd explores how population growth is effecting forest managment in the North Woods.
running time: 2:07		 Forest Fragmentation Interview
Forest Fragmentation Project Director John Grosman discusses this growing problem.
running time: 5:29
Limnology research Dr. Tim Kratz
Limnology Report
UW Madison's Limnology lab on Trout Lake conducts research crucial to monitoring WIsconsin's lakes.
running time: 1:41

Limnology Interview
Dr. Tim Kratz discusses how development and foreign organisms alter the health of lakes.
running time: 5:05
Patty: Cultural Tourism Gloria Cobb
Cultural Tourism: Waswagoning
Patty visits Waswagoning, a re-created 16th century Ojibwe village on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
running time: 6:03

Cultural Tourism Interview
North American Tourism Initiative member Clarice Werle and Deputy Director of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council Gloria Cobb discuss the growth of cultural tourism.
running time: 6:30
Tuck Pence  
Tuck Pence
Minoqua musician Tuck Pence performs his original composition "That's What I Call Home."
running time: 4:43		  
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