DENNIS: HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

JULIE: THEIR EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART, MATHEMATICS.

THAT'S WHAT THE STEAM FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT.

HOW IMPORTANT EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE FOR AREA YOUTH IN THE FUTURE OF OUR REGION.

DENNIS: GLOOMY SKIES.

WE HEAR FROM A MEMBER OF THE MAGIC SMELLED PUPPET GROUP ON HOW THIS UNIQUE SPECTACLE GOT ITS START ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

JULIE: FROM PIGTAILS TO LICE PREVENTION.

WE SPEAK WITH CO-OWNERS OF A TWIN PORTS SALON THAT'S HELPING FATHERS LEARN ABOUT CHILD HAIRCARE.

DENNIS: ALL THAT AND VOICES THE REGION COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

HELLO ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO ALMANAC NORTH.

WE FINALLY HIT 70 DEGREES THIS PAST WEEK AND IT FEELS LIKE SPRING.

JULIE: 70 DEGREES IS A TRUE TREAT.

SPRINGTIME.

DENNIS: I WAS ON THE DECK THE OTHER DAY LISTENING TO THE ROBINS.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG.

I LOVE IT.

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE HEADLINES.

JULIE: THE DULUTH CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED SEVEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AT MONDAY'S MEETING AS CANDIDATES FOR THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM BY THE MINNESOTA HOUSING AGENCY.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDES THE AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE IN THE MORGAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD, THE COMPLEX WOULD PROVIDE HOUSING TO SINGLE ADULTS AND FAMILIES IN THE AREA.

DENNIS: THE VIRGINIA FIRE CHIEF RESIGNED LAST FRIDAY TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

ACCORDING TO THE TRIBUNE, LEWIS IS PROUD OF THE WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED AND HE HOPES TO BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS.

CHIEF DEPUTY SCOTT FREDRICKSON WILL TAKE ON THE CHIEF DUTIES UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS A REPLACEMENT.

JULIE: KEVIN SHAMING HAS JOINED THE RACE FOR WISCONSIN'S ASSEMBLY SEAT IN THE 74TH DISTRICT.

HE WILL FACE JOHN ADAMS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN THE AUGUST 9 PRIMARY.

THE WINNER WILL GO UP AGAINST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TRANS SCREEN IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

DENNIS: THE LIGHTHOUSE CLOSED ON MONDAY DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE.

THE JOLT SPLIT A TREE AND IMPACTED THE CONDUIT THAT RAN THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS ALONG ANOTHER BUILDING SYSTEM IN THE VISITOR CENTER.

IT SURGED PREP -- CABLES INSIDE THE CENTER.

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THE WHITE HOUSE SINCE REOPENED.

JULIE: THE STEAM FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND AT THE DULUTH DEPOT WILL INSPIRE KIDS IN GRADES K THROUGH FIVE TO LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATHEMATICS.

HERE TO SHARE MORE IS CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.

FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT STEM CURRICULUM, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH.

THIS ADDS AN ART ELEMENT TO IT.

TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S DIFFERENT AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> INCLUDING ART INTO STEM TO CREATE STEAM JUST CREATES A SPACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL WELCOME.

I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AN ENGINEERING OR MATH ANYTHING.

THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME IN THE DOOR WITH ART AND THEN YOU CAN GET YOUR HOOKS AND FOR THAT.

AT THE DEPOT, IT'S A CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART CENTER.

IT WAS A GOOD FIT FOR US AS WELL.

IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE HUMANITIES.

DENNIS: THE FESTIVAL HAS A MISSION.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THE DEPOT JUST RECENTLY ADAPTED A NEW VISION THAT IS FOCUSED AROUND CREATING A WELCOMING SPACE AND FOCUSED ON EDUCATION AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.

THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FIT THAT MISSION AND VISION.

JULIE: WHAT DOES THE STEAM FESTIVAL LOOK LIKE?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WILL GET TO EXPERIENCE AND HOW DOES THAT MOVE THEIR EDUCATION FORWARD?

>> WE ARE PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

STARBASE COMETH DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ROBOTICS TEAMS, LAKE SUPERIOR ZOO, ALL OF OUR TENANTS AS WELL.

SEVERAL OTHERS.

THEY WILL COME IN AND GET A PASSPORT THAT HAS ALL THE SPOTS LISTED.

THE KIDS CAN GO AROUND AND VISIT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE WILL BE SCIENCE EXPERIENCE -- EXPERIMENTS WHERE THEY CAN GET HANDS-ON.

PTA AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET HANDS-ON IN THERE.

THE LIBRARY HAS AN ART PROJECT ACROSS DENNIS: THE STREET.

DENNIS:THIS IS A FAMILY -- ACROSS THE STREET.

DENNIS: WHAT IS THERE FOR FAMILIES?

>> EVERYTHING IS GEARED FOR FAMILIES TO DO AT THE SAME TIME SO THERE'S MAKING BLUE-BLACK DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CLASSROOM.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO BRING ADULTS WITH YOU.

DENNIS: NOT JUST FOR KIDS.

>> THE PARENTS WILL HAVE JUST AS MUCH FUN AND THERE WILL BE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THINGS HANDED OUT.

THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS AND TREATS.

THAT SORT OF THING.

COME DOWN FOR THE AFTERNOON, GET LUNCH, THE WHOLE THING.

JULIE: WE ALLUDED TO IT.

NOT JUST THE STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THIS SORT OF AN EVENT.

THE WHOLE REGION DOES.

TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> IN DULUTH IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, THERE'S A HISTORIC INDUSTRY THAT THE DEPOT IS FOCUSED AROUND.

RAILROADING, LUMBER, THAT CONTINUES TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR REGION.

JUST GETTING HOT -- HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE EARLY WITH THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE THE JOBS IN OUR AREA IS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET EXPOSURE TO THAT.

MAYBE YOU HAVE YOUR DAD'S, UNCLES, ON-SCREEN PARENTS WHOSE WORKED IN THE INDUSTRIES.

DENNIS: WHAT ARE THE STEAM FESTIVAL?

>> TOMORROW.

JULIE: CAN ANYBODY SHOW UP?

>> FREE, WELCOME TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME AT THE DEPOT.

JULIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HOPE YOU GET GREAT ATTENDANCE AND THAT IT'S A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

♪ DENNIS: AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAITING, THE MAGIC OF THE SNUB PARADE HAS RETURNED TO THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

ISAAC QUICK SAT DOWN WITH ONE OF THE TROOPS PUPPETEERS TO TALK ABOUT THIS UNIQUE SMELTER RUN AND HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED.

>> RIVERS OF ICE BREAK AND RUN THREE WHILE OUT IN THE DARK AND HIDDEN SEE, THE KINGDOM OF SMELT GATHERS WITH GLEE.

MY NAME IS JIM.

I'M THE COFOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF MAGIC SMELT PUPPET TROOP.

THE PARADE IS A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.

STRONG ON VISUAL AND MUSICAL COMPONENTS.

IT IS INTENDED TO UPLIFT THE SPIRIT AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL NOURISHED AND ENCOURAGED ABOUT LIVING HERE AND OUR EXPERIENCE BOTH IN SOCIETY AND ON THE PLANET.

THE INSPIRATION FOR IT COMES FROM THE SPRINGTIME SMELTER RUN WHICH IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.

I SAW THE SPECTACLE AND I THOUGHT, THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE THEY HAVE APPLE FAST SO I THOUGHT SMELT WAS WORTHY.

IT'S A LOCAL PHENOMENON.

THERE'S A TRADITION OF PEOPLE EATING IT OR HAVING FRIES THERE.

I PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND TOOK MY BACKGROUND AS A PUPPETEER AND SOME OF THE FESTIVALS THAT I VISITED IN OTHER PLACES AND JUST PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE MAGIC SMELT PARADE.

FOR A LONG TIME IN THE MID-70'S, 80'S, 90'S, EARLY 2000'S, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED IN THE HEART THAT DOES PUPPET AND MASK THEATER.

I CAME TO MINNESOTA TO WORK WITH THEM.

I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT SIMILAR EVENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

I TRAVELED TO TRINIDAD AND WENT TO CARNAVAL IN 1987.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT, CERTAINLY IN DULUTH.

VERY LITTLE LIKE IT ANYWHERE IN THE USA.

EXCEPT WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF NEW ORLEANS.

I'VE BEEN TO THE SECOND LINE PARADES IN NEW ORLEANS AND THAT WAS ANOTHER MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE SMELT PARADE.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR EVENT.

IT'S BASICALLY A MOVING PARTY.

EVERYBODY STARTS AT POINT A AND PARADES TOGETHER TO POINT B.

IN THIS CASE, THE AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE IS OUR STARTING POINT AND WE END UP ON SUPERIOR STREET DOWNTOWN WE HAD A SMELT FRY.

THE MAY DAY PARADE AND PAPIER-MACHE, ART AND THE COSTUME AND COLOR SPECTACLE OF CARNAVAL.

AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE MOVING PARTY THAT IS FOUND IN NEW ORLEANS.

THOSE ARE THE THREE BASIC INFLUENCES ON THE MAGIC SMELT PARADE AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY IN DULUTH.

IT WAS A DREAM THAT I HAD ONE TIME TO MAKE THE NAME PUPPET, THE SNOW QUEEN.

THE BIGGEST IS A 15 FOOT LONG FISH WITH A CROWN AND WE CALL HER THE SMELT QUEEN.

OUR DEVICE THEATRICALLY IS THAT THE WHOLE EVENT IS TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF THE SMELT QUEEN.

BUT THEN SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY MANY OTHER CHARACTERS.

SO I THOUGHT, I ALWAYS THINK OF THE KINGDOM AS THIS ALTERNATE OR PARALLEL SOCIETY BELOW THE WAVES.

THERE'S A MAYOR AND A LUMBERJACK, A CLOWN, GRADUATION.

ANYTHING GOES.

WE HAVE A BASIC COSTUME THAT IS OUR SMELT CHARACTER COSTUME.

AND THEN PEOPLE COME TO THE WORKSHOP SOMETIMES.

I WANT TO TURN ONE INTO A WIZARD.

GREAT, WE NEED A SMELT WIZARD.

THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS.

THE SMELT QUEEN AND HER REVENUE, OR ASSOCIATES FROM THE UNDERSEA KINGDOM.

A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE COME TO THE PARADE WHO AREN'T CHARACTERS PER SE BUT THEY DECORATED AND MADE COSTUMES WITH OUR THEME COLOR WHICH IS SILVER.

THE WORD IS OUT NOW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SHOW UP AT THE PARADE WITH SILVER COSTUMES THAT THEY COMPLETELY MADE ON THEIR OWN WHICH IS TERRIFIC.

THEY HAVE STILT WALKERS, THE ROYAL GUARD.

THE IDEA IS THAT THEY ARE SECURITY FOR THE SMELT QUEEN, IF YOU WILL.

THE WHOLE CONCEPT CENTERS AROUND THE SMELT QUEEN, WE ARE WELCOMING HER.

THE PERFORMANCE ASPECT THAT WE DO AT THE BEGINNING IS LARGELY INFLUENCED BY MY EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET SIT -- PUPPET THEATER IN MINNEAPOLIS.

IT'S A MINI PAGEANT.

IN MY MIND, THERE'S NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE AND PERFORMERS.

IT'S A MOVING PARTY AND EVERYBODY GOES DOWN THE LAKEWALK TOGETHER.

WHEN PEOPLE EMBRACE THAT, I'M NOT JUST WATCHING IT.

I'M GOING TO BE PART OF IT.

TO ME, THAT IS SUCCESS.

I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.

THE NICE THING ABOUT PUPPETRY IS THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS INVOLVED.

SCULPTING, PAINTING, COSTUME WORK.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO STILT WALK.

IN MANY WAYS, PUPPET THEATER OR THIS KIND OF OUTDOOR STYLE OF PUPPET PERFORMANCE THAT WE DO, IT'S MORE LIKE DANCE REALLY THEN THE ACTORS THEATER.

A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WHO WOULD NEVER CONSIDER BEING IN A MUSICAL AND BEING ON STAGE SAY, PEOPLE WON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

YOU PUT THIS THING ON YOUR HEAD.

I'VE SEEN THIS COUNTLESS TIMES.

PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE SHY OR NOT VERY CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKERS PUT THE MASK ON AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY ARE VERY UNINHIBITED.

NOW THEY CONSTRUCT AND DANCE.

IT'S A MATTER IF -- THERE'S NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

WE CAN FIND A WAY.

FROM HAIRSTYLES TO LICE PREVENTION, HAIR CARE FOR CHILDREN IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PARENTING.

ONE LOCAL BUSINESSES OFFERING FREE CLASSES FOR DADS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CARE AND KEEPING OF THEIR LITTLE ONES LOCKS.

HERE TO SHARE MORE IS RAIL HORSE AND JESSICA MANSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

IN MY HOUSEHOLD, MY HUSBAND ALWAYS DID OUR GIRLS HAIR.

I WAS THE ONE WHO COULD HAVE USED A CLASS.

THESE ARE CLASSES SPECIFICALLY FOR DADS.

HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

>> MY FAMILY IS A SPLIT HOUSEHOLD.

WE HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE GREAT AT DOING HERE.

THEY BRAG ABOUT IT TO THEIR FRIENDS.

IF WE COULD WORK TOWARDS GETTING EVER -- EVERY DAD TO DO IT.

DENNIS: WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO OFFER THESE CLASSES?

>> KNOWING THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF TIPS AND TRICKS THAT WE HAVE.

JUST BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THOSE MORNINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

WE BOTH HAVE LITTLE ONES SO WE KNOW HOW STRESSFUL THE MORNINGS CAN BE.

JULIE: I DON'T WANT YOU TO BLOW THE WHOLE CLASS.

MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE A COUPLE OF THE TIPS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR DADS OR FOR ANY PARENT WHO IS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE HAIRCARE OF THEIR LITTLE ONES.

>> LICE PREVENTION AND DETECTION IS A BIG TIP FOR EVERYONE.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT SCALP AND HAIR MAINTENANCE AND HOW TO CLEANSE PROPERLY AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

WE ARE DOING SOME STYLING TECHNIQUES.

IT WILL BE TOO HARD.

LIGHT STYLING.

A LITTLE BIT OF BRAIDING AND DETAILS.

CUTE STUFF.

DENNIS: HOW ARE KIDS REACTING TO DAD DOING THEIR HAIR?

>> IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.

AN EXTRA BONDING MOMENT.

IF NOT, A REALLY GOOD LAUGH.

JULIE: ARE THERE DUES AND DON'TS WITH HAIRSTYLING FOR KIDS?

>> THE BRUSHING.

RELAX.

YOU NEED DETAINED WHERE INSTALLED AT THE BOTTOM.

THAT'S MY BIGGEST ONE FOR DADS.

JULIE: SPEAKING OF TANGLES.

THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU SEE SO MANY LITTLE KIDS, HOW DO YOU GET RID OF THAT?

>> LEAVE IN CONDITIONER'S ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.

YOU CAN PUT IT ON WET OR DRY HAIR AND IT WILL HELP YOU GET THERE ALL OF THOSE.

DENNIS: OUR FATHER'S SHY ABOUT IT?

>> NO.

WE'VE HAD THE BEST REACTIONS FROM DADS.

THEY ARE EAGER AND READY TO SHARE THIS BONDING MOMENT.

>> THEY ARE EXCITED.

WE ARE GOING TO DO SNACKS AND MAKE IT A NIGHT FOR THEM TO HANG OUT WITH THEIR KIDS.

DENNIS: WONDERFUL.

JULIE: DO YOU SEE NORMS CHANGING WHERE DADS ARE TAKING ON MORE OF THOSE CHILDCARE TASKS THAT MAY BE MORE OFTEN FELT BY WOMEN?

>> MY HUSBAND DOES 100% OF OUR COOKING.

100%.

>> MY HUSBAND ALSO DOES.

DENNIS: I DO THE EATING.

[LAUGHTER] JULIE: A MORE TRADITIONAL HOUSEHOLD.

YOU LADIES BOUGHT THIS A YEAR AGO YOU SAID?

>> YES.

JULIE: IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF COVID OR WHEN COVID WAS STARTING TO COME OUT.

HOW IS IT GOING SO FAR, REBOUNDING AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> IT'S GOING GREAT.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREAT.

WE HAVE THE BEST TEAM.

IT'S AMAZING.

DENNIS: WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CLASS?

>> ALL THE FREE EDUCATION.

GOODIE BAGS TO TAKE HOME WITH FREE PRODUCTS IN IT FOR THEM.

SOME FOOD AND DRINKS.

ALSO, SOME PRIZES FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY LISTENING.

JULIE: HOW DO THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU?

>> GIVE OUR SOLANA CAR -- CALL TO RESERVE THEIR SPOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JULIE: GOOD LUCK TO THE DADS OUT THERE.

♪ DENNIS: TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION.

WE TALK WITH AN AREA JOURNALIST ABOUT THE STORIES THEY ARE COVERING.

OUR GUEST TODAY IS DANIEL KATIE OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

>> DOCUMENTS FROM FEDERAL LABOR REGULATORS SHOW THAT SUPERIOR REFINERY OFFICIALS NEW THAT THERE WERE EQUIPMENT ISSUES LEADING UP TO THE 2018 EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED WHILE A REFINERY WAS SHUTTING DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE.

THOSE DOCUMENTS SHOW THE REFINERY OFFICIALS NEW THAT A WORN VALVE THAT THE U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD HAS ALREADY SAID LIKELY CAUSED THE EXPLOSION, THEY KNEW ABOUT EROSION ON THAT KEY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT GOING BACK AS FAR AS 2008.

THEY FOUND THAT THAT VALVE HAD BEEN REPAIRED DURING THE REFINERY/SHUTDOWN IN 2013.

THE ONE BEFORE THAT HAVE BEEN REBUILT INTO THOUSAND EIGHT, HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE VALVE DURING BOTH SHUTDOWNS.

IN THE FINAL HOURS BEFORE THE BLAST IN 20, WORKERS REPORTED HEARING TO BOOMS FROM INSIDE A REFINERY CONTROL ROOM.

THE PLANTS OPERATORS AND SUPERVISORS DIDN'T FULLY INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED THEM.

THERE ARE STILL LAWSUITS THAT ARE ONGOING RELATED TO THAT EXPLOSION.

ONE OF THOSE IS A CONTRACTOR LAWSUIT IN WHICH NINE CONTRACTORS ARE SUING THE REFINERY FOR LOST WAGES AND MEDICAL BILLS.

THE FACT THAT THEY JUST HELD A HEARING ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD WITH THAT CASE.

THAT HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.

OSHA HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT THIS EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE REFINERY HAD MAINTAINED CRITICAL EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION.

♪ RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SAY THAT A SECOND LOW FONT LAST YEAR WOULD HAVE RISKED THE STATES POPULATION DROPPING TO UNDESIRABLE LEVELS.

THAT STUDY SAYS THAT INCLUDES THE WOLF BECOMING ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT IN WISCONSIN.

BASICALLY ANY WILL -- WOLF'S DROPPING BELOW THE STATE MANAGEMENT GOAL AND A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S FEBRUARY WILL HUNT RISKED THEM BECOMING EXCEED IN THE STATE -- EXTINCT IN THE STATE.

IF YOU REMEMBER IN FEBRUARY 2021, HUNTERS KILLED 218 WOLVES IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS.

SO UW MADISON HAS SAID THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCIENCE, ANY HARVEST OF MORE THAN 16 WOLVES WOULD HAVE CREATED SOME RISK TO THE STATE WOLF POPULATION.

HE LOOKED AT SEVERAL SCENARIOS OR OUTCOMES BASED ON HOW THE STATE HAS MEASURED THE WOLF POPULATION.

HE LOOKED AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD SUGGESTED QUOTA OF 300 WOLVES.

HE LOOKED AT THE DNR'S PROPOSED QUOTA OF 130 WOLVES FOR LAST FALL.

THE OUTCOME OF HAVING NO HUNT AT ALL WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE A DEBT -- A DANE CUT -- COUNTY JUDGE PUT THE HUNS ON HOLD AFTER ANIMAL PROTECTION GROUPS SUED TO STOP THE HUNT.

TRIBES HAVE ALSO SUED TO STOP THE HUNT AS WELL.

OF COURSE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THOSE PROTECTIONS WERE RESTORED FOR THE ANIMAL.

NOT ALL SCIENTISTS AGREE ON SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE STUDY IS MAKING.

ANOTHER RESEARCHER ERIC OLSON, WHO IS WITH THE COLLEGE AND ASLAN, HAS QUESTIONED THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE STUDY AND SAID THAT THEY COULD BE CHALLENGED OR DEBATED BUT AGREED WITH THE PRIMARY RESEARCHER FINDINGS THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAUTION TAKEN OR THAT PRECAUTION WAS NECESSARY HEADING INTO A SECOND HUNT LAST YEAR.

BECAUSE THE FEBRUARY WILL FONT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.

NEVER HAD SEEN A HUNT BEFORE DURING THE WOLF BREEDING SEASON.

NEVER HAVE SEEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A HUNT -- TWO HUNS IN WISCONSIN.

SO ALL THOSE FACTORS WARRANTED CAUTION DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE IMPACT OF THAT FEBRUARY WILL FUND AND ALSO THE EFFECT ON WOLF BREEDING DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE CITY OF BAYFIELD WILL NOW BE A TOURIST DESTINATION.

EACH SHIP WILL BE STOPPING AS PART OF TRIPS FROM MILWAUKEE TO THUNDER BAY.

THE CITY AND THE HARBOR COMMISSION HAD TO COME UP WITH THE SECURITY PLAN AS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS WITH U.S. COAST GUARD AND THOSE PLANS INCLUDE A SCREENING STATION FOR VISITORS.

THAT WILL USE AROUND $95,000.

THAT WILL BE COMING FROM VIKING TO HELP FUND THE COST OF SECURITY TO SCREEN VISITORS WHO ARE COMING ON SHORE AND UP TO HALF OF THAT WOULD GO TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S HARBOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SOME OF THESE CRUISE FESTIVALS, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST CRUISE SHIP ON THE GREAT LAKES.

IT'S A NEW EXPEDITION VESSEL.

IT'S ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS.

BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG, THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE CITY DOCK.

THE FESTIVAL WOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE.

THEN SMALLER BOATS WILL SHUDDER PEOPLE TO THE MAINLAND SO THEY CAN BE SCREENED.

AGAIN, THE SHIPS WILL BE VISITING THE CITY ON TUESDAYS.

THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SEVEN TRIPS TO EXPOSE THE CITY TO MORE VISITORS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES WHILE SOME ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON THE FISHERY OR ANY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT THE SHIPS MAY HAVE ON THE AREA.

VIKING CRUISES HAS ALREADY BEEN MAKING STOPS AND OTHER PORTS.

THEY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THERE VIKING RIVER CRUISES WILL HAVE VOYAGES UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE STOPS IN THE CROSS.

MAY 31 WILL BE THE FIRST SHIP THAT WILL ARRIVE.

IT IS PRETTY COSTLY.

THE PRICE TO STAY ON THE CRUISE VESSEL IS ANYWHERE FROM 7000 TO $14,000.

♪ DENNIS: THAT'S OUR TIME THIS WEEK BUT YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR LATEST UPDATES BY FOLLOWING ALMANAC NORTH ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

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ANY OUTDOOR FUN PLANNED FOR THE WEEKEND?

JULIE: I'M A FISHER PERSON.

IF THE WEATHER IS NICE, I WILL BE OUT FISHING.

DENNIS: SAVE ME A COUPLE.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

BE KIND.

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