pioneerpublic
Wild and Scenic St. Croix | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E12)
- Title
- Wild and Scenic St. Croix | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E12)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:32 - All Things Possible (Jake McLean's cancer survival story)
11:59 - Wild and Scenic St. Croix (River tour)
17:53 - Join Forces to Stop AIS
Bret Amundson is on the St. Croix River fishing with Steve McLean and his son Jake, who conveys his experience surviving childhood leukemia. Then the Prairie Sportsman crew travels the St. Croix from Taylors Falls to its confluence with the Mississippi River.
Jake McLean has grown up in the outdoors and spent countless hours fishing the St. Croix River for trophy sturgeon, catfish and walleyes with his dad and grandpa. At age 5, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and underwent chemotherapy treatments for three years and two months. He has been cancer and chemo free for 14 years and says the experience strengthened his belief that he can take on anything.
The St. Croix River flows 164 miles from Upper St. Croix Lake in Wisconsin to the Mississippi River in Pres...
- Title
- Rock Climbers and Trumpeters | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E11)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Ascending the Prairie (Rock climbing Blue Mounds State Park)
12:23 - Trumpeters in Tamarac (Trumpeter Swan Reintroduction in Minnesota)
21:06 - AIS: Starry Trek Investigators
Prairie Sportsman is out with rock climbers at Blue Mounds State Park, at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge where trumpeter swans are flourishing, and joins Starry Trek to look for aquatic invasive species.
Blue Mounds State Park is famous for a cliff line left behind by an ancient glacial river. The scenic southwest Minnesota destination draws rock climbers from throughout the region, including Sioux Falls, the Twin Cities and Nebraska. The segment features veteran climbers Craig Lais of Worthington and Jeff Johnson and first-time climber Rachael Addis of Minneapolis.
In the early 1900s, the country’s only breeding populations of trumpeter swans existed in southwest Montana and Alaska. In the mid 1980s, the DNR embarked on reintroducing...
- Title
- Netting Tullibee's and Cattails | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E10)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Netting Tullibee
12:18 - Cattail Invaders (Non-native Cattails)
18:30 - AIS: Duckboat Hitchhikers
22:39 - Cooking Caramel-Crusted Rabbit (w/Chef Curt Anderson)
Bret Amundson is netting and smoking tullibees with Mark and Jason Markkula near Park Rapids, then checks out how non-native cattails are choking waterfowl habitats.
Netting tullibee is a traditional way of fishing in Minnesota with fewer than 1,000 participants each year. Instead of rods, reels and tackle, anglers use nets and saws in specially designated lakes to target the fish. Tullibees (also known as cisco or herring) are in the trout/salmon family and are generally forage for more popular game species such as walleye, muskie, northern or lake trout. They’re particularly sensitive to water temperatures and found only in deep lakes with cold water. After netting tullibees, the Markullas show how to prepare them for a smoker, which is the most common w...
- Title
- Foraging in the Wild with the Gentleman Forager | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E9)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Gentleman Forager
14:02 - Gopher Campfire Sanctuary
22:09 - AIS: Decontamination
Host Bret Amundson forages for morel mushrooms and tastes nature’s harvest at the Wild Food Fandango, then travels to the Gopher Campfire Wildlife Sanctuary, a haven for migrating waterfowl.
Mike Kempenich owns the Gentleman Forager wild food distribution business and the Forest to Fork grocer in St. Paul. His crew of foragers gather more than 50 varieties of wild mushrooms, berries, nuts and greens. Host Bret Amundson joins Mike on a hunt for morels in southern Minnesota near Waterville, then checks out the Wild Food Fandango at the former Schmidt Brewery site in St. Paul. 14 Twin Cities top chefs serve up culinary innovations made with wild foods such as chanterelle, nebrodini, black trumpet and morel mushrooms, fiddleheads, watercress and other forest ingredients.
In the next segment, Bret visits the Gopher Campfire Wildlif...
- Title
- Whitetails, CWD and Kids in Nature | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E8)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Whitetails in the Driftless (CWD Deer Hunt)
11:11 - Understanding CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease)
15:28 - TUNE Camp (The Ultimate Nature Experience)
22:10 - AIS: Not on my Boat
Prairie Sportsman is in southeast Minnesota on a conservation deer hunt and at TUNE camp for girls and boys who learn outdoor sports and ecology, and shows how boaters can prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.
The driftless region of southeastern Minnesota is home to some of the state’s biggest deer. It’s also where there are the state’s highest numbers of positive chronic wasting disease tests. Host Bret Amundson is on a late season deer hunt near Preston to learn more about what’s being done to control CWD.
TUNE (The Ultimate Nature Experience) is a five-day conservation ecology camp for girls and boys, ages 11 to 16. Youth take courses such as target shooting, archery, wilderness skills, fly fishing and tying, a...
- Title
- Twisted Sisters and Dam Be Gone | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E7)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Twisted Sisters (Spearing Decoy Artist)
10:02 - Dam be Gone (Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project)
16:20 - Mussel Rescue (Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project)
22:19 - Storm Water Runoff
Meet spearing enthusiasts Tami Kotila and Amy Smith, owners of Twisted Sisters Spearing Decoys, then learn how removing obsolete dams from the Minnesota River is improving native fish habitat and how home owners can prevent stormwater runoff pollution.
Years ago, Amy Smith of Hugo was introduced to spearing. She dragged her sister Tami Kotila of Maple Lake along and they both became enthusiasts. Tami, who is crafty with tools, thought the decoys were too expensive so she decided to make her own, and ice anglers started asking if they could purchase them. Over a few beers, the sisters decided to launch their own business, Twisted Sisters Spearing Decoys, and have won numerous awards at outdoor shows.
Low-head rive...
- Title
- Soaring with Sleds and Eagles | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E6)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Beatty's and the Beargrease (sled dog racing)
12:23 - National Eagle Center
22:32 - Citizen Scientist
We follow dogsled mushers Chloe and Carlie Beatty on the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, then travel to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha where volunteers are surveying golden eagles.
Twins Carlie and Chloe of Lakeland are featured as first-time entrants in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. They finish second and sixth in a 40-mile race that starts in Duluth and ends near Two Harbors. The event also features 120-mile and 300-mile marathons. The Beattys were in second grade when they read about dogsledding and convinced their parents to travel to northern Minnesota to learn about the sport from an experienced musher. Their enthusiasm grew and the family later purchased six retired, veteran sled dogs from musher and Stony Creek Kennel owner Rita Wehseler of Tofte. She mentored the twins, and when they entered their fi...
- Title
- Touch the Sky with Wildlife Photographer Jim Brandenburg | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E5)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:38 - Finish the Walk (Pheasant Hunt and Jim Brandenburg Interview)
15:21 Citizen Water Monitoring
21:01 Wild Game Wontons (w/Chef Curt Anderson)
Bret Amundson is in Luverne at the Governor’s Pheasant Opener and visiting with world-renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg, then citizen scientists show how they monitor lakes and streams' water quality.
Host Bret Amundson interviews wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg whose nonprofit, Brandenburg Prairie Foundation, purchased 1,000 acres of land near Luverne where Jim grew up. It was restored as Touch the Sky Prairie, part of the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. Bret was also in Luverne for the Governor’s Pheasant Opener and after a long day hunting on private land and the prairie, he finishes the walk with roosters a’plenty.
Then citizen science volunteers demonstrate how they measure water clarity in the Hawk Creek Watershed and Big Kandiyoh...
- Title
- Fishing Lake of the Woods Minnesota and Saving the Skipper | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E4)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Lake of the Woods Minnesota History
12:20 - Return of the Skipper (Dakota Skipper Reintroduction)
20:27 - Master Naturalist Minnesota Program
Host Bret Amundson visits Lake of the Woods resort owners who have been fishing guides for decades, Dakota Skipper butterflies are returned to a southwest Minnesota prairie, and viewers learn how to become Master Naturalists.
Host Bret Amundson travels to Lake of the Woods to fish with resort owners who have been shaping the fishing industry on the lake for decades. Steve Ballard, Ed and Jack Arneson, and Mike Trueman show Bret ways that these fishing guides have adapted and innovated their techniques over the years.
Dakota skipper butterflies once flourished in Upper Midwest prairies — from Chicago to Saskatchewan — but their native habitat gave way to development and the skipper disappeared from all but a few sites in the Dakotas and one in Minnesota. Today, a part...
- Title
- Walleyes and Solar Honey | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E3)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Willmar Walleyes (MN GFO 2018)
11:04 - Pollinator Friendly Solar
19:57 - Turn in Poachers (TIP)
Prairie Sportsman celebrates the annual Governor’s Fishing Opener, explores pollinator-friendly solar and checks out the Turn In Poachers program.
Host Bret Amundson is fishing for walleye with Dustin Kotrba in the Willmar lakes area. Viewers will learn about Dustin’s opening day traditions and find out what he uses to trick those tasty fish into biting.
Then, Prairie Sportsman visits the 1200-acre North Star Solar Array that is planted with native grasses and forbes rather than turf grass. The idea was hatched by Kevin Mixon and Megan Benage in the DNR’s New Ulm office and they designed a native plant mix that would provide pollinator habitat while not obscuring the panels. Beekeepers such as Bolton Bees and Bare Honey of St. Joseph are raising bees and pulling honey from solar farms that are being used and p...
- Title
- Fly Fishing from a Kayak and Chef Curt Tribute | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E2)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Kayak Fly Fishing (w/John White)
7:41 - Farm Stewardship (with Ben Dwire)
12:10 - Tribute to Chef Curt Anderson
22:58 - Cooking Pheasant Adobo (with Chef Curt Anderson)
Prairie Sportsman features John White fly fishing from a kayak and pays tribute to the late Curt Anderson, a colorful chef who delighted audiences with his wild game recipes.
When John White of Ortonville was 10 years old, a family friend who was dying of lung cancer gave him a fly rod for helping with his chores. That was more than 60 years ago, and John has been tying and fishing with flies ever since. Prairie Sportsman is out with John at Lake Andrew in Sibley State Park where he fishes from a kayak and shares his love for the meditative, relaxing sport.
Prairie Sportsman also rebroadcasts an interview with Curt Anderson who passed away January 11. He reminisces about his years as Prairie Sportsman’s colorful and beloved Chef Curt an...
- Title
- Birds, Boats, and Butterflies | Prairie Sportsman (S10:E1)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- 0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Northwoods Love Affair (Brained Area Grouse Hunt)
12:33 - Monarch Waystations (Butterfly conservation)
20:05 - Dragon Boat Races
Host Bret Amundson hunts ruffed grouse and woodcock on county forest land near Brainerd with Matt Soberg, Ruffed Grouse Society magazine editor, and Hank Shaw, wild game chef and cookbook author. Soberg says Minnesota is the premier state for ruffed grouse hunting with plentiful wooded habitat and birds.
Mary Green and other Washington County master gardeners show viewers how to join a national network of waystations for migrating monarch butterflies. The gardeners are also raising monarchs, from egg to caterpillar to adult butterfly, and releasing them in nature. Only about 1 percent of caterpillars make it to maturity in the wild, but 98 percent of nursery raised monarchs survive.
Dragon boat racing originated thousands of years ago in southern China and continues around the glo...
- Title
- Grassland Jam: Red Squirrel Chasers
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Grassland Jam presents Raleigh, North Carolina's The Red Squirrel Chasers!
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- Your Legislators: Board of Regents Selection (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about the outcome of the University of Minnesota board of regents vote.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Election Security Money (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about when the dollars to fund election security efforts will be released.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Transportation (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about how the Legislature can help grow transit opportunities throughout the state.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Two-Line Fishing (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about the status of a two-line fishing bill.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: E-12 Policy (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R ralk about the challenges facing Minnesota's educational system including an overload of paper work and over burdened counselors.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Higher Education (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about how to better fund Minnesota's higher education facilities, including how to fund community colleges.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Health and Human Services (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about issues within Minnesota's healthcare system, including the opioid crisis, the rising cost and the lack of communication between healthcare providers.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Gas Tax (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about how to fund transportation and what the amount of a potential gas tax might be.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Provider Tax (May 9, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sens. Carrie Ruud-R and Greg Clausen-DFL and Reps. Rob Ecklund-DFL and Dave Baker-R talk about the status of the sunsetting provider tax and how that will impact various providers throughout Minnesota.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Compass: Housing
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Libby Murphy, Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP) policy director, joins Pioneer’s General Manager Les Heen for a discussion about MHP's new State of the State’s Housing report. Topics include the changing nature of housing, rental housing versus home ownership and how lawmakers are working on new state policies.
pioneer.org/compass
- Title
- Grassland Jam: "Old Aunt Jenny With Her Night-cap On" The Laurel Mountain Ramblers
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Laurel Mountain Ramblers perform the Kentucky standard "Old Aunt Jenny With Her Night-cap On"
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- Grassland Jam: "Short Life of Trouble" Red Squirrel Chasers
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Red Squirrel Chasers perform the bluegrass classic "Short Life of Trouble"
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- Grassland Jam: Singleton Street
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Grassland Jam presents a great set from Delano, Minnesota's Singleton Street!
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- Your Legislators: Conference Committee Process (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talked about new deadlines that this Legislature imposed upon itself to that they can be done on time.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Body Grip Traps (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talked about the aspects of a body grip trap bill and how a bill banning a wolf hunt impacted it.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: SF 1396, HF 1730 (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen, Rep. Linda Runbeck talk about bills being discussed about veterans and tax relief. The issues that still lies is related to veterans with disabilities.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: MNLARS (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talked about the future of MNLARS and the new plan for licensing.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Farm Land Property Tax (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talk about how the Legislature can help farmers with high land rent, low crop value, etc.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: North Star Rail (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talk about the possibility of expanding the distance that the North Star Train run and it's service.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Gas Tax (May 2, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Jeff Howe, Sen. Jim Carlson, Rep. Rick Hansen and Rep. Linda Runbeck talk about whether or not the Legislature will find agreement on a gas tax.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Compass: State of Our Kids: Grow Our Own
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Pioneer President and General Manager, Les Heen, interviews Southwest Initiative Foundation President Diana Anderson about how her organization works to help kids through the Grow Our Own initiative. They talk about the fact that many southwestern Minnesota children are growing up in poverty and need more help.
pioneer.org/compass
- Title
- Full Length | Postcards: Postcards 10 Year Retrospective
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Over the past 10 years, more than 350 Postcards segments have been produced featuring local history, artist character studies and the culture of western and southwestern Minnesota. The 10-year retrospective will feature some award-winning documentaries, including stories from Prinsburg, Detroit Lakes, Pipestone, Fergus Falls, Slayton & Granite Falls. There will also be “behind the scenes" footage.
pioneer.org/postcards
#Postcards #Arts #Culture #History #PioneerPBS #Retrospective
- Title
- Grassland Jam: "Angeline the Baker" Singleton Street
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Singleton Street performs the Stephen Foster classic, "Angeline the Baker"
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- Postcards: Welcome to Postcards ... behind the scenes!
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Welcome to Postcards ... behind the scenes! Don't miss our look back at 10 years of Postcards tomorrow, May 2 at 7 p.m. on Pioneer Public Television!
pioneer.org/postcards
- Title
- Grassland Jam: The Eelpout Stringers
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Grassland Jam presents turn-of-the-century greats from The Eelpout Stringers!
pioneer.org/grasslandjam
- Title
- The Outstanding Yard: Prairie Yard & Garden
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- When someone tells you they have seen an outstanding yard, you really do need to go visit. Host Mary Holm does just that when she visits with Bruce and Terri Kakac near Alexandria Hanging baskets, flowering pots, sweeping annual and perennial flower beds, water features – this yard has it all and rightly deserves the accolade – an outstanding yard!
pioneer.org/pyg
- Title
- Your Legislators: The Enbridge Pipeline (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about the progress of the Enbridge Pipeline.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Driver's Licenses (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about what to do if you're having trouble with drivers licenses.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Regent Selection Process (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about the process for selecting members of the board of regents.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Marijuana (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about the possibility of having any additional marijuana legislation this session.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Right to Repair (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek and Sen. Erik Simonson talk about what "right to repair" is and the progress on the bill.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
#RightToRepair #YourLegislators #PioneerPBS
- Title
- Your Legislators: Education Funding (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about how the Minnesota legislature plans to fund our educational system, both PreK-12 and higher education.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Mental Health (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about legislation to increase access to mental health services.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Gas Tax, Gas Prices (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about why gas prices seem to be fluctuating so greatly and what's being discussed in the legislature related to the gas tax.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Energy Policy (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about energy priorities and the related conferences committees.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Bonding Bill (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about the likelihood of the legislature having a "baby" bonding bill this session — a non bonding year.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
- Title
- Your Legislators: Body-Grip Traps (April 25, 2019)
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sen. David Osmek Sen. Erik Simonson talk about the status of a body grip trap bill that's been in the legislature for a number of years.
pioneer.org/yourlegislators
