"Wardens of the North" Protecting Nature

1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:09,900 C <i>onservation</i> <i>officers</i> 2 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,900 <i>in Michigan's District 6 work</i> <i>together to protect</i> 3 00:00:13,066 --> 00:00:15,600 <i>the state's resources during</i> <i>a chilly winter weekend,</i> 4 00:00:15,767 --> 00:00:17,367 <i>as well as the busy</i> <i>deer season.</i> 5 00:00:17,367 --> 00:00:19,667 What would you do if you'd shot a buck? 6 00:00:19,667 --> 00:00:23,500 <i>COs from the state's</i> <i>Great Lakes Enforcement unit</i> <i>assist divers</i> 7 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:26,700 <i>as they retrieve pieces</i> <i>of a Tuskegee Airmen's plane</i> 8 00:00:26,867 --> 00:00:28,867 <i>more than 80 years</i> <i>after it crashed.</i> 9 00:00:29,033 --> 00:00:31,100 It's emotional on several levels. 10 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:33,867 In memoriam of this man who has given his life. 11 00:00:35,934 --> 00:00:40,600 <i>And the unveiling of a Michigan</i> <i>monument for Tuskegee Airmen.</i> 12 00:00:40,767 --> 00:00:41,967 A look into an opportunity 13 00:00:41,967 --> 00:00:44,967 to enjoy one of the state's snow shoeing and skiing trails 14 00:00:45,133 --> 00:00:48,200 with some assistance from an old-style light source. 15 00:00:48,367 --> 00:00:49,967 <i>and Michigan</i> <i>conservation officers</i> 16 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:51,667 <i>in District 2 patrol anglers</i> 17 00:00:51,834 --> 00:00:54,200 <i>during the walleye opener</i> <i>in mid-May.</i> 18 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:56,767 A walleye, it has to be 15 inches, OK? 19 00:00:56,767 --> 00:00:57,967 It is short. 20 00:00:59,867 --> 00:01:01,567 <i>Wild animals...</i> 21 00:01:01,567 --> 00:01:04,567 <i>and wild places.</i> <i>They're more than a picture.</i> 22 00:01:04,567 --> 00:01:08,367 <i>They're inspiration,</i> <i>excitement, and adventure.</i> 23 00:01:08,367 --> 00:01:11,467 <i>Patrolling and protecting</i> <i>these natural resources is</i> 24 00:01:11,634 --> 00:01:14,567 <i>a first-class band of</i> <i>peace officers.</i> 25 00:01:14,567 --> 00:01:17,667 <i>These are the wardens,</i> <i>dedicated to</i> 26 00:01:17,834 --> 00:01:20,266 <i>the preservation of</i> <i>our great outdoors.</i> 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:28,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 28 00:01:41,567 --> 00:01:44,000 <i>The state of Michigan offers</i> <i>some of the best prospects</i> 29 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,300 <i>for white-tailed deer hunting</i> <i>in the country.</i> 30 00:01:46,467 --> 00:01:48,266 <i>All hunters have</i> <i>the opportunity to buy</i> 31 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:50,867 <i>two buck tags, and most areas</i> <i>provide chances</i> 32 00:01:51,033 --> 00:01:53,266 <i>for multiple doe tags</i> <i>as well.</i> 33 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:55,900 <i>While the firearm deer season</i> <i>typically brings the most</i> 34 00:01:56,066 --> 00:01:58,900 <i>hunters into the woods,</i> <i>the six weeks of archery deer</i> 35 00:01:59,066 --> 00:02:02,767 <i>season that precede the firearm</i> <i>opener is also a popular time</i> 36 00:02:02,767 --> 00:02:04,667 <i>for sportsmen and women to</i> <i>target deer</i> 37 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:06,000 <i>with a stick and string.</i> 38 00:02:06,166 --> 00:02:07,233 We've got a bait flight going. 39 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,367 It's gonna go for Gratiot and Isabella County. 40 00:02:09,533 --> 00:02:11,867 Everybody's got the office plan for that that was sent out. 41 00:02:11,867 --> 00:02:14,500 <i>With baiting being illegal</i> <i>in many areas of the state,</i> 42 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:17,767 <i>the law enforcement division of</i> <i>the DNR sometimes teams up with</i> 43 00:02:17,767 --> 00:02:20,667 <i>the state's pilots to look for</i> <i>bait from the sky.</i> 44 00:02:20,834 --> 00:02:22,100 <i>In District 6...</i> 45 00:02:24,066 --> 00:02:27,266 <i>Officer Quincy Gowenlock is</i> <i>addressing other officers</i> 46 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:30,266 <i>involved in a group patrol</i> <i>who will be responding to what</i> 47 00:02:30,433 --> 00:02:33,100 <i>Kevin Jacobs and his observers</i> <i>see from the air.</i> 48 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:35,266 The Michigan Department of National Resources Law Division, 49 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:37,266 District 6 will conduct a group patrol of 50 00:02:37,433 --> 00:02:40,667 Gratiot-Isabella counties with the aid of aircraft to identify 51 00:02:40,834 --> 00:02:42,767 illegal baiting and hunting activities. 52 00:02:42,934 --> 00:02:45,467 Our priorities are protection of life and property, 53 00:02:45,467 --> 00:02:48,900 enforce illegal baiting violations, and then enforce 54 00:02:49,066 --> 00:02:50,333 any hunting violations. 55 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,700 So obviously you run the other stuff, you guys use your own 56 00:02:52,867 --> 00:02:55,400 discretions with that, but baiting is zero-tolerance 57 00:02:55,567 --> 00:02:57,667 in these counties, and that's why the Lieutenant 58 00:02:57,834 --> 00:02:59,367 wants the flights going up for that. 59 00:02:59,533 --> 00:03:01,467 We've got patrols going out in different parts of 60 00:03:01,467 --> 00:03:06,166 the counties, and once plane gets up and they get 61 00:03:06,166 --> 00:03:08,266 in their area, they're gonna be directing us to areas where 62 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:10,500 there are illegal baits and those hunters that 63 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:11,867 might be in stands. 64 00:03:12,033 --> 00:03:13,400 We have a couple of complaints that we know are 65 00:03:13,567 --> 00:03:15,700 active bait sites. 66 00:03:15,867 --> 00:03:19,266 And now that baiting is illegal in those areas, we're still 67 00:03:19,266 --> 00:03:20,667 finding a lot of people are putting bait out. 68 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:21,867 So we're kind of working through that. 69 00:03:25,767 --> 00:03:27,567 - How we doing? -Hey, good, how you doing? 70 00:03:27,567 --> 00:03:29,467 - Good, man. -What's up? 71 00:03:29,634 --> 00:03:31,767 Hey, I just thought I'd stop in and check in 72 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:32,867 with you guys, see how you did. 73 00:03:33,033 --> 00:03:34,767 I know I talked to you the other day, but... 74 00:03:35,967 --> 00:03:37,133 you guys been doing any good? 75 00:03:39,367 --> 00:03:42,667 -Um...I was taking a nap. -Oh, sorry, I woke you up. 76 00:03:42,834 --> 00:03:43,800 Oh that's fine, I'm good. 77 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:46,867 No, Greg got one 78 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,867 the first week. -Oh, OK. 79 00:03:50,033 --> 00:03:51,767 That might have been that one I checked the other day. 80 00:03:51,934 --> 00:03:53,667 I was here when it was hanging still. 81 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:57,166 Where we're at right now with our patrol is the plane is 82 00:03:57,333 --> 00:04:01,300 headed back to the airstrip and they're calling the patrol. 83 00:04:01,467 --> 00:04:05,300 We found a couple of spots where there were some bait 84 00:04:05,467 --> 00:04:09,567 locations out and there's been COs out there to check those 85 00:04:09,734 --> 00:04:12,000 complaints and those the visuals that they got from 86 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,800 the air, so we're gonna go see what else we can come up with. 87 00:04:16,967 --> 00:04:19,266 I've got a couple of complaints I want to check out 88 00:04:19,433 --> 00:04:21,867 before we call it a day, so. 89 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:24,367 <i>It's still daylight when</i> <i>officer Dan Robinson has</i> 90 00:04:24,367 --> 00:04:27,266 <i>a different task he'd like to</i> <i>attend to when he learns that</i> 91 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,767 <i>he won't be needed anymore</i> <i>to respond to what is</i> 92 00:04:29,934 --> 00:04:31,066 <i>spotted from the sky.</i> 93 00:04:31,066 --> 00:04:33,600 This is the area I've been watching for illegal baiting 94 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:35,467 and I think we're gonna to go on a foot patrol here 95 00:04:35,634 --> 00:04:37,467 and see if we can catch up with him. 96 00:04:37,467 --> 00:04:41,100 The complainant stated that the person with the bait is 97 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:43,367 a downstater, and it sounds like this guy is 98 00:04:43,367 --> 00:04:45,166 from the Caro area over in the thumb. 99 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,900 So I'm thinking it might be our guy. 100 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:49,567 We're gonna see if we can find out. 101 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,266 I think he's in that stand. 102 00:04:56,567 --> 00:05:00,266 I think I can see him there. So, I think what we'll do is... 103 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,367 head up to where I think they're walking in. 104 00:05:03,367 --> 00:05:04,900 and we'll go see if we can make contact. 105 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,567 That's fine, I just thought if somebody was still working 106 00:05:08,567 --> 00:05:12,166 their way back, if they're in the area, Meridian and Vernon, 107 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:13,967 I'm walking out on this guy with a bait pile, 108 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:15,667 I just thought somebody could sit on his truck in case 109 00:05:15,667 --> 00:05:17,667 he heads out the back way. 110 00:05:18,467 --> 00:05:20,166 <i>Upon getting to</i> <i>the hunting property,</i> 111 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:23,266 <i>CO Robinson takes off on foot</i> <i>to get to the tree stand</i> 112 00:05:23,433 --> 00:05:25,200 <i>that he's already seen</i> <i>previously.</i> 113 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:27,667 How we doing? 114 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:29,066 Good, how are you? 115 00:05:29,233 --> 00:05:31,200 Good, conservation officer, why don't you come on down? 116 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,166 You want me to leave my stuff up here, or? 117 00:05:58,166 --> 00:06:02,667 - No, you can bring it with you. - OK. 118 00:06:03,867 --> 00:06:05,400 You have a problem? 119 00:06:05,567 --> 00:06:08,066 Yeah, man, you got a big pile of bait out. 120 00:06:08,233 --> 00:06:10,367 <i>While waiting to get word</i> <i>on anything that's spotted</i> 121 00:06:10,367 --> 00:06:13,367 <i>from the sky, CO Byers checks</i> <i>hunters that he encounters</i> 122 00:06:13,367 --> 00:06:15,567 <i>while patrolling roads</i> <i>he's very familiar with</i> 123 00:06:15,567 --> 00:06:18,166 <i>in Gratiot County.</i> - How's it going? 124 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:19,600 You guys going out? - Yeah. 125 00:06:19,767 --> 00:06:22,467 You guys were small game hunting a couple months ago. 126 00:06:22,634 --> 00:06:24,166 About a month ago? Not here? 127 00:06:24,333 --> 00:06:26,500 I thought I ran into you guys down the road there. 128 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:28,000 Nope, not here. 129 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,800 -You guys got your hunting license and your...? -Yes, I do. 130 00:06:30,967 --> 00:06:34,467 -Where are you guys from? -I'm from Danville, Mason. 131 00:06:34,634 --> 00:06:35,867 OK. 132 00:06:35,867 --> 00:06:37,000 - Hi. -How's it going? 133 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,400 Good. 134 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:42,567 -You got your driver's license, your ID card on you? -Yes, I do. 135 00:06:43,967 --> 00:06:45,667 I got multiple in there. 136 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:46,867 Oh, yeah, I see them. 137 00:06:55,467 --> 00:06:57,000 Do you know what tag you're supposed to put on 138 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,867 if you get a doe? -I don't have a doe here. 139 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:01,700 -You don't? -I only got 019, 140 00:07:01,867 --> 00:07:03,166 or I got a buck tag here only. 141 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:05,000 I didn't buy a doe here. 142 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Well, it's archery season, though. 143 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,367 What does the hunting guide say? 144 00:07:08,533 --> 00:07:11,867 Hunting guide, if you get it, you can do the regular 145 00:07:11,867 --> 00:07:14,300 if you're looking for a doe, but I'm not shooting does. 146 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:16,100 Oh, you're not, you're buck hunting? OK. 147 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:17,867 A lot of people don't realize during archery season, 148 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:20,266 and this is the chronic wasting management zone. 149 00:07:20,266 --> 00:07:22,100 You can put them on. 150 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:24,400 -You're from Holt? -Yeah. 151 00:07:31,367 --> 00:07:32,467 Good to go. 152 00:07:33,367 --> 00:07:36,400 -You guys bought a lot of licenses. -Yeah. 153 00:07:36,567 --> 00:07:38,800 <i>Deer season is not the only</i> <i>time that COs coordinate</i> 154 00:07:38,967 --> 00:07:41,467 <i>group patrols to keep</i> <i>people safe and ensure that</i> 155 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:43,667 <i>the state's resources</i> <i>are protected.</i> 156 00:07:43,834 --> 00:07:46,767 <i>A few months earlier, some of</i> <i>these same officers helped out</i> 157 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:49,900 <i>in another coordinated</i> <i>team effort during</i> <i>a busy winter weekend</i> 158 00:07:50,066 --> 00:07:52,800 <i>in February to monitor</i> <i>ice anglers and operators</i> 159 00:07:52,967 --> 00:07:55,400 <i>of snowmobiles</i> <i>and off-road vehicles.</i> 160 00:07:55,567 --> 00:07:59,000 <i>One officer who worked both</i> <i>patrols is CO Chad Foerster.</i> 161 00:07:59,166 --> 00:08:01,300 We'll do about a six-mile run out right now and start 162 00:08:01,467 --> 00:08:02,567 checking people. - OK. 163 00:08:02,734 --> 00:08:04,367 You want to go? I'll go get him. 164 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:06,900 OK, well, we'll just meet you up here. 165 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:08,600 We'll just get away from these guys and get over here 166 00:08:08,767 --> 00:08:10,867 and wait for you. We're gonna... 167 00:08:10,867 --> 00:08:13,066 This is Tony's area to check. 168 00:08:13,233 --> 00:08:15,367 So he's gonna go wait for Will, and we're gonna wait for him, 169 00:08:15,533 --> 00:08:18,166 and we're gonna go deep -- OK. -OK. 170 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,600 Look at that. 171 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:23,567 - That's a nice fish. -Yeah, I didn't catch that one. 172 00:08:23,567 --> 00:08:25,667 I'm not sure which one of these I caught either. 173 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,266 Nice. 174 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:35,367 Quince, let's do Jill, that group way out there. 175 00:08:35,533 --> 00:08:38,100 Yeah, that next one. I'm sure he'll see us and come. 176 00:08:39,266 --> 00:08:41,567 The group, the first group right there. 177 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:44,266 -This one off to this side here. -Pick one, and we'll follow you. 178 00:08:46,567 --> 00:08:50,367 <i>Two other officers working this</i> <i>winter detail are Jason King</i> 179 00:08:50,367 --> 00:08:51,767 <i>and Bob Hopkirk.</i> 180 00:08:51,767 --> 00:08:53,467 <i>They've encountered a man</i> <i>who doesn't have</i> 181 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:56,100 <i>the appropriate stickers</i> <i>on his off-road vehicle.</i> 182 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,867 And they said that with the three-wheeler, 183 00:08:59,033 --> 00:09:01,667 it's not an ATV and it's not an ORV. 184 00:09:01,834 --> 00:09:02,800 It's both. 185 00:09:02,967 --> 00:09:05,867 Well, I'm going out to Saginaw River. 186 00:09:06,033 --> 00:09:07,667 Well, somebody out there will tell you exactly what 187 00:09:07,834 --> 00:09:09,166 the hell you need. 188 00:09:09,166 --> 00:09:11,100 I've got your fishing license and ORV, 189 00:09:11,266 --> 00:09:13,800 or fishing license and identity. 190 00:09:15,667 --> 00:09:17,300 I was thinking somebody out here would tell me 191 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:20,367 what the heck I needed before it was all said and done. 192 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:23,367 Where's that second place you said you stopped at? 193 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:24,767 Just the local hardware store there. 194 00:09:24,934 --> 00:09:26,667 - And they said the same thing? -Yes, sir. 195 00:09:26,834 --> 00:09:28,967 Yeah, actually, the one in Millington there. 196 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:30,233 -OK. -He uh... 197 00:09:30,233 --> 00:09:32,367 He said, "I'm not sure exactly what the hell you need 198 00:09:32,533 --> 00:09:33,400 on that either." Because he said, 199 00:09:33,567 --> 00:09:34,400 "You don't need a trail permit, 200 00:09:34,567 --> 00:09:36,300 but you need something on there." 201 00:09:38,767 --> 00:09:41,000 He wasn't sure what the hell to sell me either, 202 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,667 with the price difference in between. 203 00:09:42,667 --> 00:09:45,166 They shouldn't have.... 204 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,900 If you told them you needed an ORV sticker, 205 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:50,400 they should have told you, they should have sold you one. 206 00:09:50,567 --> 00:09:52,166 Well, I'm buddies with those guys there 207 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:55,166 in the hardware store, and he's like, "The one's 208 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:58,000 "really expensive, and one's only like $13 or $14. 209 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,100 You should be able to get away with like the $14 one." 210 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,500 Well, you need the basic ORV sticker, which is $26. 211 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:07,900 The extra $10 one you don't need, because that's if 212 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:09,900 you ride trails up north. - Yep. 213 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,300 All right. Well, I'm gonna run 214 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:15,400 some lean traffic. 215 00:10:15,567 --> 00:10:18,867 Unfortunately, you don't get no fish to measure yet. 216 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:20,367 No fish to measure? Well, that's a bummer. 217 00:10:20,533 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah, buddy. 218 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:25,567 <i>In this case, for failing to</i> <i>license his ORV, this man was</i> 219 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:29,800 <i>found responsible and paid</i> <i>a court-ordered fine of $120.</i> 220 00:10:29,967 --> 00:10:32,967 All right. Appreciate your attitude. 221 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,967 Just make sure you grab one before you come out again. 222 00:10:36,133 --> 00:10:37,600 Absolutely, we'll make sure we get the right one. 223 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:48,467 It's not a real difficult trail. 224 00:10:48,634 --> 00:10:51,266 We do have some pretty difficult trails here in the park. 225 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:52,900 A few of our trails are Black Diamond, 226 00:10:53,066 --> 00:10:54,867 where this one is much more moderate, 227 00:10:55,033 --> 00:10:57,200 but with that said, any time that you may be 228 00:10:57,367 --> 00:11:00,100 skiing at night, that adds an extra level of challenge. 229 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:02,667 There's a few hills that during the day don't seem quite so 230 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:05,000 intimidating, but at night when you've just got the lanterns 231 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:07,300 out there, they can be pretty exciting. 232 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:10,100 <i>For almost 25 years,</i> <i>at Michigan's biggest</i> 233 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:13,000 <i>state park, every Saturday</i> <i>night from around Christmas</i> 234 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:14,467 <i>to the end of February,</i> 235 00:11:14,634 --> 00:11:16,667 <i>if the weather conditions</i> <i>are right, visitors have</i> 236 00:11:16,834 --> 00:11:19,166 <i>the opportunity to navigate</i> <i>a one-mile trail</i> 237 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:20,800 <i>that's illuminated by lanterns.</i> 238 00:11:20,967 --> 00:11:23,467 I really like the fact where this part of the trail goes 239 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:25,767 pretty close to the edge of Lake Superior. 240 00:11:25,934 --> 00:11:28,166 Earlier in the season when the waves are crashing up 241 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:30,567 on the ice and you'll see the big ice formations 242 00:11:30,734 --> 00:11:32,467 will start making, it's pretty neat. 243 00:11:32,634 --> 00:11:34,400 Sometimes they'll get just the right conditions, 244 00:11:34,567 --> 00:11:37,066 they'll make these, they look like ice volcanoes 245 00:11:37,233 --> 00:11:39,300 where they'll be kind of this central hollow cone. 246 00:11:39,467 --> 00:11:40,867 The waves will hit, and the water will shoot 247 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:43,467 right up the in the middle of the ice formation, then it'll 248 00:11:43,634 --> 00:11:46,166 splash out on the outside, 249 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:48,367 <i>Bob Wild has been getting</i> <i>the trail ready...</i> 250 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,767 <i>...for visitors at Porcupine</i> <i>Mountains Wilderness State Park</i> 251 00:11:52,934 --> 00:11:54,066 <i>for 14 years.</i> 252 00:11:55,867 --> 00:11:57,967 <i>And his predecessor</i> <i>started the program</i> 253 00:11:58,133 --> 00:12:00,300 <i>10 years prior to</i> <i>Wild's arrival.</i> 254 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:04,000 So, right now there's about 65 lanterns out on this loop. 255 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,066 They're kind of spread out. 256 00:12:05,233 --> 00:12:07,100 Some places they're a little closer together. 257 00:12:07,266 --> 00:12:09,867 You know, if they're more difficult stretches of trail, 258 00:12:09,867 --> 00:12:11,367 I'll have more lanterns, you know, where there's 259 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:12,667 curves or downhills. 260 00:12:12,834 --> 00:12:14,467 <i>Winter weather</i> <i>in this part of Michigan</i> 261 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:16,000 <i>can be brutal at times.</i> 262 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,266 <i>But during the period that</i> <i>Bob Wild has helped out</i> 263 00:12:18,266 --> 00:12:21,600 <i>with the Lantern-Lit Trail,</i> <i>he's always had visitors.</i> 264 00:12:21,767 --> 00:12:23,767 During decent conditions, we probably average between 265 00:12:23,767 --> 00:12:25,367 60 and 80 people out here. 266 00:12:25,367 --> 00:12:27,767 This weekend, last year, we had about 220 people 267 00:12:27,934 --> 00:12:30,166 come out on it, so it can be pretty busy out here. 268 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,800 <i>Halfway through their trek</i> <i>on the Superior Loop,</i> 269 00:12:32,967 --> 00:12:35,100 <i>the people who are using</i> <i>the trail with the help of</i> 270 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:36,867 <i>lanterns can take a break</i> <i>and get a snack</i> 271 00:12:37,033 --> 00:12:38,066 <i>at the warming shelter</i> 272 00:12:38,066 --> 00:12:40,700 <i>and enjoy a campfire.</i> -I got two marshmallows. 273 00:12:40,867 --> 00:12:44,100 If you guys want, there's hot refreshments inside there. 274 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:46,367 There's a couple of kettles on the wood stove with water 275 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:50,000 and there's stuff for tea, hot cocoa, cider, coffee, 276 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,166 so help yourselves. 277 00:12:51,333 --> 00:12:53,200 <i>Those who use the trail</i> <i>while it's lit by lanterns</i> 278 00:12:53,367 --> 00:12:55,967 <i>range widely in age,</i> <i>as well as how they choose to</i> 279 00:12:56,133 --> 00:12:57,166 <i>navigate the trail.</i> 280 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:59,166 Most people either ski or snowshoe it. 281 00:12:59,166 --> 00:13:02,700 When I first started doing this trail about 14 years ago, 282 00:13:02,867 --> 00:13:04,667 it was primarily almost all skiers that were 283 00:13:04,667 --> 00:13:06,200 coming out and doing it. Now, we're kind of 284 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:08,500 seeing the trend where it's much more snowshoers 285 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:09,767 who are coming out here. 286 00:13:09,767 --> 00:13:11,367 But we still get both coming out, 287 00:13:11,533 --> 00:13:12,500 Some of my favorite nights 288 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:13,667 are the nights when it's really snowing hard 289 00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:15,700 and kind of just see this kind of 290 00:13:15,867 --> 00:13:18,300 glowing globe from the light of the lanterns 291 00:13:18,467 --> 00:13:20,767 lighting up the snow as it's falling. 292 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:23,600 Every night it seems different, but it's always fun. 293 00:13:23,767 --> 00:13:24,867 It's always an interesting evening. 294 00:13:31,867 --> 00:13:35,266 <i>Michigan Conservation Officer</i> <i>Dan Robinson started his shift</i> 295 00:13:35,433 --> 00:13:38,166 <i>by attending a briefing</i> <i>for the officers assisting with</i> 296 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:41,467 <i>a group patrol that was</i> <i>utilizing a plane to locate</i> 297 00:13:41,467 --> 00:13:43,266 <i>illegal bait from the air.</i> 298 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:46,066 <i>After receiving word that</i> <i>the plane was done for the day</i> 299 00:13:46,233 --> 00:13:49,166 <i>and returning to the airport,</i> <i>Officer Robinson went to check</i> 300 00:13:49,333 --> 00:13:51,000 <i>out a spot where</i> <i>he'd found illegal bait</i> 301 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,367 <i>about a week earlier.</i> 302 00:13:52,533 --> 00:13:54,266 <i>Upon his arrival,</i> <i>he found a hunter in</i> 303 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:57,166 <i>the tree stand and asked him to</i> <i>come down to talk to him.</i> 304 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:59,867 You got your licenses and stuff on you? 305 00:13:59,867 --> 00:14:03,266 It's back at my hunting property, or camp. 306 00:14:03,433 --> 00:14:05,000 Oh, you don't have your tags on you? 307 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,300 - I don't believe so. -OK. 308 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,467 So what would you do if you'd shot a buck? 309 00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:14,867 My dad would bring the tags over. 310 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:16,000 Oh, OK. 311 00:14:17,467 --> 00:14:19,600 I got you. All right, man. 312 00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:23,266 Well, you know you got to have those on you, right? 313 00:14:24,567 --> 00:14:26,367 I just thought when I got one I had to have them. 314 00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:29,200 Yeah, no, you got to have them on you if one of us or another 315 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:32,667 police department or law enforcement agency contacts you, 316 00:14:32,834 --> 00:14:34,367 you have to be able to provide those, so. 317 00:14:34,367 --> 00:14:37,066 - OK. -All right man, 318 00:14:37,233 --> 00:14:38,967 so really what brought me here, the reason I'm here today 319 00:14:39,133 --> 00:14:41,400 is because of the bait issue, right? - OK. 320 00:14:41,567 --> 00:14:44,467 I would imagine that you're well aware that 321 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:48,100 bait's not allowed in our county? - I'm not. 322 00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:50,667 You know, you've heard of the CWD regulations and all that 323 00:14:50,667 --> 00:14:51,867 kind of stuff? - I heard that, 324 00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:53,367 I didn't know it was in this county now. 325 00:14:53,533 --> 00:14:56,166 Yeah, you gotta kind of watch that. 326 00:14:56,166 --> 00:15:00,400 So, talk to me about the bait. You guys put that out then? 327 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:01,767 I didn't put any of it out. 328 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:04,767 We have a hunting camp that we have a bunch of leases on. 329 00:15:04,767 --> 00:15:07,000 -OK. - And we, yeah. 330 00:15:07,166 --> 00:15:09,767 So you guys lease this then from the property owner? 331 00:15:09,767 --> 00:15:13,667 So I think what we'll do is... 332 00:15:15,467 --> 00:15:17,266 why don't we meet you back at the car? 333 00:15:17,433 --> 00:15:18,800 We'll walk out before it gets too dark, 334 00:15:18,967 --> 00:15:20,367 and we'll meet you out there, 335 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:22,166 and then maybe your dad will be there by then. 336 00:15:22,333 --> 00:15:23,367 -Does that sound good? - Yeah. 337 00:15:23,367 --> 00:15:25,467 -OK. - So you guys park over here then? 338 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:28,400 Yeah, we're off the road out on this side. 339 00:15:28,567 --> 00:15:31,266 - OK. -So this is a case 340 00:15:31,266 --> 00:15:33,667 that I've been working for the past week or so, 341 00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:36,166 I got a tip that they were bringing in 342 00:15:36,333 --> 00:15:38,367 large amounts of bait to this location. 343 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:41,300 Got a good picture of it, knew that the bait was here, 344 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:45,166 and been kind of waiting for somebody to sit the stand. 345 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:48,700 As we pulled in, we ran a truck plate, didn't turn out to be 346 00:15:48,867 --> 00:15:52,567 this guy, but he was sitting in the stand and we could 347 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:55,967 see that from the road, so we decided to take our walk 348 00:15:56,133 --> 00:15:58,400 and make contact with him. 349 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,100 <i>Michigan Conservation Officer</i> <i>Dan Robinson has encountered</i> 350 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:13,166 <i>a hunter who was in</i> <i>a tree stand next to</i> 351 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:16,000 <i>a bait pile and targeting</i> <i>white-tailed deer in an area</i> 352 00:16:16,166 --> 00:16:18,000 <i>where baiting is illegal.</i> 353 00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:20,567 <i>After chatting for a short</i> <i>time, they both leave on foot</i> 354 00:16:20,567 --> 00:16:22,266 <i>to get to their vehicles,</i> <i>which are parked</i> 355 00:16:22,266 --> 00:16:23,600 <i>in different locations.</i> 356 00:16:23,767 --> 00:16:26,600 <i>They agree to reconvene again</i> <i>within a half hour or so.</i> 357 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:29,066 <i>When they meet up again,</i> <i>the hunter's dad has arrived</i> 358 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:30,367 <i>at the hunting property.</i> 359 00:16:30,367 --> 00:16:32,767 I'm Officer Robinson with the DNR, one of 360 00:16:32,767 --> 00:16:34,166 the Isabella County guys. 361 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,767 So I got... 362 00:16:36,767 --> 00:16:38,100 he's hunting over that bait pile back there. 363 00:16:38,266 --> 00:16:39,500 - Yeah. -I'm assuming you guys know 364 00:16:39,667 --> 00:16:40,767 what's back there. - Yeah. 365 00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:42,266 -Who put it out there? - I did. 366 00:16:42,266 --> 00:16:47,800 OK, do you guys know it's banned in Isabella County? 367 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,367 I thought this was one of the surrounding counties 368 00:16:51,367 --> 00:16:53,900 that's gonna be banned next year. -No, this is in that area. 369 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:58,100 It's in the same, it's all in that CWD zone. 370 00:16:58,266 --> 00:16:59,400 Technically, he should probably get the ticket 371 00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:02,000 for sitting on it. - Wow. 372 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:04,867 So again, it kind of puts him in a bad spot. 373 00:17:05,867 --> 00:17:07,066 But here's what I'm thinking. 374 00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:10,667 I want to go back 375 00:17:11,467 --> 00:17:14,667 to your other camp and see how much you got there too. 376 00:17:16,266 --> 00:17:17,367 Can we do that? 377 00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:23,500 - Yeah. -OK. 378 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:25,000 I'm sure you got some there too, right? 379 00:17:25,166 --> 00:17:26,333 - Sure. -All right. 380 00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:29,100 Well, what I'm thinking is I want to get your information 381 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:30,500 on that, where I'm going. 382 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:32,567 I want to meet you back out there, OK? 383 00:17:32,567 --> 00:17:35,400 I want to walk that. I want to see what's there. 384 00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:36,600 You want to walk? 385 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,767 I want you to show me your bait piles out there. 386 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,467 So here's kind of where I'm coming from, right? 387 00:17:42,634 --> 00:17:45,266 Is that if we don't address this now, you won't be able to 388 00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:47,500 hunt any of those spots come firearm season. 389 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,667 So if we address it now, we can get this kind of nipped 390 00:17:49,834 --> 00:17:51,767 in the bud, we can figure out what we're gonna do. 391 00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:53,000 But if I let it go... 392 00:17:54,367 --> 00:17:57,767 and some other CO gets a hold of that, he's gonna go out 393 00:17:57,934 --> 00:17:59,100 there and write every one of you that are 394 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,400 sitting on bait piles. You know what I'm saying? 395 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:03,767 So it's a little bit of a favor for you, but I also want to 396 00:18:03,767 --> 00:18:04,967 make sure we get this addressed. 397 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:07,066 -Does that sound fair enough? - It does. 398 00:18:07,233 --> 00:18:11,066 OK, so we're going to check out the other lease that 399 00:18:11,233 --> 00:18:12,767 this family's leasing for their hunting property, 400 00:18:12,934 --> 00:18:15,467 we're gonna go check on some of their bait piles that they have 401 00:18:15,634 --> 00:18:19,100 told us that they've got out that the gentleman here placed. 402 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:21,600 What'd you guys have here? Just a couple of sugar beets? 403 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,800 OK, looks like they pummeled them pretty hard then. 404 00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:28,867 - OK. <i>-After visiting another spot</i> 405 00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:30,367 <i>with illegal bait, CO Robinson</i> 406 00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:33,867 <i>joins the man</i> <i>at a third spot.</i> 407 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:35,767 OK, so you just have that mineral block there then? 408 00:18:35,934 --> 00:18:38,467 OK, well, the good news is that's pretty easy to clean up. 409 00:18:38,467 --> 00:18:42,800 So you guys didn't bring any beets into this location yet? 410 00:18:42,967 --> 00:18:45,200 - Earlier this year we did. -Oh, you did, OK. 411 00:18:45,367 --> 00:18:47,467 To these same spots, the one we just looked at and this one? 412 00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:48,767 - Absolutely. -OK. 413 00:18:48,767 --> 00:18:51,567 - And it's all gone by now obviously, so. - OK. 414 00:18:53,467 --> 00:18:55,867 - Um, all right, is there any more out here? - No. 415 00:18:55,867 --> 00:18:57,867 - OK. - Boys be able to hunt next week? 416 00:18:58,033 --> 00:18:59,367 If you guys can get that cleaned up, 417 00:18:59,533 --> 00:19:03,767 you know, shovel it in some buckets and take it on its way 418 00:19:03,767 --> 00:19:05,800 I'm happy with that, if you can get it taken care of 419 00:19:05,967 --> 00:19:08,166 before season. - I'm telling you right now, 420 00:19:08,333 --> 00:19:11,667 it'll be taken care of. -And that works for me. 421 00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:14,000 But that doesn't mean we're still not addressing 422 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:15,700 the issue at hand, right? 423 00:19:15,867 --> 00:19:17,266 So here's kind of where I'm at, right? 424 00:19:18,967 --> 00:19:23,200 The easiest thing for me to do is write... a ticket, 425 00:19:23,367 --> 00:19:25,767 because I witnessed him sitting on stand. - Sure. 426 00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:28,166 It's easy. He's 17. 427 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,667 If he was younger than that, it would be 428 00:19:29,834 --> 00:19:31,800 a little bit harder, but it could be done. 429 00:19:31,967 --> 00:19:33,100 Sure. 430 00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:35,600 I think after thinking about it, having some time 431 00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:38,100 in the truck, which probably saved his bacon, I think 432 00:19:38,266 --> 00:19:42,066 I'm gonna submit a report for you instead. 433 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:44,567 I would prefer that. -I imagined you would. 434 00:19:44,734 --> 00:19:46,700 So that's what I'm gonna do. I've got your information. 435 00:19:46,867 --> 00:19:48,000 I've got the locations here. 436 00:19:48,166 --> 00:19:50,000 I've got the... property figured out. 437 00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:56,467 And you told me that you put it out and set it up for the kids, 438 00:19:56,634 --> 00:19:57,734 and I believe that. 439 00:19:57,734 --> 00:20:00,400 <i>In this case for illegally</i> <i>baiting, this man paid</i> 440 00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:03,900 <i>a court-ordered fine of $285.</i> - I'll let you go. 441 00:20:04,066 --> 00:20:05,467 Thanks. 442 00:20:05,634 --> 00:20:08,166 - Should I say "Thank you"? -Well, I don't know. 443 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:09,867 Sometimes doing this job, it's... 444 00:20:11,467 --> 00:20:13,266 it's hard to know when to place your bets, 445 00:20:13,266 --> 00:20:16,800 and sometimes you feel like you're... 446 00:20:16,967 --> 00:20:19,100 you know, picking off some of the easy ones, but I feel like 447 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:22,500 this case that we settled out today was one that I had to do 448 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:26,100 surveillance on, I had to know the property, and had to work 449 00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:28,567 off a complaint that had pretty good information, but I still 450 00:20:28,734 --> 00:20:31,767 didn't know who was hunting it, where they were coming from, 451 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:33,800 where they lived, I didn't have any information on it. 452 00:20:33,967 --> 00:20:36,166 It's just one of those things where being in boots 453 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:37,867 on the ground is gonna make a difference. 454 00:20:37,867 --> 00:20:39,100 You gotta be out there walking. 455 00:20:40,567 --> 00:20:43,367 <i>The state of Michigan offers</i> <i>year-round opportunities</i> 456 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:45,100 <i>for outdoor enthusiasts.</i> 457 00:20:45,266 --> 00:20:48,467 <i>Fishing for a wide variety</i> <i>of species is one activity that</i> 458 00:20:48,634 --> 00:20:50,600 <i>consistently brings</i> <i>both residents</i> 459 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:52,600 <i>and non-residents outside.</i> 460 00:20:52,767 --> 00:20:55,767 <i>Although it's open year-round</i> <i>in some parts of Michigan,</i> 461 00:20:55,767 --> 00:20:58,367 <i>the walleye season typically</i> <i>opens in mid-May in</i> 462 00:20:58,367 --> 00:21:01,567 <i>Upper Peninsula Great Lakes</i> <i>and inland waters.</i> 463 00:21:01,567 --> 00:21:03,467 <i>In the state's District 2</i> 464 00:21:05,166 --> 00:21:08,500 <i>Conservation Officers</i> <i>Rob Freeborn and Mike Evink</i> 465 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:09,800 <i>are patrolling Indian Lake</i> 466 00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:12,100 <i>on the opening day</i> <i>of walleye season.</i> 467 00:21:12,266 --> 00:21:14,367 Keep on trolling if you want. We'll pull alongside you. 468 00:21:14,533 --> 00:21:16,000 Any fish? 469 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,500 -I got one. - One. 470 00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:18,600 Any size to it? 471 00:21:18,767 --> 00:21:20,467 -16. -16? 472 00:21:22,467 --> 00:21:23,800 Hold it up real quick. 473 00:21:26,266 --> 00:21:27,367 Did you measure it? 474 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,567 All right, yep, you're good. 475 00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:42,467 Fishing license, life jacket. 476 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,467 -Yep. - Hold that up. 477 00:21:46,667 --> 00:21:48,567 -Got a bunch of them in there. -One here, one here, one here. 478 00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:50,567 All righty. 479 00:21:50,734 --> 00:21:52,567 Sounds good, man. Good luck to you. 480 00:21:52,734 --> 00:21:53,700 Yep. 481 00:21:56,867 --> 00:21:57,867 How's it going today? 482 00:21:59,767 --> 00:22:01,266 Any fish? 483 00:22:01,433 --> 00:22:02,467 All right, a few fishing licenses then? 484 00:22:02,634 --> 00:22:05,266 Got them on you? You guys just getting out then? 485 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:07,367 Yeah, just kind of starting here, so. 486 00:22:07,533 --> 00:22:10,166 Yeah, it's been, I mean, we caught a couple of fish, 487 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:13,166 so at least it's been fun. We got, like I said. 488 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:14,900 - 16-inch? -We got 16-inch here. 489 00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:16,133 Nice. 490 00:22:16,133 --> 00:22:18,300 All right, fish in the cooler -- in their bucket? 491 00:22:18,467 --> 00:22:19,700 -Oh, yeah. -See? 492 00:22:19,867 --> 00:22:21,767 Yep, perfect. 493 00:22:21,934 --> 00:22:23,467 Three 16s, and then I just got that 18. 494 00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:26,567 Nice. 495 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:29,000 -All right. -Huh? 496 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,133 What color? 497 00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:34,300 Orange with brass spinner and glow-in-the-dark white. 498 00:22:38,367 --> 00:22:39,567 You got life jackets on board? 499 00:22:39,734 --> 00:22:40,967 - Nine of them. -Nine of them... 500 00:22:41,133 --> 00:22:42,467 on the front there? 501 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:49,000 Perfect. 502 00:22:49,166 --> 00:22:51,767 -Fishin' license, I know you always have one, but... - Yeah. 503 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,767 - Awesome, you're all set. - Thank you. 504 00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:02,000 Well, you have a good day. Good luck to you. 505 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,767 -I am having a good day. - You are. 506 00:23:04,767 --> 00:23:05,867 Pull that pike up real quick. 507 00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:10,867 Right on. 508 00:23:16,266 --> 00:23:17,367 All right. 509 00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:19,767 -Yeah, almost too nice, probably. -Yeah. 510 00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:22,367 Well, the wind started to pick up a little now -- that might help a little bit. 511 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,867 Well, a few life jackets, fishing license. 512 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:30,867 You're all set, thank you. 513 00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:33,367 -Life jackets that are up front here? -In the front. 514 00:23:33,367 --> 00:23:34,767 OK. 515 00:23:34,767 --> 00:23:36,266 Three or four of 'em in here. 516 00:23:37,867 --> 00:23:40,266 How's it going today? Any fish? 517 00:23:40,433 --> 00:23:41,667 One. 518 00:23:41,834 --> 00:23:43,600 -Walleye? 519 00:23:43,767 --> 00:23:45,233 Any size? 520 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:48,767 Oh, jeez. 521 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:50,367 Measure it? 522 00:23:50,367 --> 00:23:51,767 You know, I didn't. 523 00:23:52,867 --> 00:23:53,967 -Got it? - Yep. 524 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,967 <i>While making contact</i> <i>with this fisherman,</i> 525 00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:57,767 <i>Officer Evink checks</i> <i>his license</i> 526 00:23:57,934 --> 00:24:00,800 <i>while Officer Freeborn</i> <i>measures his walleye.</i> 527 00:24:00,967 --> 00:24:03,567 So a walleye has to be 15 inches, OK? 528 00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:06,367 It is short. It's a short fish. 529 00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:07,467 Oh, come on. 530 00:24:07,467 --> 00:24:09,200 It's about 14 and a quarter, 14 and a half. 531 00:24:09,367 --> 00:24:11,066 Oh, OK. 532 00:24:11,233 --> 00:24:13,600 -So do you have your ID on you? - Yep. 533 00:24:13,767 --> 00:24:15,867 Did you get his license already? 534 00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:18,467 He has his fishing license, but not his ID. 535 00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:21,000 Who wants it? 536 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:24,400 As far as the boat reg, you talked to? 537 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:25,867 - Yep, boat reg. -All right. 538 00:24:26,033 --> 00:24:27,200 All right. 539 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,967 All right, we're gonna break away from you for a second. 540 00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:30,867 -We'll be back with you in a second. - OK. 541 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:44,767 <i>The state of Michigan borders</i> <i>four of the five Great Lakes,</i> 542 00:24:44,934 --> 00:24:47,867 <i>has several thousand miles</i> <i>of rivers and streams,</i> 543 00:24:47,867 --> 00:24:50,467 <i>and more than</i> <i>11,000 inland lakes.</i> 544 00:24:50,634 --> 00:24:52,166 <i>With access to so much water,</i> 545 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:55,166 <i>the state's</i> <i>250 conservation officers</i> 546 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:57,667 <i>spend a lot of their time</i> <i>carrying out marine patrols</i> 547 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:00,767 <i>where they monitor anglers</i> <i>and recreational boaters.</i> 548 00:25:00,934 --> 00:25:03,667 <i>However, they also serve</i> <i>the state and its residents by</i> 549 00:25:03,834 --> 00:25:05,667 <i>assisting divisions</i> <i>within the DNR,</i> 550 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:08,266 <i>like the Michigan</i> <i>History Center, on Lake Huron,</i> 551 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:10,800 <i>just off the coast of</i> <i>the state's District 6.</i> 552 00:25:12,567 --> 00:25:15,000 <i>Three officers from</i> <i>the department's Great Lakes</i> 553 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,300 <i>Enforcement Unit are helping</i> <i>archaeologists and divers</i> 554 00:25:18,467 --> 00:25:20,900 <i>as they document,</i> <i>investigate, and strive to</i> 555 00:25:21,066 --> 00:25:22,767 <i>understand a historical wreck.</i> 556 00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:26,867 In 2014, an aircraft wreck was found here in Lower Lake Huron. 557 00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:29,667 It spread out over 400 or 500 feet of lake bottom, 558 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:31,567 over about four acres. 559 00:25:31,567 --> 00:25:33,400 And they were interested in maybe putting the wings 560 00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:35,467 and the tail and the engine together again 561 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:38,767 to make it an attractive dive site for lower Lake Huron. 562 00:25:38,934 --> 00:25:42,767 It turned out to be identified as a Tuskegee Airman, 563 00:25:42,934 --> 00:25:44,133 Lieutenant Frank Moody. 564 00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:47,900 <i>Lieutenant Frank Moody</i> <i>was born in Oklahoma in 1921</i> 565 00:25:48,066 --> 00:25:51,166 <i>and moved to Los Angeles</i> <i>with his family in 1923.</i> 566 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:56,300 <i>He earned his wings at Tuskegee</i> <i>Army Airfield in February 1944</i> 567 00:25:56,467 --> 00:25:59,467 <i>and became a part of an elite</i> <i>group of pilots belonging to</i> 568 00:25:59,634 --> 00:26:01,667 <i>the 332nd Fighter Group.</i> 569 00:26:01,667 --> 00:26:04,000 <i>He was later transferred to</i> <i>Southeastern Michigan</i> 570 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:05,333 <i>for advanced training.</i> 571 00:26:05,333 --> 00:26:10,066 <i>During live fire gunnery</i> <i>exercises on April 11th, 1944,</i> 572 00:26:10,233 --> 00:26:12,400 <i>Lieutenant Moody's plane</i> <i>crashed and he was</i> 573 00:26:12,567 --> 00:26:13,600 <i>killed instantly.</i> 574 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,767 Something happened to the aircraft, it was flying 575 00:26:15,934 --> 00:26:18,166 very fast and very low to the water 576 00:26:18,166 --> 00:26:20,166 and there was really no time to react. 577 00:26:20,166 --> 00:26:22,367 He lurched up a little bit and then the aircraft 578 00:26:22,533 --> 00:26:23,600 nosedived into the water. 579 00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:26,266 He almost certainly was killed immediately. 580 00:26:26,433 --> 00:26:30,600 About two and a half months later, a group of young 581 00:26:30,767 --> 00:26:33,266 children were walking along the shore, kind of playing 582 00:26:33,266 --> 00:26:34,867 along on the shore of the St. Clair River, 583 00:26:34,867 --> 00:26:37,000 and they found his body. 584 00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:40,667 So Lieutenant Moody's remains were recovered and sent home to 585 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:42,400 his family plot in Los Angeles. 586 00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:45,100 <i>Lieutenant Moody's</i> <i>youngest sister, Annie May,</i> 587 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,967 <i>was born in December 1925.</i> 588 00:26:48,133 --> 00:26:51,467 <i>She married Clayton Bryant on</i> <i>July 3rd, 1950, and they had</i> 589 00:26:51,634 --> 00:26:53,700 <i>a son, Eric Rodney Bryant,</i> <i>four years later.</i> 590 00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:55,667 Those bass look pretty good size, actually. 591 00:26:57,066 --> 00:27:00,066 <i>Eric got a chance to join</i> <i>Wayne Lusardi and his team</i> 592 00:27:00,066 --> 00:27:01,900 <i>to take a look at</i> <i>his uncle's plane.</i> 593 00:27:02,066 --> 00:27:06,000 That's where the fuselage would have been sitting and just got 594 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:09,333 torn right away from the wing. -Right. 595 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,100 And, you know, if they're anything like a P-51, 596 00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:18,000 I've seen P-51s transported with the wing off. 597 00:27:18,166 --> 00:27:19,867 That's right, yep, yep. 598 00:27:20,033 --> 00:27:22,200 <i>For the conservation officers</i> <i>that are helping with this</i> 599 00:27:22,367 --> 00:27:26,000 <i>project, it is a part of</i> <i>their job, but also a unique</i> 600 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,567 <i>opportunity to assist with</i> <i>and observe something</i> 601 00:27:28,734 --> 00:27:30,500 <i>quite different from</i> <i>what they typically do.</i> 602 00:27:30,667 --> 00:27:31,667 It's been good, you know. 603 00:27:31,667 --> 00:27:34,367 We've had good weather, we've had bad weather, 604 00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:35,600 We've had problems with the boats. 605 00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:37,400 We've had no problems at all. 606 00:27:37,567 --> 00:27:40,000 So we've had an array of things that we've encountered. 607 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,867 But ultimately, everyone's been safe. 608 00:27:42,033 --> 00:27:44,767 I think it's been a good experience so far overall. 609 00:27:44,934 --> 00:27:47,600 A lot of interesting history around it. 610 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:51,000 We're learning a lot every day by being on the boat with 611 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,100 people like Wayne and Brian. 612 00:27:53,266 --> 00:27:55,100 So it's been going really good so far. 613 00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:59,100 The conservation officers that are running the boats are doing 614 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:01,000 a little bit of everything. They're loading our tanks. 615 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,800 They're helping us with our gear. 616 00:28:02,967 --> 00:28:06,266 They're logging us in and out. They're processing artifacts. 617 00:28:06,433 --> 00:28:08,767 They're obviously, you know, running the boat, 618 00:28:08,934 --> 00:28:11,266 deploying us into our workspace, which is lower 619 00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:14,500 Lake Huron, recovering us safely and, you know, 620 00:28:14,667 --> 00:28:17,266 getting us back home with artifacts in hand. 621 00:28:17,433 --> 00:28:20,066 It's been really just a fantastic project and it 622 00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:22,900 could not have gone this smoothly without the assistance 623 00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:23,967 of the COs. 624 00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:25,500 We're a specialized unit. 625 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:28,166 There's only a handful of us around the state. 626 00:28:28,333 --> 00:28:32,367 We're specialists, or corporals, within law enforcement division 627 00:28:32,367 --> 00:28:34,467 and most of us, we captain large 628 00:28:34,634 --> 00:28:36,467 Great Lakes vessels. 629 00:28:36,467 --> 00:28:40,000 A few of us are investigators for wholesale fishing, 630 00:28:40,166 --> 00:28:41,367 commercial fishing, things like that. 631 00:28:41,533 --> 00:28:42,700 We check commercial fishing nets, 632 00:28:42,867 --> 00:28:44,367 tribal commercial fishing nets, 633 00:28:44,533 --> 00:28:46,467 tribal subsistence fishing nets. 634 00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:48,667 Basically, they said whatever you need. 635 00:28:48,834 --> 00:28:52,367 And so they provided two vessels that we have here today 636 00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:56,266 that we've had at our disposal now for almost three weeks 637 00:28:56,266 --> 00:28:58,600 and the operators for those vessels. 638 00:28:58,767 --> 00:29:01,066 And they're not particularly dive vessels, 639 00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:04,266 but as it turns out, they're some of the dive platforms 640 00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:06,266 that I worked on -- they're just really fantastic. 641 00:29:06,433 --> 00:29:09,266 The operators are very professional 642 00:29:09,266 --> 00:29:13,066 and very squared away. They conduct these operations 643 00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:14,667 like they've been doing it all their lives, 644 00:29:14,834 --> 00:29:17,066 and it's been really a wonderful experience. 645 00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:20,367 It's an honor, I mean, you know, when you think about 646 00:29:20,533 --> 00:29:23,100 the big picture, it was a 22-year-old man 647 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:25,000 training for war. 648 00:29:25,166 --> 00:29:28,800 And he gave his life, trying to make the country 649 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:31,266 what it is today 650 00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:33,800 So it's an honor and it's very humbling to handle these 651 00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:36,266 artifacts because it's tragic. 652 00:29:38,367 --> 00:29:41,200 But it's an honor to him, too, and his family 653 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:42,767 and what he stands for. 654 00:29:44,066 --> 00:29:45,500 So the whole thing is just great. 655 00:29:56,467 --> 00:30:00,567 A spectacular monument recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. 656 00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:03,300 <i>Not far from where</i> <i>Lieutenant Frank Moody's</i> <i>plane rests</i> 657 00:30:03,467 --> 00:30:04,900 <i>at the bottom of Lake Huron,</i> 658 00:30:05,066 --> 00:30:08,100 <i>the city of Port Huron</i> <i>is dedicating a memorial...</i> 659 00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:14,467 <i>...to honor Lieutenant Moody</i> <i>and other Tuskegee Airmen</i> 660 00:30:14,634 --> 00:30:16,800 <i>who died while</i> <i>serving their country.</i> 661 00:30:16,967 --> 00:30:20,767 We are here to recognize, honor, celebrate 662 00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:24,200 American heroes who happen to be African American. 663 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,066 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American 664 00:30:28,233 --> 00:30:30,867 squadron of Army Air Corps pilots 665 00:30:31,033 --> 00:30:33,100 who fought in World War II. 666 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:35,900 Their service predates the Air Force as we know it today. 667 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:39,467 The Tuskegee Airmen overcame segregation and were a highly 668 00:30:39,634 --> 00:30:42,000 respected fighter group who served with pride during 669 00:30:42,166 --> 00:30:43,400 World War II. 670 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:45,767 And they proved that not only were they very capable, 671 00:30:45,934 --> 00:30:48,700 but they excelled in their mission to protect our country. 672 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,367 This memorial is a reminder of the need to recognize these 673 00:30:52,367 --> 00:30:55,467 American heroes who served our country with honor, 674 00:30:55,634 --> 00:30:58,300 despite the discrimination and obstacles that they faced. 675 00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:01,700 It is not their race or color that make them heroes, 676 00:31:01,867 --> 00:31:04,967 but it makes them heroes in spite of hatred 677 00:31:05,133 --> 00:31:07,967 and racial discrimination they faced before, during, 678 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:09,266 and after the war. 679 00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:12,567 These men persevered and displayed unwavering 680 00:31:12,734 --> 00:31:14,200 dedication and commitment. 681 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,767 You know what? It looked like it ought to be in Washington, D.C.. 682 00:31:16,934 --> 00:31:20,000 but it's in Port Huron! Port Huron! 683 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,900 Port Huron, Michigan! 684 00:31:22,066 --> 00:31:24,300 And we love us some Tuskegee Airmen, 685 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:27,166 because we wouldn't be who we are today, 686 00:31:27,333 --> 00:31:30,367 and particularly -- and this is where I don't take issue, 687 00:31:30,367 --> 00:31:32,100 but I just take because it's a fact. 688 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,166 In my household, my daddy, Mandell Asher, 689 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:37,600 and Johnny May Asher, we always grew up, they said, "Anita, 690 00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:40,066 "if the Tuskegee Airmen can do it and go through what they go 691 00:31:40,233 --> 00:31:43,166 through, then you can grow up and be the best you can be." 692 00:31:43,166 --> 00:31:45,400 <i>Among the attendees</i> <i>for this ceremony</i> 693 00:31:45,567 --> 00:31:47,600 <i>are two former Tuskegee Airmen.</i> 694 00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:49,867 Twenty years after World War II, 695 00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:52,867 there was a gentleman by the name of Charles Francis 696 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:57,400 who wanted to write a book about the exploits of the... 697 00:31:57,567 --> 00:32:02,900 Negro pilots that flew during World War II. 698 00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:08,000 For want of a name, since they all trained in 699 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,700 and near the town of Tuskegee, Alabama, 700 00:32:10,867 --> 00:32:14,200 he decided to name the book The Tuskegee Airmen. 701 00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:16,700 So actually that name is a new-founded name 702 00:32:16,867 --> 00:32:21,467 as far as the actual identity 703 00:32:21,467 --> 00:32:24,500 of those pilots were concerned. 704 00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:26,567 Of the persons here today, 705 00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:31,300 I believe I'm the only one that actually flew up 706 00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:34,467 and down these waters 707 00:32:34,634 --> 00:32:35,667 with Frank Moody. 708 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,166 With respect to him, 709 00:32:39,066 --> 00:32:40,100 he was my buddy. 710 00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:43,867 I knew him personally, and thank 711 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:47,567 this in his honor. Thank you much. 712 00:32:47,567 --> 00:32:53,400 Today, of those combat pilots that were known, better known 713 00:32:53,567 --> 00:32:57,967 as the Red Tails overseas, there are eight of these pilots 714 00:32:58,133 --> 00:33:01,266 left, two that are sitting here today. 715 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,266 It's the opening day of walleye season in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 716 00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:12,400 and Conservation Officers Rob Freeborn and Mike Evink 717 00:33:12,567 --> 00:33:14,100 have encountered a man who kept a fish 718 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:17,000 that is shorter than the legal limit of 15 inches. 719 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,500 So a walleye has to be 15 inches, OK? 720 00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:22,100 It is short. It's a short fish. 721 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:25,667 I'm showing he got charged with fish with unattended line, 722 00:33:25,834 --> 00:33:29,500 fishing out of season, and that's gonna be 723 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,533 apparently you wrote 'em. 724 00:33:34,967 --> 00:33:36,166 Clear. 725 00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:41,834 I thought he looked familiar. 726 00:33:41,834 --> 00:33:46,166 This guy with the tip-ups off of West Shore this winter. 727 00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:48,567 Jeez. We got a short walleye here. 728 00:33:48,734 --> 00:33:50,567 It was 14 and a half inches, 729 00:33:50,567 --> 00:33:52,300 got to be 15 in the state of Michigan. 730 00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:55,467 He'll get a citation today for the short fish. 731 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:58,667 His boat has expired, but he went to the Secretary of State, 732 00:33:58,834 --> 00:34:02,400 and he has an appointment, or he actually has the paperwork 733 00:34:02,567 --> 00:34:06,667 showing it is registered, but the sticker's not to him yet. 734 00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:09,367 <i>In this case, for a possessed</i> <i>a walleye shorter than</i> 735 00:34:09,367 --> 00:34:12,200 <i>the legal limit, this fisherman</i> <i>pled guilty and paid</i> 736 00:34:12,367 --> 00:34:14,900 <i>a court-ordered fine of $210.</i> 737 00:34:15,066 --> 00:34:18,066 Understand the fish had to be 15 inches, OK? 738 00:34:18,233 --> 00:34:19,867 I got a job to do, that's why we're out here, 739 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:22,000 for checking fish. 740 00:34:22,166 --> 00:34:24,166 Next time you got to have a tape measure or something, 741 00:34:24,166 --> 00:34:26,400 you have the ruler right there, I guess you should have thrown 742 00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:28,300 it up on there real quick. 743 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:30,300 And as far as your boat, you have the -- 744 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:32,600 it is registered, right? You have -- the paperwork's... 745 00:34:32,767 --> 00:34:35,266 You have the paperwork provin' that it's registered. 746 00:34:35,433 --> 00:34:38,100 Fish was released, so just next time they gotta be 747 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,667 15 inches, OK? 748 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:41,500 Overall, compliance was pretty good. 749 00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:43,867 We had one short fish, which is kind of common. 750 00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:44,967 You know, it's kind of tempting 751 00:34:45,133 --> 00:34:47,367 to catch a lot of 13-, 14-inch fish. 752 00:34:47,367 --> 00:34:49,367 Guys will keep that 14-and-a-half-inch fish. 753 00:35:05,767 --> 00:35:09,266 <i>Wayne Lusardi is the maritime</i> <i>archaeologist for the DNR</i> 754 00:35:09,433 --> 00:35:10,667 <i>for the state of Michigan.</i> 755 00:35:10,834 --> 00:35:13,567 <i>Dr. Brian Smith</i> <i>is president and CEO of</i> 756 00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:16,567 <i>the Tuskegee Airmen</i> <i>National Museum in Detroit.</i> 757 00:35:16,734 --> 00:35:19,467 <i>They are working together</i> <i>along with many others to</i> 758 00:35:19,467 --> 00:35:21,667 <i>find, document, and analyze</i> 759 00:35:21,834 --> 00:35:24,900 <i>the wreckage of</i> <i>a Bell P-39Q Airacobra</i> 760 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:27,166 <i>that was piloted by</i> <i>Lieutenant Frank Moody</i> 761 00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:30,500 <i>and tragically crashed</i> <i>on April 11, 1944.</i> 762 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:34,467 The Tuskegee Airmen were the brave men who had to fight 763 00:35:34,634 --> 00:35:38,567 two battles, one against racism and segregation, 764 00:35:38,734 --> 00:35:40,166 the other against the Germans. 765 00:35:40,166 --> 00:35:42,700 <i>For the divers that are</i> <i>involved with this project,</i> 766 00:35:42,867 --> 00:35:45,266 <i>one important aspect of</i> <i>the work they are doing is to</i> 767 00:35:45,266 --> 00:35:48,600 <i>inform future generations of</i> <i>the possibilities that exist to</i> 768 00:35:48,767 --> 00:35:51,900 <i>work in careers that require</i> <i>technical knowledge and skills.</i> 769 00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:55,100 I speak to students all over the world about scuba diving 770 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:58,367 and what it means to that particular community. 771 00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:02,567 But it also opens up doors for students and children to see 772 00:36:02,734 --> 00:36:04,900 that, you know, you don't have to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher. 773 00:36:05,066 --> 00:36:07,166 There are things you can think of doing. 774 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:12,100 Volunteering, working as a maritime archaeologist, 775 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,266 as a cameraman, underwater photographer. 776 00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:16,166 There are so many opportunities that are out there that 777 00:36:16,166 --> 00:36:19,367 we don't know about, so bringing that knowledge and sharing it 778 00:36:19,367 --> 00:36:22,500 with others and getting kids, the next generation, interested 779 00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:25,166 in scuba diving is what this is all about for me. 780 00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:28,567 One of my scholarship goals, in fact, is to reach out to 781 00:36:28,567 --> 00:36:31,166 underserved communities, especially African American 782 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:34,667 communities, and get them more involved in diving and more 783 00:36:34,667 --> 00:36:38,767 involved in research, underwater archaeology. 784 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:42,467 So that's one of my big goals and one of the things that 785 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:45,667 I really want to try to, I guess, be an example of 786 00:36:45,834 --> 00:36:47,000 while I'm out here. 787 00:36:47,166 --> 00:36:49,867 The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen not only 788 00:36:50,033 --> 00:36:52,066 displays the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, 789 00:36:52,233 --> 00:36:56,200 but we're trying our best to create new, or modern-day, 790 00:36:56,367 --> 00:36:57,266 Tuskegee Airmen. 791 00:36:57,266 --> 00:37:00,900 We're seeking out 792 00:37:01,066 --> 00:37:03,667 African Americans or people who are underrepresented in 793 00:37:03,834 --> 00:37:06,867 the fields of aviation and aerospace science. 794 00:37:06,867 --> 00:37:09,900 We offer flight training to become a pilot, 795 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,467 training to become a drone pilot, that's part 107, 796 00:37:14,467 --> 00:37:17,667 and we try to interest young people in aerospace. 797 00:37:17,834 --> 00:37:19,400 <i>The people working</i> <i>to recover the parts</i> 798 00:37:19,567 --> 00:37:20,867 <i>of Lieutenant Moody's plane</i> 799 00:37:20,867 --> 00:37:23,667 <i>want to help share the history</i> <i>of the Tuskegee Airmen.</i> 800 00:37:23,834 --> 00:37:26,467 With it being, you know, Tuskegee Airmen, 801 00:37:26,634 --> 00:37:29,266 and also, you know, me being an African American male in 802 00:37:29,433 --> 00:37:32,367 this country, and especially as the first African American 803 00:37:32,367 --> 00:37:36,800 recipient of this scholarship, it's very, very exciting 804 00:37:36,967 --> 00:37:38,800 and something that I really wanted to take part of. 805 00:37:38,967 --> 00:37:41,467 It's important because it's our history. 806 00:37:41,467 --> 00:37:44,166 It's American history, and every story deserves 807 00:37:44,333 --> 00:37:46,867 to be told -- no matter how big or how small it is, 808 00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:50,467 it is part of our story, and it needs to be shared. 809 00:37:50,634 --> 00:37:52,700 <i>One unique item from</i> <i>the plane's wreckage that was</i> 810 00:37:52,867 --> 00:37:55,600 <i>brought up from the lake bottom</i> <i>was a.50 caliber gun that had</i> 811 00:37:55,767 --> 00:37:57,367 <i>been mounted on the wing</i> <i>of the plane.</i> 812 00:37:57,533 --> 00:38:01,967 It's emotional on several levels, watching items being 813 00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:06,500 found and being brought up in memoriam of this man who has 814 00:38:06,667 --> 00:38:09,300 given his life, as many soldiers did, 815 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:11,900 for our country. 816 00:38:12,066 --> 00:38:15,000 Bringing up these pieces makes you think, "What was 817 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,767 "going through Moody's mind those last few seconds, 818 00:38:18,934 --> 00:38:21,100 when the malfunction happened?" 819 00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:23,567 I think about that often as a pilot. 820 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:28,200 So...we are 821 00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:31,200 in memoriam, we are gonna restore this to 822 00:38:31,367 --> 00:38:34,667 a condition where we can tell the story of not only 823 00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:36,867 Frank Moody, but all the Tuskegee Airmen, 824 00:38:37,033 --> 00:38:38,767 actually all the airmen who passed 825 00:38:38,934 --> 00:38:42,266 during World War II in training, here in the United States. 826 00:38:42,433 --> 00:38:47,367 It was a bunch, like 60,000 men died just in training, 827 00:38:47,533 --> 00:38:50,266 not to consider the ones who died in combat. 828 00:38:50,433 --> 00:38:51,467 And they were just as brave 829 00:38:51,634 --> 00:38:54,166 as the ones who fought the Germans. 830 00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:56,867 So this is significant today. 831 00:38:57,033 --> 00:38:59,600 It's a pretty fantastic artifact. 832 00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:05,000 The Browning.50-cal machine gun is pretty iconic. 833 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,300 And I believe they're still used today, 834 00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:10,967 the same model and everything, so. 835 00:39:12,166 --> 00:39:14,900 I don't think this one's gonna be shot anytime soon. 836 00:39:15,066 --> 00:39:18,367 A lot of incrustation. and things like that. 837 00:39:18,367 --> 00:39:20,400 <i>Over the three weeks</i> <i>that Wayne Lusardi's team</i> 838 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:21,800 <i>is diving on this wreck,</i> 839 00:39:21,967 --> 00:39:24,800 <i>he invited several volunteer</i> <i>divers to join him to</i> 840 00:39:24,967 --> 00:39:27,400 <i>observe what is below</i> <i>the surface and have a chance</i> 841 00:39:27,567 --> 00:39:29,867 <i>to be a part of this</i> <i>historic experience.</i> 842 00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:31,166 I'm a citizen scientist. 843 00:39:31,166 --> 00:39:33,700 My passion is actually coral restoration, but when this 844 00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:36,367 project became known to me and I was invited to 845 00:39:36,533 --> 00:39:40,066 participate, I said yes without even hesitation. 846 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:41,367 It's historical. 847 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,767 I have a little bit of a connection to Frank Moody. 848 00:39:43,934 --> 00:39:47,000 I lived in Oklahoma, so I knew about his story. 849 00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:49,300 And bringing it home has just 850 00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:51,400 been an amazing experience so far. 851 00:39:51,567 --> 00:39:53,900 I had seen it in pictures and stuff, but like it was 852 00:39:54,066 --> 00:39:56,500 surreal being down there and seeing it in real life. 853 00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:59,767 It was like way more incredible than I expected. 854 00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:02,467 And he traced out, you know, you can still see 855 00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:04,000 the star that was painted on the wing. 856 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,166 And my dad traced it out for me and it was like... 857 00:40:07,934 --> 00:40:11,200 It's very important on an archaeological site 858 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:13,367 to document and see to, 859 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:19,567 basically in place, where these artifacts come from, and so that 860 00:40:19,567 --> 00:40:23,266 that way later on you're doing a little bit more analysis 861 00:40:23,433 --> 00:40:27,266 and you can sort of figure out how the wreck played out 862 00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:29,000 and how the wrecking event played out. 863 00:40:29,967 --> 00:40:33,767 Because if you just pick it up and -- and you just put it in 864 00:40:33,934 --> 00:40:36,066 storage, you don't really have the story then. 865 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:37,767 It just becomes a thing. 866 00:40:37,934 --> 00:40:40,667 And a lot of people think things are cool, 867 00:40:40,834 --> 00:40:43,100 but I think the story's more important 867 00:40:44,305 --> 00:41:44,288