The endangered plant grows only in a two-mile stretch of the upper San Marcos River and has a captivating, otherworldly ...
The photo on the right shows wild rice fully grown in early fall before harvest time. At the Bois Forte Reservation in northern Minnesota, last year was one of the best rice production years that ...
on the Mississippi River. Credit: Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge The place now known as Wisconsin has a rich history of wild rice harvesting dating back thousands of ...
From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR News senior editor Leah Lemm walks with her son Marvin from his school bus stop on Jan. 2. So, she set out with a ...
While it is now paddy farmed in parts of California and Minnesota, the truly wild rice or “lake rice” is still available. This is thanks in large part to preservation and harvesting efforts by ...
(Photo courtesy of Alicia Carhart/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) The place today known as Wisconsin has a rich history of wild rice harvesting dating back thousands of years with the ...
The place now known as Wisconsin has a rich history of wild rice harvesting dating back thousands of years with the Menominee, the original people of the area who were named “People of the Wild ...
From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. SHELBY, Wisconsin — If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch ...
Wild rice is an annual plant ... lakes are typically waist-high — far easier to shake into a boat to harvest, Larson said. And it appears to be more resilient to water fluctuations.