Bringing Wild Rice Back to Spur Lake
A group of conservation partners have come together to bring manoomin (wild rice), back to Spur Lake in Wisconsin.
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Day V: Waterfowl and wild rice (Thursday, Oct. 1)
Listen to Ruth tell the story of Day V: Day V transcribed: Today is Thursday, Oct. 1, day five of the I Heart Wisconsin: River Trip. Today started with a freezing night, it was about 36 degrees and it was pretty cold, so I’m going to make some adjustments to how I stay comfortable at […]
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Restoring wild rice for waterfowl in the Mead Wildlife Area
By Patrice Eyers, guest blogger from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources As far back as one can imagine, the area that sits between Wausau and Stevens Point along the Little Eau Pleine River, has been cherished for its abundance of natural resources. In pre-settlement times, the Chippewa inhabited Smokey Hill, a forested island in […]
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