Wild Rice Restoration
REFERENCES
GLIFWC Wild Rice Seeding Guidelines. Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Wisconsin Biology Technical Note 4 Wild Rice Seeding Guidelines. United States Department of Agriculture
Wild Rice Community Restoration. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
RESTORATION EFFORTS
Various Lakes, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and The Stewardship Network (Michigan) - "The Stewardship Network & Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are developing a habitat protection and restoration project that is a unique synergy of traditional ecological knowledge (regarding wild rice protection, propagation, and use) and state-of-the-art technology (high-resolution multispectral imagery). We will implement an exportable habitat restoration project whose implementation will result in significant restored or protected acres of wildlife habitat, support for healthy ecological communities, and that will serve as a template for other such efforts in the Great Lakes region..." The Stewardship Network
Dead River, Manoomin Project (Michigan) - “In northern Michigan, the grain has proven to be a powerful healing tool for young people trying to find a new path in life. At-risk teens sentenced in juvenile court for minor crimes are restoring the once native grain to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with help from American Indian tribes...” Zimbio
The River Raisin, River Raisin Institute (Michigan) - “The Institute is partnering with local schools, governments and community-based organizations on a collaborative project to restore native wild rice to wetlands in the River Raisin Watershed...” River Raisin Institute
Ogechi Lake, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (Minnesota) - "At one time members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe could harvest wild rice growing on the small Ogechie Lake, one of the three lakes formed along the Rum River after it leaves the impressive 132,516-acre Mille Lacs Lake. The lake produced tens of thousands of pounds of wild rice – manoomin – a plant of high cultural importance for the Ojibwe people. Then in the early 1950s, a dam was installed that raised the modest 411-acre lake’s water more than three feet – higher than the rice was able to grow and flooding out an ecological, economic and cultural legacy. Now once again, some 60 years later, wild rice may flourish anew on Ogechie Lake because of an agreement between the Mille Lacs band’s Department of Natural Resources/Environment and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...." Indian Country Today
Various lakes, Fon du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Minnesota) - "The Fond du Lac Natural Resources Program is responsible for the wild rice management and restoration activities. The primary method of wild rice lake management is by controlling water levels on the lakes by operating water control structures (dams), ditch maintenance, and beaver dam management..." Fon du Lac Natural Resources
Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) - "Between 1989 and 1999, 275 of 325 acres of wild rice were lost. But over the past decade, the reserve’s many partners, most notably the Patuxent River Park, have undertaken highly effective restoration to combat the impact. New rice has been planted, and geese-grazing has been controlled. Today nearly 200 acres are again robust and restoration efforts continue...” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jug Bay (Maryland) - "Widespread decline in the 1990’s and recovery after restoration efforts... ” Maryland Department of Natural Resources
GLIFWC Wild Rice Seeding Guidelines. Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Wisconsin Biology Technical Note 4 Wild Rice Seeding Guidelines. United States Department of Agriculture
Wild Rice Community Restoration. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
RESTORATION EFFORTS
Various Lakes, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and The Stewardship Network (Michigan) - "The Stewardship Network & Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are developing a habitat protection and restoration project that is a unique synergy of traditional ecological knowledge (regarding wild rice protection, propagation, and use) and state-of-the-art technology (high-resolution multispectral imagery). We will implement an exportable habitat restoration project whose implementation will result in significant restored or protected acres of wildlife habitat, support for healthy ecological communities, and that will serve as a template for other such efforts in the Great Lakes region..." The Stewardship Network
Dead River, Manoomin Project (Michigan) - “In northern Michigan, the grain has proven to be a powerful healing tool for young people trying to find a new path in life. At-risk teens sentenced in juvenile court for minor crimes are restoring the once native grain to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with help from American Indian tribes...” Zimbio
The River Raisin, River Raisin Institute (Michigan) - “The Institute is partnering with local schools, governments and community-based organizations on a collaborative project to restore native wild rice to wetlands in the River Raisin Watershed...” River Raisin Institute
Ogechi Lake, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (Minnesota) - "At one time members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe could harvest wild rice growing on the small Ogechie Lake, one of the three lakes formed along the Rum River after it leaves the impressive 132,516-acre Mille Lacs Lake. The lake produced tens of thousands of pounds of wild rice – manoomin – a plant of high cultural importance for the Ojibwe people. Then in the early 1950s, a dam was installed that raised the modest 411-acre lake’s water more than three feet – higher than the rice was able to grow and flooding out an ecological, economic and cultural legacy. Now once again, some 60 years later, wild rice may flourish anew on Ogechie Lake because of an agreement between the Mille Lacs band’s Department of Natural Resources/Environment and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...." Indian Country Today
Various lakes, Fon du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Minnesota) - "The Fond du Lac Natural Resources Program is responsible for the wild rice management and restoration activities. The primary method of wild rice lake management is by controlling water levels on the lakes by operating water control structures (dams), ditch maintenance, and beaver dam management..." Fon du Lac Natural Resources
Chesapeake Bay (Maryland) - "Between 1989 and 1999, 275 of 325 acres of wild rice were lost. But over the past decade, the reserve’s many partners, most notably the Patuxent River Park, have undertaken highly effective restoration to combat the impact. New rice has been planted, and geese-grazing has been controlled. Today nearly 200 acres are again robust and restoration efforts continue...” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jug Bay (Maryland) - "Widespread decline in the 1990’s and recovery after restoration efforts... ” Maryland Department of Natural Resources
