ONEIDA – Tony Kuchma, wetlands program coordinator for the Oneida Nation, was exploring the tribe’s newly restored wetlands area one day about 15 years ago when he saw something that made him react as ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since the early ...

SUAMICO (WLUK) -- A restoration project is underway in the waters of Green Bay to help a native plant grow. Crews are planting wild rice up and down the western shoreline. Inside big white bags sits ...

A. Comparison of the panicles of wild rice and cultivated rice: When wild rice seeds ripen, seed shattering occurs in which they naturally fall to the ground. B. Comparison of the seed bases between ...

Wild rice that grows in Michigan’s clearest and most pristine waters will be the focus of new state efforts to safeguard among the most culturally and ecologically important native plants in the upper ...

DULUTH — The dwindling number of Minnesotans who take to lakes and rivers to harvest wild rice late each summer will have to wait a little longer to start this year's season, according to Department ...