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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Water Resources Management Specialist Scott Van Egeren tosses wild rice seed into the air for it to fan out and fall into Spur Lake. Wild rice has declined across the Upper Midwest over the last century.
Katie Thoresen
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Harvest Public Media
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 1900s.
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