Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are a serious threat to wild rice waters. Be aware of the risks and help prevent the spread of AIS. For more information on wild rice in your area contact your local DNR wildlife manager or a Shallow Lakes Program specialist.

Wild rice attracts many wild birds, especially waterfowl and red-winged blackbirds, and it also provides nesting cover for waterfowl. Management strategy: It is best to let wild rice grow. In addition to providing good habitat for wildlife, wild rice is a substantial food crop worth at least $2 million to the state's economy each year.

2018年9月17日 · International Joint Commission writer Kevin Bunch describes how damming along the chain of lakes and rivers on the Canadian border has made it difficult for rice to grow, and human manipulation of water levels has made it …

dependent wildlife species in Minnesota. Wild rice habitat is especially important to Minnesota’s migrating and breeding waterfowl and provides Minnesotans with unique recreation opportunities: hunting waterfowl

Invasive species are species that are not native to Minnesota and cause economic, social, or environmental harm, or harm to human health. Minnesota's natural resources are threatened by a number of invasive species such as zebra mussels, Eurasian watermilfoil, common buckthorn, and emerald ash borer.

2024年2月20日 · Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) is an aquatic grass that is endemic to North America (Minnesota, Wisconsin and central-south Canada). The species has been given several common names including Manoomin (“good berry/seed”), and “folle avoine” (fool’s or wild oats).

2024年7月1日 · Invasive ‘rusties’ add another challenge to growing Minnesota wild rice. Whether you call them crawfish, crawdads or crayfish, one species of these small lobster-like crustaceans may be a problem for northern Minnesota wild rice. The rusty crayfish is a prolific and aggressive species, native to the Ohio River basin.

The spread of invasive starry stonewort (SSW) in Minnesota poses significant concerns for lake ecosystems, particularly where it intersects with vulnerable species like wild rice.

Invasive species can be plants or animals. The sooner landowners take action to curb the spread of invasive plants the better the outcomes for our environment. The Rice SWCD can provide technical and potentially financial resources to Rice County landowners for …

Starry stonewort forms a dense mat that is difficult to get through. In Leech, it has infested some wild rice beds. Studies are underway to better understand its impact. This video, from the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAIRSC), explains more: