Tag: wild rice restoration
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Rooted in Respect: How Amy Carrozzino-Lyon Is Reviving Wetlands and Relationships Through Wild Rice | Natural Resources Institute
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By Anne Marie Nardi Most days, you’ll find Amy Carrozzino-Lyon knee-deep in the soft shallows of the bay of Green Bay, scattering seeds of wild rice by hand. But what looks like a quiet act of restoration is, in truth, part of something far more powerful—a movement to restore not only wetlands, but connections: to…
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Wild Rice in the Classroom | Freshwater Collaborative
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UW-Green Bay’s Wild Rice in the Classroom project celebrated its sixth year with more than 190 students attending wild rice planting field trips at four locations. Throughout the academic year, nearly 1,000 students planted wild rice in their classrooms as part of the program. Students learn about shoreline restoration, the cultural importance of wild rice…
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Evers seeks funds for Oneida Nation’s environmental project in budget | Green Bay Press-Gazette
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ONEIDA – Part of Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget includes $875,000 to help fund the Oneida Nation’s environmental restoration project on the reservation. Over the past year, the tribe has restored about 3,000 acres of wetlands, grasslands, prairies and forests on the reservation. The governor’s budget includes an annual investment of $175,000 for five years…
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Conservation partners and community members to seed wild rice on Green Bay west shore
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Conservation partners, middle and high school students, and community groups will work together to seed 25 acres of bay of Green Bay coastal wetlands with ~1,200 lbs. of wild rice in late October and early November. This marks the sixth year of seeding as part of the restoration project, informed by UW-Green Bay aquatic…
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Here’s how Indigenous wild rice is helping restore wetlands in the Green Bay area
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SUAMICO – As Cindy Reffke looks out across the Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve, she imagines the wild rice plants that have disappeared, but are now desperately needed to restore the environment and sustain the waterfowl she loves. “I’ve always believed that if we would’ve listened to the Native Americans we wouldn’t have the problems we have…
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300 pounds of wild rice seeding planned for Green Bay west shore with help of community groups
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Teams of UW-Green Bay staff and students, Oconto Sportsmen’s Club members, Appleton Breakfast Rotary Club members, middle and high school students, and conservation partners will seed ~300 lbs. of wild rice at coastal wetlands along the bay of Green Bay over the next few weeks. This year marks the fifth year of seeding effort as…
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Community Engagement in Wild Rice and Native Wetland Plant Restoration: Lessons Learned in Adaptation and Resilience
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Although the pandemic year of 2020 dealt a blow to wild rice restoration efforts, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Manoomin (Wild Rice) team decided to take a key lesson learned from this incredible plant: resilience and adaptation. The first challenge was the seeds: after being carefully stored over the winter, the wild rice seeds decided…