A new effort to protect a historic Wisconsin natural resource.
Wild rice is known as manoomin by the Ojibwe people who harvest on northern Wisconsin waterways. Governor Tony Evers has appointed 24 people to the Wild Rice Stewardship Council, which he established through an Executive Order on Indigenous Peoples’ Day last October. The group is charged with preserving wild rice stewardship and supporting Tribal treaty rights.
Council members include representatives from Wisconsin’s 11 federally recognized Tribes, the DNR, DATCP, the Office of Environmental Justice and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
The executive order designates the first week of September as “Wild Rice Week” to raise awareness for and appreciation of wild rice.
