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New video captures wild rice revival project in Lake Winnebago

New video captures wild rice revival project in Lake Winnebago The waters of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin’s largest inland lake, were once teeming with wild rice – so abundant that historical accounts describe boats struggling to pass through the beds.  This native aquatic plant, known as “mayom” in the Mohegan language and “manoomin” in the Ojibwe …

Learning about Manoomin

Deidre Peroff got to know Generation Z students better on field excursions to learn about wild rice during a meaningful four days last summer.