Tomorrow, February 10th from 10:45 to noon central time join the Stewardship Network for a live webcast on Manoomin Restoration. Below is an excerpt from the website regarding the webcast:
Although we may not readily think of rice when thinking about Great Lakes ecosystems, manoomin, the Ojibwe name for wild rice, is an important aspect of Great Lakes tribal culture, history, and local conservation efforts. Join Roger LaBine of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in discussing the cultural importance of Manoomin, difficulties in local conservation efforts, and growing concerns, such as corporations seeking to patent manoomin’s unique genetic make-up.
Ojibwe are working to restore wild rice to their native lands across the Great Lakes Region. Restoration efforts vary, depending on the changes that have taken place. Higher water levels due to water control structures on some lakes have limited wild rice growth; stabilized water levels and changing flow patterns may have also contributed to increased growth of pickerel weed and cattails, species which are native to the area but compete with wild rice in shallow areas. More information is needed to understand the relationships between water levels, native vegetation growth and competition with wild rice.
Annette, I just found what you are doing on this blog. I have to admit I really don't even know what a blog is. Is it different than a website, or a forum, or emailing? Is it designed to be interactive between multiple parties? Possibly others looking at the SORA website are wondering the same thing? Anyway, I'm happy to see what you're doing, and I intend to follow along on a regular basis. Keep up the good work, my wife and I spend many winter hours talking about last year and next years rice harvesting.Jerry Wotczak
Hi Jerry!Glad to see you found us! Thanks for the suggestions, I will answer them in my next blog!-Annette