ONEIDA – Tony Kuchma, wetlands program coordinator for the Oneida Nation, was exploring the tribe’s newly restored wetlands area one day about 15 years ago when he saw something that made him react as ...

Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Wild ricing season is upon us and harvesters will descend upon lakes and wetlands across the ...

SOUTH CHIPPEWA LAKE, Minn. - Earl and Kathy Hoagland glide through the reedy shallows with a fluid choreography of motion melded by decades of shared work. Earl, planting his long pole in the muddy ...

With its panicles -- or grain heads -- heavy with rice, the upright stems of the rice plant are particularly vulnerable to damage from winds and water the nearer they are to harvest. When crops are ...

THAT’S YOUR RICE SUPPLY RIGHT THERE. THIS RICE IS READY FOR HARVEST. I STRETCHED EVERY DROP AS FAR AS I COULD. CALIFORNIA RICE GROWER CURT RICHTER MANAGED TO SQUEAK OUT ABOUT A QUARTER OF WHAT HE ...

Mark Pero, left, of Solon Springs, uses knocker harvesting sticks to tap manoomin (wild rice) into his canoe as Valerie Ross Zhaawendaagozikwe, of Solon Springs, moves their canoe through the manoomin ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - We have all heard about the high prices and low production during crawfish season. Well, now it’s time for rice harvest. When driving in Southwest Louisiana, it’s pretty ...

"Some rice is pancaked in the worst areas." The previous week, the outlook for Arkansas' rice harvest was upbeat, with Hardke expecting that the state might approach 2021's record yield. However, ...