Wild Rice

MPCA Hosting Wild Rice Standards Study Open House

The Minnesota Pollution Control agency will host an open house Thursday to provide an update on its long-term study on whether the state should revise its water quality standard for protecting wild rice beds.

2013/02/27

Simple Recipes: Healthful Holiday Treats

These four holiday recipes are both scrumptious and healthy.

2012/12/05

MPCA Board To Hear Wild Rice Study Update

The Citizens Board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency hears an update Tuesday on a major study on a water quality standard meant to protect wild rice.

2012/11/26

Bite Of Minnesota: Balsamic Roasted Squash & Wild Rice

Amidst all of the election buzz, we still have to eat. As much as I’ve been craving tacos, chips, and even Jucy Lucys (thanks, WCCO web staffers), I’m trying to stick on the healthy path this week.

2012/11/06

U Of M announces Top 10 Plants That Changed Minn.

The University of Minnesota has issued a list of the top 10 plants that have changed Minnesota and how its people live today.

2012/05/30

Wild Rice Water Quality Suit Dismissed

A judge has dismissed a Chamber of Commerce lawsuit that challenged Minnesota’s water quality standards for protecting wild rice.

2012/05/11

Wild Rice And Sulfates Study Begins This Spring

Research begins this spring into the effects of sulfates in water on Minnesota’s wild rice stands.

2012/04/16

Researchers Take Water Samples For Wild Rice Study

Researchers have begun gathering water samples for a study mandated by the Legislature on what the state’s water quality standards to protect wild rice should be.

2011/08/30

Water Standard Delayed On Wild Rice Issue

Environmental groups are upset over a provision in Minnesota’s new budget that will delay enforcement of a water quality standard meant to protect the state’s wild rice beds.

2011/07/27

Judge Allows Challenge To Wild Rice Protections

A judge is allowing a lawsuit to go forward that challenges Minnesota’s water quality standards for protecting wild rice.

2011/05/12

Wild Rice Rally To Greet Dayton On Fishing Opener

A rally in support of protections for wild rice will greet Gov. Mark Dayton when he travels to northern Minnesota for the fishing opener.

2011/05/12

Environmentalists Launch Wild Rice Hotdish Protest

The Minnesota Environmental Partnership is sending a tongue-in-cheek message to legislators: Enjoy your wild rice hotdish now – before Minnesota’s waters are too contaminated to produce the official state grain.

2011/04/20

In Minn., Copper Mining Runs Afoul Of Wild Rice

Wild rice is sacred to the Ojibwe of Minnesota, but that may not be enough to protect it from the promise of jobs that a new copper-nickel mining industry would bring to the state.

2011/04/15

Bite Of Minnesota: Wild Rice & Pear-Stuffed Squash

As soon as I see winter squash at the market, I start to stock up. While winter squash usually makes an appearance at the dinner table when the weather is cooler, I still cannot help but pack a few varieties in my market bag as soon as possible.

CBS Minnesota–2010/09/21

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