Records show wild rice was common around the turn of the 20th century, but poor water quality caused die-offs in the 1980s.

If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as ...

Today, it's covered with impressively tall and thick beds of wild rice. Larson, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist ...

Minnesota Power’s Boswell Energy Center is allowed to pump sulfate-tainted wastewater into the Mississippi River. The state ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ...