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Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall in Northern Minnesota

Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall in Northern Minnesota
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In northern Minnesota, wild rice is being threatened by climate change and increased rainfall

Tribal, state, and federal governments are working to adapt to the changing environment to ensure manoomin lives on in Minnesota, which is home to more acres of natural wild rice than any other state in the country.

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Survival of wild rice threatened by climate change, increased rainfall in northern Minnesota

Wild rice is an aquatic grass that thrives in shallow waters, and serves as a sacred “mashkiki,” or medicine, to the Ojibwe.

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Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall

"Low water levels are critical for manoomin, a sacred crop for the Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes region. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable."

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Ojibwe wild rice in Minnesota at risk due to climate change

Climate change and increased rainfalls are threatening the future of wild rice in northern Minnesota, a sacred medicine of the Ojibwe.

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