Tag: wild rice harvest

Wild rice harvest underway on White Earth Reservation

Wild Rice Harvest on the White Earth Reservation is now underway and Cliff Crowell from the White Earth Natural Resources Department has an exciting announcement.   Crowell also gave an update on how the Wild Rice Harvest has looked so far this year.  Crowell also gave some tips to wild rice harvesters and also some harvesting…
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September 6, 2023 0

Ricing season

It’s not just corn, sugar beets and soybeans that are being harvested now across the region.  Wild rice is also being harvested.  Dusty Roy with White Earth Natural Resources talks about this year’s harvest. Roy says harvesting wild rice is a tough job. Roy says while there are many old-timers who are harvesting wild rice,…
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September 23, 2022 0

Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office preparing for wild rice harvesters, safety concerns

By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (8/8/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Beyond the normal recreation on Lakes in Aitkin County, visitors and local residents will soon be flocking lakes to harvest Minnesota’s state grain, wild rice. In our most recent conversation with Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida, the high waters that have receded in the last month have…
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August 8, 2022 0