ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – A $100,000 grant to help protect wild rice, one of Michigan’s most culturally and ecologically important native plants, has been awarded to the University of Michigan by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy, EGLE.
Once plentiful in places like northern Michigan, now wild rice is threatened by climate change, habitat loss, uninformed harvesting practices, and degraded water quality.
The two-year grant from the Michigan Great Lak...