A Changing Climate/Farmers

NPR/Morning Edition

Rebecca Hersher

So far there are limited strategies for protecting wild rice harvests. Diverting runoff for slowing down floodwater so it doesn’t destroy plants could help, but rising temperatures may ultimately lead the plant’s range to shrink northward into Canada.

That would be bad news for people who currently harvest wild rice on reservations. “Migration as an adaptation strategy for tribes is not really an option,” says Melonee Montano, who works on traditional ecological knowledge outreach at GLIFWC. “Our land is fixed. All we can do is to work together to improve awareness and look for solutions.”

Climate Change Threatens Midwest’s Wild Rice

A Staple For Native Americans

Full Article:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/07/632840187/climate-change-threatens-midwests-wild-rice-a-staple-for-native-americans