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Our goal is to protect natural lake wild rice for the next seven generations!
Ricers coming into landing at Big Rice Lake, White Earth Reservation, September 2005
Then . . . With our help, Minnesota State Sen. Becky Lourey and State Rep. Karen Clark, introduced a groundbreaking bill in March 2005 to protect Minnesota's state grain from contamination from genetic engineering. Click link above for details. . . . & Now Preparing for the 2006-2007 Legislative season, we've met with the State Department of Natural Resources and other interested parties, including the Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Council and Tribal representatives to discuss partnering on this important issue.