Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

This creamy chicken and wild rice soup is the perfect cold-weather comfort meal. Tender chicken, nutty wild rice, and a rich, velvety broth come together in every spoonful. It’s hearty, satisfying, ...

When you share meat from a deer, or a duck, or a fish you have killed, you are participating in an essential human sacrament. It was wild meat that made us who we are. And it was hunters who supplied ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has released harvest numbers for the Fall 2025–26 big game hunting seasons on black bears, deer, and wild turkeys. According to DWR ...

While I tend toward one-pan meals all year long, this colder weather has definitely put hotdish on my mind. When you’ve got a creamy carb topped with cheese and something crunchy, it almost doesn’t ...

1. Sauté onion in butter then add flour and broth. 2. Cook to a boil for about 1 minute. 3. Add rice, chicken, carrots, almonds and salt; simmer for 5 minutes. 4. Blend in evaporated skim milk and ...

Around August of each year, when temperatures swell in the Great Lakes region, wild rice — or manoomin in the Ojibwe language — begins to flower. Rice stalks can grow as high as 10 feet in the shallow ...

Minnesota state officials have announced plans to conduct further analysis of the impacts of sulfate pollution on wild rice in Minnesota lakes and rivers. The announcement comes amid concerns that ...

Michigan wildlife officials are expanding their work with tribal nations to help restore more wild rice to the state’s lakes and streams. Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) experts and the ...

Roger Labine uses ricing sticks, or knockers, to harvest wild rice on Lake Tawas. Every year as summer ends, Indigenous Michiganders head out onto lakes and rivers to collect wild rice, a staple food ...