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An open channel of wetland leads your eye into the dense stand of wild rice covering the remainder of the wetland. Above the water, thin white clouds streak across the blue sky.

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

View of a plentiful wild rice crop on Rice Lake. This native food source draws in both wildlife and people, with ring-necked ducks, birders and Native Americans enjoying the bounty.

Facility

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Zizania aquatica