What Happened to Spur Lake?

Sources & References

The information presented on this website is based on the following sources:

  • Gaby Vinick, Wisconsin Public Radio – "Climate change threatens viability of wild rice on Spur Lake" (July 17, 2023)
    wpr.org
  • Finn Ryan, Wisconsin Conservation Foundation – "Bringing Wild Rice Back to Spur Lake" (2022)
    wisconservation.org
  • Katie Thoresen, WXPR Public Radio – "Wild rice is starting to grow on Spur Lake…for the first time in nearly two decades" (May 14, 2024)
    wxpr.org
  • Katie Thoresen, Nebraska Public Media/Harvest – "Wild rice dwindled in parts of the Upper Midwest. Now efforts are underway to bring it back" (Dec 9, 2024)
    nebraskapublicmedia.org
  • Susan Knight, UW Trout Lake Station – "Field Notes: A Study on Wild Rice" (WXPR, Sept 14, 2021)
    wxpr.org
  • Wisconsin DNR & NIACS – Spur Lake SNA Climate Adaptation Project (2020)
    forestadaptation.org
  • Peter David (GLIFWC) et al. – NASA Technical Report on wild rice lakes data (2017), Tables 5–6
    ntrs.nasa.gov
  • Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio – "Canada geese are being euthanized to promote wild rice restoration..." (Aug 11, 2023)
    wpr.org
  • Aquarius Systems – "Manoomin – Wisconsin's Wild Rice" (2019)
    aquarius-systems.com
  • NiCHE Canada – "Manomin Ecology: Factors that Impact Manomin Growth" (2020)
    niche-canada.org
  • GLIFWC Mazina'igan (Winter 2022–23) – Articles on climate impacts and wild rice
    glifwc.org