We are grateful for the hospitality of our host, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, for welcoming us to their homelands.
Co-Hosts
Bay Mills Indian Community
Brothertown Indian Nation, Eeyamquittoowauconnock
College of Menominee Nation – Sustainable Development Institute
Consortium for Cooperative Ecological Resilience
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Michigan Wild Rice Initiative
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Planning Committee
This collaborative effort has been further supported by a planning committee that includes representatives from a variety of Tribal Nations, entities, and agencies, as well as federal and state agencies, academic institutions, and private organizations. We are thankful for the knowledge, time, and advice they are generously contributing to this effort to prepare us to gather in a good way and reach our shared objectives.
Bureau of Indian Affairs – Midwest Region
Compass Resource Management
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program
Northwestern University/STRONG Manoomin Collective
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
River Alliance of Wisconsin
TetraTech
US Environmental Protection Agency – Region 5
University of Michigan – Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
US Fish and Wildlife Service
This effort is partially supported by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as part of NOAA’s Supporting the Development of System Resilience Indicators for Wild Rice in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron project. It is a multi-year effort between NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities, academia, and tribal, state, and federal agencies. In its third and current phase, the project has focused on improving understanding of the past, present, and future dynamics and stressors that impact Wild Rice distribution and resilience in the Great Lakes. Past phases of the work are summarized here: Collaborative Great Lakes Manoomin (Wild Rice) Project
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