Six short essays on gathering wild rice, and stories of harvesting wild rice in the northern forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Come explore the north country where wild wild rice still grows.

Podcast 6 Ready Or Not

Podcast 5 History Lessons

Podcast 4 Watching Berries And Wild Rice

Podcast 3 Crossing Over

Podcast 2 Landing At Mallard Lake

Podcast 1 Connections

Annette Dray Drewes, Ph.D. is a scientist, educator and gatherer of wild rice. She speaks and writes about native wild rice ecology and the harvesting culture this wild grass supports. A leading authority on a disappearing tradition, she is dedicated to raising awareness of lake and river wild wild rice, a threatened keystone species of the Upper Midwest. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin- Madison she lives with her husband and two wirehaired dogs in the north woods of Minnesota.

Wild Rice Voices