State project to restore wild rice
OSHKOSH — A major transportation project in northeastern Wisconsin will include reinstating traditional Native American wild rice beds.
Many of the beds have disappeared because of development. But US 41 Project coordinators from the Department of Transportation say they will seek the input of tribal leaders in reinstating the beds.
Gwen Carr is a Cayuga Indian and Outreach Coordinator for the US 41 Project, which includes Winnebago and Brown Counties. Carr said they’re seeking the knowledge of Wisconsin ricing chiefs to reinstate the traditional, cultural, and spiritual aspects that impact the growth and success of wild rice.
Wisconsin Public Radio News said the cost is expected to be about 1 percent of the project’s estimated cost of $1.5 billion. ——— Information from: Wisconsin Public Radio, http://www.wpr.org
Jan 22, 2011 at 10:24 a.m.
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Wild rice...
It's a good thing...
Jan 22, 2011 at 10:20 a.m.
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mouse - very derogatory post. I need not say more!
Jan 21, 2011 at 3:08 p.m.
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Are these traditional Native American wild rice beds on traditional Native American land?
Either way, if I don't have Kikkoman® brand soy sauce, I'm not eating it!
Jan 21, 2011 at 1:44 p.m.
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I tend to believe the 15 million for rice is a bit misleading. In any project there is always cost to "fix" things, smooth things over and put the finishing touches on a project. There's always grasses, landscaping, trees, and other things they do to finish a project. I'd guess the cost is pretty similiar on a project this size no matter how they "finish" it.
Jan 21, 2011 at 1:29 p.m.
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Wild rice is the code name for a secret high speed rail project.
Jan 21, 2011 at 12:19 p.m.
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cc, your calculations are not possible. Take .01 and multiply by 1,500,000,000. What do you get? 15,000,000. Or simply put 1,500,000,000 and cross off the last two zeros because we move the decimal point two places to the left. Voila! 15,000,000! That's 15 million bucks for rice. Now pay up.
Jan 21, 2011 at 11:44 a.m.
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I believe the math is $225 thousand for the wild rice part of this $1.5 billion project.
Jan 21, 2011 at 11:09 a.m.
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dheffel - Wild rice is crucial for waterfowl and wetlands and shallow water areas. I understand people are worried about the cost, but it's also unfortunate some of these projects have destroyed some of our wonderful land.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/highlig...
Jan 21, 2011 at 10:51 a.m.
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Okay, I re-read the blurb, but am still confused. Is the road project to cost 1.5 billion and the rice *just* (a measly) 15 mil? Still seems like way too much money for WILD rice.
Jan 21, 2011 at 10:51 a.m.
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Is there some environmental benefit to planting the wild rice? Would it be better to plant native grasses / plants?
Is there some other benefit to the wild rice? Just wondering.
Jan 21, 2011 at 10:48 a.m.
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Why will it cost over a billion dollars to plant wild rice? This is part of the reason people are so ticked off about taxes. A BILLION dollars for wild rice. I can think of a lot of other things that money could be used for.
Jan 21, 2011 at 10:05 a.m.
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So let me get this right. We are going to spend 15 million dollars on planting wild rice? Sure is nice that wpr phrased it as only costing 1 percent of the projects budget. Oh by the way the total budget is 1.5 billion! Who was making the point in another thread the other day about how there is just nothing to trim in our budgets? Wild rice? Really?
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