Wild rice is the “canary in the coal mine” for lakes and streams – Researchers use it to track water quality

(Natural News) Determining the health of a lake or a stream could be done by looking for the presence of wild rice. According to a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota, wild rice is to these bodies of water as a canary is to a coal mine. Their sensitivity to their surroundings is...

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