LRBOI Wild Rice Research and Monitoring Allison Smart Environmental Coordinator Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
LRBOIWildRiceResearchandMonitoring
AllisonSmartEnvironmentalCoordinator
LittleRiverBandofOttawaIndians
BackgroundontheLittleRiverBandofOttawaIndians
• LocatedinManistee
• BandsthatwouldbecometheLittleRiverBandofOttawaIndiansweresignatoriesof1836TreatyofWashington(Michiganbecameastate10monthslater)
• LRBOIreaffirmedbythefederalgovernmentin1994• OurNaturalResourcesDepartment
has3branches(Environmental,FisheriesandWildlife)and18fulltimestaff
• 1of5CORATribes(LRBOI,LTBB,GTB,SSM,BMIC)• Citizenshavetherighttohuntfish
andgatherwithinthe1836cededterritories(2000GreatLakesand2007InlandConsentDecrees)
WhyDoesWildRiceMatter?TribalCommunities
OurGreatLakesConnectionUniversityofWisconsinExtension1985
WhyDoesWildRiceMatter?
• Habitatforavarietyoforganisms• Supportsothernativeplantspecies• Highnutrientuptake
Ecology
Z.palustris– NorthernWildRice
Z.aquatica– SouthernWildRice
BackgroundonMannomin atLRBOI–Whywearenowresearchedfocused.• CircleofFlightmoniesforrestorationandplanting• Plantedoverseveralyearsinearly2000s• Seedwasplantedin5locations• 2locationsstillhavesomericein2015.• 1sitehasabed,butistoosparsetoharvest
• 1sitehasricethatgrowseveryyearbutinfewnumbers(<50plantsayear)
• Knowledgeexistedthatbothspecies(Z.aquatica/Z.palustris)indigenoustoMIgrowinManisteearea
LRBOIBiologisthadalotofquestionsandveryvery few
answers
2010/2011 Questions
• Why didn’t the rice grow / flourish in areas seeded?
• Based on geography are abiotic habitat parameters similar for wild rice beds in Michigan?
• Are the abiotic habitat parameters different where each species grows?
Sowhydidn’tthericegrow?Accordingtoabiotichabitatparameterssampledwestill
donotknow
Aretheredifferencesbetweensitesbasedongeographiclocations?
UPLPSWLP
Aretheabiotichabitatparametersdifferentbetweenspeciespresent?
Z. palustrisZ. aquatica
StudyingGeneticDiversity
ObservedDistributionofGeneticDiversity
4%
54%
42%
Between MI and MN/WI
Among sites within state groupsWithin sites
DeterminingFishAssemblages
Lookingatwhatfisharefoundinwildricebeds:2017andbeyond
WildRiceMonitoring
• AnnualDensity• AnnualBedArea• AnnualSeedCollection• AnnualSeedContaminateMonitoring(As,Hg,Pb,Cd,Se)(Alotofnon-detects)• WQMonitoring
LookingatBedArea,Density,&WaterDepth
LakeSite
EPARegion5WildRiceMonitoringNetwork
LongTermRestorationPlanning
• LookingatrestoringandenhancingbothspeciestoareasaroundManistee• Continuetoprotectandmonitorcurrentstands• Potentialenhancementthroughplanting• GraduateStudentProject
Questions?
• Acknowledgements• BIA• USEPARegion5• FondDuLacBand• CMU:• WhitneyBelaski• SaraFriedline
• LRBOIStaff
AllisonSmartasmart@lrboi-nsn.gov231-398-2196Formoreinformationfielddata:[email protected]