Officials, local groups work to re-establish wild rice in St. Louis River estuary

Kaitie Marsaa paddled her kayak up to a small stand of wild rice plants protruding from the shallow backwaters of the St. Louis River estuary and saw the damage:

Several stems of the tall, slim grass came to a blunt, squared end - the casualty, she figured, of a Canada goose.

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