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Steve Vavrus on climate change and impacts to tribal nations

Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus describes how variations in weather patterns affect cultivation of manoomin — wild rice — on tribal lands around the state.

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 29, 2026

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Steve Vavrus on how variations in weather patterns affect cultivation of manoomin.

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