15 acres of substrate surface in Mallard Bay was cleared of emergent vegetation in 2003. No wild rice plants were evident in this portion of the bay at the time of clearing. Barge use for clearing purposes also produces a residual, cultivating effect to the lake bottom soils. 
One growing season later, a dense stand of wild rice re-colonized the portion of Mallard Bay previously cleared of plant overgrowth. No artificial seeding of the site was necessary. Regeneration was by existing wild rice seed, present in the bottom substrate. 
|
