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Prairie above, forest below: Tawas Lake is home to Michigan’s largest wild rice bed

Aug 27, 2025 | Daily News

Tawas Lake, a 1,600-acre inland lake not far from Lake Huron, is home to Michigan’s largest bed of native wild rice, called manoomin in the Native Anishinaabemowin language. A new lake management plan for Tawas Lake will start with efforts to remove invasive species from the lake – a goal everyone supports. Read the full story by MLive.


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