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Decades after it disappeared, wild rice is booming again on the upper Mississippi River Records show wild rice was common around the turn of the 20th century, but poor water quality caused die-offs in the 1980s. Today, it's making a big return on the river. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/12/04/wild-rice-is-booming-on-the-upper-mississippi-river-no-one-knows-why/76432919007/