Lakes

As a part of the Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin collaborative, I am working with tribal partners and researchers to uphold tribal sovereignty and consider the environmental impacts on Manoomin (Ojibwe)/ Psiη (Dakota) / wild rice in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Tribal knowledge of Manoomin suggests that these two activities can have considerable impacts on Manoomin abundance, particularly because of concerns over changing sedimentation and water levels. As a sedimentologist, I bring an understanding of sediment properties and transport to investigate how watersheds have responded to logging, dam installation, lakeshore development, and climate change. Therefore, we want to quantify the sedimentation rate increase associated with these anthropogenic practices and climate change.