Combine the wild rice, salt, and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until kernels are open ...

From the air, the Keetac tailings basin looks out of place, a complex of lakes and mud flats rising from the pines and bogs ...

Also: Inflatable watercraft have people super pumped in the land of lakes. And diminishing wild rice harvests feed a debate ...