Wisconsin’s date-regulated wild rice harvesting lakes will be closed for wild rice harvest in 2019:

The following list of Wisconsin’s date-regulated wild rice harvesting lakes will be closed for wild rice harvest in 2019:

Barron County:

  • Beaver Dam Lake
  • Red Cedar Lake

Burnett County:

  • Bashaw Lake
  • Big Sand
  • Mud Lake (Town of Oakland)
  • Spencer Lake

Douglas County:

  • Allouez Bay
  • Mulligan Lake

Forest County:

  • Riley Lake
  • Wabikon Lake
  • Atkins Lake

Oneida County:

  • Little Rice Lake
  • Rice Lake
  • Spur Lake

Polk County:

  • Balsam Branch
  • Big Round
  • East (Lotus) Lake
  • Glenton (Rice Lake Near Milltown)
  • Lt. Butternut Lake

Vilas County:

  • (Mickeys) Mud Lake
  • Allequash Lake
  • Devine Lake
  • Frost Lake
  • Irving Lake
  • Little Rice Lake
  • Rice Lake
  • West Plum Lake

Washburn County:

  • Spring Lake (Minong Township)

 

Wild rice harvest regulations can be found on the Wisconsin DNR website, by searching for “wild rice.”

Stay tuned for additional bulletins on more date-regulated lake openings.