2017 Wild Rice Date-Regulated Lake Openings and Closures
The following date-regulated lakes are opening to wild rice harvest for the 2017 season
Barron/Washburn Counties
Bear Lake, opening September 1st
Burnett County
Mud Hen Lake, opening September 1st
Long Lake, opening September 1st; closed 9/2 and 9/3; opens 9/4
Briggs Lake, opening September 1st
Mud Lake – Swiss, opening September 1st
Polk County
Big Round, opening September 1st
White Ash Lake, opening September 1st
The following date-regulated lakes are closed to wild rice harvest for the 2017 season
Barron County
Beaver Dam Lake
Red Cedar Lake
Bashaw Lake
Big Sand (historic)
Gaslyn Lake
Mud Lake – Town of Oakland (historic lake)
Spencer Lake
Trade Lake
Douglas County
Allouez Bay (historic lake)
Mulligan Lake
Forest/Oneida Counties
Atkins Lake (historic lake)
Oneida Lake
Little Rice Lake (historic lake)
Spur Lake
Polk County
Balsam Branch
East or Lotus Lake
Glenton (Rice Lake near Milltown – historic lake)
Butternut Lake
Rice Lake (Alden Town)
Mud Lake (Mickeys)
Allequash Lake
Aurora Lake
Devine Lake
Frost Lake
Irving Lake
Little Rice Lake
Nixon Lake
Rice Lake (on G)
West Plum Lake
Gilmore Lake
Little Mud Lake
Long Lake
Mud Lake
Spring Lake (Minong Township)
For further information on harvesting wild rice, licensing, rules and regulations, common questions and answers, or to watch a short video on the tools and techniques of wild rice harvesting, visit the Wisconsin DNR's wild rice webpage by clicking here, or by searching the DNR homepage using keywords "wild rice." Future date-regulated lake opening and closure notifications will be sent as information becomes available.
