 Governor Mark Dayton today announced his appointments to the governor's task force on wild rice. The appointments include three men from the immediate Lakeland viewing area. Gary Drotz of Breinerd, a non-native wild rice harvester, Norman Miranda of Deer River, a municipal wastewater discharger representative, and Al Pemberton of Red Lake who is the director of the Red Lake DNR. The governor's task force on wild rice is a non-partisan group of experts and key stakeholders who are committed to finding a compromise solution to wild rice restoration and protection in Minnesota. The task force is comprised of representatives from tribal nations, industry, environmental advocacy groups, scientists, state government agencies and other stakeholders.