SORA is a non-profit organization formed to preserve and enhance the culture, ecology and sustainability of native wild rice. In February 2008 SORA received Community Assistance Program (CAP) funding through the National Forest Foundation.

The Annual Meeting of SORA is held the first Saturday in August.

What’s in a name?  Save Our Rice Alliance came from playing with the acronym SORA.  A Sora (Porzana carolina) is a small, secretive marsh bird or rail that is common in North America and often found in natural stands of wild rice. Also referred to as “rice hens” by harvesters, sora rails have a distinctive, downward spiraling call – making them often heard, but not seen. These birds are soras at Mallard Lake, Minnesota.