Updates and Articles
May 1, 2024
We're intentionally developing our ESI summer programming to better help youth know, feel and care for the Mississippi River. Here's how we hope to facilitate deeper connections. Read more
April 30, 2024
Ongoing efforts to address Minnesota’s most pressing water quality challenges and opportunities. Read more
April 24, 2024
A Clean Transportation Standard might be one of FMR’s most ambitious — and important — legislative goals. Read more
April 23, 2024
What can the outstretched limbs of a bur oak reveal about the land? Here's how our ecologists find signs underfoot and overhead to understand a place before beginning to restore its habitat. Read more
April 15, 2024
Located along the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of the Broadway Avenue bridge, this site is home to a veterans memorial, an FMR-installed raingarden, and a multi-year community partnership with the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization. Read more
April 11, 2024
We’ll be advocating for critical investments in clean-water crops such as Kernza, as well as more support for the local businesses nurturing their use. Read more
April 10, 2024
Joining us for our Earth Day cleanup? Find signs of spring and signs of habitat restoration as you volunteer! Read more
April 9, 2024
To foster more chances for Twin Cities youth to deepen their own relationships with the water, we'll be adding more on-water experiences to our programming. Read more
April 5, 2024
This legislative session, FMR is once again pursuing funding to install a deterrent at Lock and Dam 5 — but with a key difference from last year. Read more
March 21, 2024
FMR recently signed on to a letter to legislators urging investment in Minnesota's public lands. Many of the special places our ecologists and volunteers work in depend on state support. Read more
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Pine Bend Bluffs SNA, Inver Grove Heights
Applications due Wednesday, May 15 by 5 p.m.
Virtual and in-person
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Nicollet Island, Minneapolis