In the Media

FMR Ecologist Alex Roth explained how removing buckthorn improves habitat and water quality in this article about FMR's last volunteer event of the season.

After pausing for the pandemic, Minneapolis will once again charge 5 cents for carryout bags. FMR Water Program Director Trevor Russell gave KSTP a tour of plastics found on the Mississippi River to explain the benefits of the ordinance.

Birds like the endangered Henslow's sparrow find their nesting ground in an undeveloped 77-acre parcel of land next to Battle Creek Regional Park, part of the Mississippi River flyway. Though the natural resource study for this rare grassland has yet to be completed, the county has begun to call for development ideas. FMR River Corridor Director Colleen O'Connor Toberman is quoted.

While city officials have opted to maintain ownership of the land beneath the publicly funded concert stadium, the controversial Upper Harbor Terminal redevelopment plan still doesn't go far enough. FMR Board Member Paul Bauknight is quoted.

Ramsey County is eyeing a former golf course and two largely undeveloped sites for redevelopment near the St. Paul-Maplewood border. They're grappling with a big question: How can we create the housing the Twin Cities needs, while also preserving the homes of other species whose populations are collapsing? FMR River Corridor Director Colleen O'Connor Toberman says we can have both.

In this article, shortly before Rep. McCollum introduced the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to Congress, FMR's Executive Director Whitney Clark was quoted: "We need a coordinated, holistic approach, one that respects and supports local solutions.”