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FMR maintains over three dozen habitat restoration and land protection sites in the metro area. Find out more about some of these special places below.
You can also see a map of all of our protection and restoration sites and learn more about our approach and Land Conservation program.
At the William H. Houlton Conservation Area — one of the largest undeveloped riverfront properties in the metro — we're restoring 160 acres of soybean field and grazed grasslands into prairie and oak savanna, plus stewarding over 150 acres of upland and floodplain forest at the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi rivers. >>
Read moreBeside riverfront railroads and beneath blufftop Dakota burial mounds, this St. Paul natural area is a sacred place. We're partnering with Native-led Wakáŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi to restore its habitat with culturally important practices and plants to better honor the site's history and ongoing importance to Dakota people. >>
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