Updates and Articles

You're invited: Our River Campaign event series
Buy tickets now for any of these four events: music in the prairie with The Cactus Blossoms, dinner crafted with clean-water crops, a paddleboat cruise through St. Paul and a juried river art show opening. Read more
Our River Event Series
MDA unveils latest recipients of clean-water crops grants
These local businesses and organizations are getting an important financial boost as they work to support clean-water crops. Read more
Gloved hands hold a bag of winter camelina seeds. They are being poured into an unidentifiable, large, green piece of machinery.
Speak up for strong riverfront rules in St. Paul
St. Paul's long-awaited Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area ordinance is finally coming up for public comment. Unfortunately, the updated draft removes bird-safe building requirements and other vital riverfront protections. Here's how to help. Read more
Birds fly over Harrient Island and river
St. Paul residents: Write your city council member, urge them to pass a strong MRCCA ordinance
St. Paul residents can take additional action on St. Paul MRCCA by writing to their city council member. Read more
St. Paul from Harriet Island Credit: Steve Cronin
Judge tells Minneapolis to comply with its riverfront development rules
In 2024, the city of Minneapolis approved a request to build a home on the edge of an erosion-prone riverfront bluff. Now a judge has stepped in, preventing the construction and a bad precedent. Read more
Rendering of house development on river bluff
Enhanced tax credit could boost most-sustainable aviation fuel options
Winter-hardy oilseeds are our most sustainable near-term option for a lower-carbon jet fuel. Read more
A plane flying against a blue sky. Text says "MNLEG 2025"
Where to find herons in the Twin Cities metro
There's a reason our logo features a heron — we love these birds, and these birds love the river. We've put together a guide to heron hotspots so you can marvel along with us. Read more
Great blue heron approaches nest
FMR launches new volunteer pollinator monitoring program
Do you get excited when you spot the first monarch butterfly each year? Do you enjoy identifying plants and pollinators when you’re out for a hike? FMR may have just the volunteer opportunity for you. Read more
Woman in field tracking observations
Federal firings, freezes and FMR: A note from our executive director
What impacts will federal actions have on our work and on the Mississippi River? Here's what we know so far. Read more
Minneapolis' Nicollet Island and the Mississippi River
'Kernza is one of the solutions': Clean-water crops at the Capitol
We'll be working with our Forever Green Partnership colleagues to advance two bipartisan proposals related to clean-water crops. Read more
A close-up of purple perennial flax flowers. Text says "MNLEG 2025"

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
West River Parkway and 36th Street/44th Street, Minneapolis
Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
MWMO, Northeast Minneapolis riverfront
Apply now for spring through summer program
Sites in Elk River, Hastings or Inver Grove Heights