Updates and Articles

Take action: Help protect community conservation funding
April 3, 2025
More than 77% of Minnesota voters approved this program, which helps ensure smaller organizations and communities can fairly access conservation funding. Read more
Gloved hands holding a small plant at a volunteer event. Text says "MNLEG 2025"
Star Tribune publishes FMR, Forever Green commentary on sustainable jet fuel
April 3, 2025
It makes the case for winter-hardy oilseeds as the most impactful source of sustainable aviation fuel. Read more
A silhouette of a plane against the sky. A headline from the Minnesota Star Tribune is included next to the plane. It says "Farm to flight: A transformative opportunity for Minnesota’s waters."
Welcome, Logan!
March 26, 2025
Our newest staff member has joined our Land Conservation team as a restoration project manager. Read more
Logan in a park
The Clean Water Council and the Clean Water Fund
March 24, 2025
It’s the only environmental fund dedicated purely to reducing pollution and protecting clean water statewide. Read more
Three people wearing waders stand in ankle-deep water.
You're invited: Our River Campaign event series
March 19, 2025
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
Speak up for strong riverfront rules in St. Paul
March 17, 2025
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
March 14, 2025
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
March 12, 2025
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
Where to find herons in the Twin Cities metro near the river
March 10, 2025
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 near our restoration sites so you can marvel along with us. Read more
Great blue heron approaches nest
FMR launches new volunteer pollinator monitoring program
March 10, 2025
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

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Upcoming Events

LGBTQIA2S+ Pride demonstration box tending on Nicollet Island
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Nicollet Island prairie, Minneapolis
Lop buckthorn brush and enjoy a supporter social hour at Vermillion Falls Park
Tuesday, July 7 - 4:30 p.m. social hour, 6:00 p.m. volunteer event
Vermillion Falls Park, Hastings
Tend a prairie at Hastings River Flats Park
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Near the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers, Hastings

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