Updates and Articles

Federal firings, freezes and FMR: A note from our executive director
March 7, 2025
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
March 3, 2025
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"
Special supporter event celebrated the great blue heron through poetry
February 26, 2025
We invited members and SuperVolunteers to a morning poetry reading from the anthology "Broad Wings, Long Legs." Check out our heron map, read some of the featured poems and find out how you can participate in our next event like this. Read more
Supporters listen to poetry
We're hiring: Biofuels Policy Manager
February 25, 2025
Join our Water team to advance biofuel solutions that improve water quality and farm prosperity. Read more
Person holds oilseed crop, text: "FMR is hiring"
On the national level...
February 20, 2025
A lot is happening in D.C. Here's a quick word to our supporters, originally published in our e-newsletter, Mississippi Messages. Read more
FMR urges MPCA to develop long-overdue nitrate standards
February 13, 2025
How much nitrate in our surface waters is safe for plants and animals? We don't know, because the MPCA still hasn't established standards. Read more
An MPCA staffer in waders reaches down to get a sample from shallow waters.
For the river: Jacob's river story
February 7, 2025
Our Stewardship & Education Program Director tells stories of a childhood love for Minnehaha Creek, learning to run rapids and his riverside sit spot of 20 years, and reflects on why he wanted to work for the river. Read more
Two kiddos in canoe
Bumble bee habitat: What we've learned from monitoring (so far)
February 7, 2025
How can we make the best possible habitat for bumble bees? That's the gist of the question Friends of the Mississippi River is trying to answer.  Read more
Bee on bee balm
Is the proposed riverbed mine in Cottage Grove legal?
February 7, 2025
What's next for the proposed mine in — yes, in — the Mississippi River backwaters near Grey Cloud Island? Read more
View from Pine Bend Bluffs of Mississippi River and Grey Cloud Island
FMR's 2024 annual report now live
January 28, 2025
Celebrating all that our community of river supporters accomplished in 2024 to steward the Mississippi River for generations to come. Read more
River with trees and bird

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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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