Updates and Articles
March 4, 2026
Applications for the ESI Summer Program are open until March 20. Read more
March 4, 2026
Elected leaders, community members and Friends of the Mississippi River are all calling for a full cleanup of Ford Area C. Read FMR's Star Tribune commentary. Read more
March 2, 2026
Five ways you can steward and advocate for the river this Earth Day! Read more
March 1, 2026
A celebration of Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area rule reform — one of the greatest accomplishments for the river since FMR's founding. Read more
February 24, 2026
FMR recently signed on to an opinion piece published February 21, 2026, in the Star Tribune calling for a two-year moratorium on data center development in Minnesota. Read more
February 20, 2026
A partial cleanup isn't enough. If you're a St. Paul resident, you can help urge the city council to support a full cleanup request. Read more
February 16, 2026
The recently revised plan lifts up clean-water crops and continuous living cover as key to addressing nutrient pollution — an approach FMR has advocated for years. Read more
February 16, 2026
Located on the Mississippi River Greenway trail, just above the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers, Hastings River Flats is a 28-acre ecological hotspot. Here, we've restored a former oil tank storage site to a thriving wet prairie. Read more
February 13, 2026
FMR advocates helped turn the tide against this damaging proposal in Cottage Grove, which faced both widespread public opposition and a lawsuit. Read more
February 12, 2026
Join our Land Conservation team as an intern this summer! Read more
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