Updates and Articles

Governor Walz releases ambitious $300M water infrastructure proposal

by Trevor Russell

January 13, 2020

Gov. Walz has proposed investing $300 million in much-needed water infrastructure through the state’s 2020 bonding bill. Find out what's in the governor's proposal. >>

FMR's river corridor work: Celebrate 2019, join us in 2020

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

January 10, 2020

All along our great river — from the Upper Harbor Terminal in Minneapolis to Lilydale's river bluffs and beyond — you helped FMR's river corridor program secure equitable river access and important environmental protections. Read about some of our 2019 accomplishments and sign up to join us in 2020. >>

Conservation insights from intern Phuong Nguyen

by Betsy Daub

January 10, 2020

Phuong Nguyen, an international student from Vietnam, was FMR's fall/winter 2019 intern. She offers perspectives about conservation from her experience with us. >>

Join us Feb. 20, 2020 at the Ford Area C dumpsite community meeting

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

January 9, 2020

Area C is Ford Motor Company's unpermitted floodplain dumpsite. Join us February 20 to learn more about this large riverfront site's past, present and future. >>

What is Forever Green?

January 8, 2020

Perennial crops like Kernza, under development through the University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative, hold promise for soil and water health, as well as farm profit. Read more

The head of a Kernza grain in a field; behind it is a tour group gathered to learn about the crop.

Winter insects and spiders

by Karen Schik

January 6, 2020

Warm winter days are a great time to see tiny creatures wandering the top of the snowpack. >>

FMR Water Program 2019 highlights

by Trevor Russell

January 3, 2020

From pushing through a snowstorm to lobby our legislators to expanding our programs to address a major threat to the health of our river, agricultural pollution, FMR staff, members and River Guardians have a lot to be proud of from 2019! >>

My internship highlight: Planting hundreds of native trees on a tiny metro river island

January 1, 2020

In this piece by fall-winter 2019 intern Phuong Nguyen, she describes her favorite FMR experience: Canoeing to a small metro Mississippi island to plant 350 native trees. >>

Star Tribune highlights Upper Harbor dissent

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

December 19, 2019

The Star Tribune recently highlighted community dissent regarding the 1-mile riverfront redevelopment of Upper Harbor Terminal: a once-in-a-lifetime project that could dramatically impact North Minneapolis residents. >>

Buckthorn: How can a shrub be so harmful?

December 17, 2019

European buckthorn is a tall understory shrub brought to North America in the early 1800s as an ornamental shrub. But this woody plant escaped from yards and landscaped areas long ago, spreading rapidly in forests and other natural areas ever since. Read more