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March 24, 2025
It’s the only environmental fund dedicated purely to reducing pollution and protecting clean water statewide. Read more
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
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
March 14, 2025
St. Paul residents can take additional action on St. Paul MRCCA by writing to their city council member. Read more
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
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 so you can marvel along with us. Read more
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
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
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
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.
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