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Celebrate an impactful year in this interactive flow of stories
Updates and Articles
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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February 25, 2025
Join our Water team to advance biofuel solutions that improve water quality and farm prosperity. Read more
February 25, 2025
We're hiring! Check out our open positions: Biofuels Policy Manager and a paid summer field ecology internship. Read more
February 25, 2025
Join our Land Conservation team as an intern this summer! Read more
February 21, 2025
Join us for the annual Earth Day cleanup, or get outside with FMR this spring to steward the river! Read more
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
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
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
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
February 7, 2025
What's next for the proposed mine in — yes, in — the Mississippi River backwaters near Grey Cloud Island? Read more
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