Events & Activities

FMR hosts public cleanups, hauls, pulls or plantings throughout the Twin Cities metro-area annually. No experience is required.

Most events take place on Dakota homelands.

Contact Sophie Downey, volunteer@fmr.org for more information about events nearest you. To receive the complete FMR event calendar in your inbox twice monthly, sign up for Mississippi Messages.

Event Title Date / Time Location
Join us at the annual River Gorge Earth Day cleanup Sat, Apr 22 - 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM West River Parkway and 36th Street/44th Street, Minneapolis
Red cedar lopping at the Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Sat, Apr 29 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area
Apply to be a 2023 ESI mentor Applications due Fri, May 5 - 5 pm Virtual and in-person
Rosemount Preserve garlic mustard pull Wed, May 10 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Rosemount Wildlife Preserve
Tend the oak woodlands at the Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Thu, May 11 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area
Invasive plant pull on Nicollet Island Sat, May 13 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Nicollet Island, Minneapolis
Pull garlic mustard at Hampton Woods Wed, May 17 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Hampton Woods Wildlife Management Area
Pledge to pull garlic mustard at Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Thu, May 18 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pine Bend Bluffs SNA, Inver Grove Heights
Pull garlic mustard at the river gorge sand flats Sat, May 20 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Mississippi River Gorge Sand Flats, Minneapolis
Help pull invasive plants at St. Paul Park's Riverside Park Tue, May 23 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Riverside Park, St. Paul Park
Garlic mustard pull at Vermillion River Linear Park Thu, May 25 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Vermillion River Linear Park, Hastings
Pledge to pull garlic mustard at Crosby Farm Park Sat, May 27 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Crosby Farm Regional Park, St. Paul
Invasive plant pull at the William H. Houlton Conservation Area Sat, Jun 3 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM William H. Houlton Conservation Area, Elk River
An Evening Celebrating the Mississippi River Thu, Sep 28 - 6:00 PM Nicollet Island Pavilion, Minneapolis
Stencil storm drains for the river Flexible! May through mid-October St. Paul

Upcoming Events

Red cedar lopping at the Hastings Sand Coulee SNA
Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area
Invasive plant pull on Nicollet Island
Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Nicollet Island, Minneapolis
Apply to be a 2023 ESI mentor
Applications due Fri, May 5 - 5 pm
Virtual and in-person

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