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Staff

Samantha Mie Armacost, Stewardship & Education Program Associate

Monica Bierma, Administrative Assistant & Bookkeeper

John Briel, Member Relations Manager

Whitney Clark, Executive Director

Sara DeKok, Associate Director-Development Director

Laura Domyancich-Lee, Ecologist

Sophie Downey, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator

Tessa Enroth, Individual Gifts Officer

Barb Heintz, Accountant

Laura Mann Hill, Stewardship & Education Program Director

Gabe Holmes, Data Manager

Peter LaFontaine, Agricultural Policy Manager

Tahera Mamdani, Finance Director

Shaymus McLaughlin, Communications Associate

Maddie Miller, Grassroots Organizing Coordinator

Naomi Nickel, Environmental Stewardship Institute Program Associate (seasonal, 2022)

sue rich, Communications Director

Ellie Rogers, Communications Manager

Alex Roth, Conservation Director

Trevor Russell, Water Program Director

Karen Schik, Senior Ecologist

Colleen O'Connor Toberman, Land Use & Planning Program Director

katya wesely, Youth Coordinator

FMR News

New York Times spotlights U of M's clean-water crops
Meet our new staff!
FMR welcomes Dr. Kate Knuth and Aubre Parsons to our board of directors
Join us for lock and dam focus-group tours this summer
Mississippi named one of the 'most endangered rivers' in the US
Where FMR's priorities stand at the Legislature

Upcoming Events

Enjoy the view and tend the prairie at Ole Olson Park
Tue, May 31 - 6:00 PM
Seeding + garlic mustard pull at Vermillion River Linear Park
Thu, Jun 2 - 6:00 PM
Mississippi River Network's River Days of Action (partner event)
Tue, Jun 7 - 9:00 AM
Prairie box and woodland tending at Nicollet Island
Tue, Jun 7 - 6:00 PM
Plant shrubs along the shoreline at BF Nelson Park
Thu, Jun 9 - 6:00 PM
Planting + tending at the William H. Houlton Conservation Area
Sat, Jun 11 - 9:00 AM
Two Paddles' Mississippi River Paddle Weekend (partner event) — register now!
Sun, Jun 12 - 5:30 PM
more upcoming events >>

 

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