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Action Alert: Minneapolis needs bird-safe riverfront buildings!
Minneapolis is about to adopt a new Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area ordinance to guide riverfront development for years to come. With your help, we can add a requirement for bird-safe buildings along the river's crucial migratory flyway >>.
Action Alert: Invest in clean water & oppose the UHT concert venue [CLOSED]
Please take a moment to ask your legislators to SUPPORT investments to #FixThePipesMN and OPPOSE the controversial Upper Harbor Terminal concert venue >>
What's our deal with density?
Dense urban development is crucial to fighting climate change. Here's how we balance density with other important principles of good riverfront design when evaluating development projects. >>
Action Alert: Submit your comments on the Minneapolis MRCCA draft ordinance [CLOSED]
Minneapolis residents have a chance to weigh in on the MRCCA draft ordinance. While we like a lot about the draft, we think it could be better for the birds. Find out more and submit your comments >>
Minneapolis Critical Area Ordinance Workshop
Minneapolis is about to adopt a new Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) ordinance. This is an exciting milestone that will bring new development standards and environmental protections to our city’s riverfront.
Metro communities begin adopting new river protections
Metro-area cities and townships are beginning to adopt new baseline riverfront protections. Is your city is on the list of communities writing their ordinances this fall? Find out how you can shape river rules based on your community's values and priorities. One example: Minneapolis might require bird-safe measures for new riverfront construction, since migrating songbirds are especially vulnerable to collisions in cities on the Mississippi flyway. >>
The untold story of our national park's founding
You may know that the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities is a national park. But few of us know how our special river became a national park in the first place. We interviewed National Park Superintendent John Anfinson about the development proposal that started the fight to protect our park and the surprising role that this exact same site — the potential home for a new River Learning Center — could play in its future. >>
Ford Area C (video)
In this video, we take you to Ford Area C, Ford's toxic riverfront dumpsite in St. Paul. You’ll see the Mississippi lapping at the dumpsite’s edge. What pollution remains there? How much is leaching into our river? We still don’t know enough. >>
Submit questions to the MPCA public meeting on Ford Area C
Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for the MPCA's February 20 meeting on Ford Area C!
The presentation and Q+A will be published after the meeting, and we'll share that information with everyone on our Area C email list.
To read more about Ford Area C, visit fmr.org/ford, or the MPCA's page about the site.