Critical Area

Action Alert: Minneapolis needs bird-safe riverfront buildings! [CLOSED]

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November 12, 2020

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]

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October 10, 2020

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?

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

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October 9, 2020

Action Alert: Submit your comments on the Minneapolis MRCCA draft ordinance [CLOSED]

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September 17, 2020

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

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September 16, 2020

Metro communities begin adopting new river protections

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

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September 2, 2020

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

by Colleen O'Connor Toberman

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April 29, 2020

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. >>