FMR Updates

FMR launches new volunteer pollinator monitoring program

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March 10, 2025

Do you get excited when you spot the first monarch butterfly each year? Do you enjoy identifying plants and pollinators when you’re out for a hike? FMR may have just the volunteer opportunity for you. Read more

Special supporter event celebrated the great blue heron through poetry

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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. Read more

We're hiring: Biofuels Policy Manager

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February 25, 2025

Join our Water team to advance biofuel solutions that improve water quality and farm prosperity. Read more

Person holds oilseed crop, text: "FMR is hiring"

We're hiring!

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February 25, 2025

We're hiring! Check out our open positions: Biofuels Policy Manager and a paid summer field ecology internship. Read more

People in canoe on river with text, FMR is hiring!

For the river: Jacob's river story

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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

Bumble bee habitat: What we've learned from monitoring (so far)

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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