FMR Updates

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March 26, 2025

Our newest staff member has joined our Land Conservation team as a restoration project manager. Read more

Speak up for strong riverfront rules in St. Paul

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March 17, 2025

St. Paul's long-awaited Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area ordinance is finally coming up for public comment. Unfortunately, the updated draft removes bird-safe building requirements and other vital riverfront protections. Here's how to help. Read more

Birds fly over Harrient Island and river

Judge tells Minneapolis to comply with its riverfront development rules

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March 12, 2025

In 2024, the city of Minneapolis approved a request to build a home on the edge of an erosion-prone riverfront bluff. Now a judge has stepped in, preventing the construction and a bad precedent. Read more

Rendering of house development on river bluff

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