FMR Updates

School's out for summer: Sov's highlights from 2024-25 classroom partnerships

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June 11, 2025

We asked Sovatha Oum, FMR's Youth Program Manager, about his favorite stories from working with metro classrooms this year. Check out his reflections on experiential learning and outdoor education, and his yearbook message for all of us. Read more

Pollinator habitat blooms beneath a major metro solar installation

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May 30, 2025

Beneath rows and rows of solar panels in Rosemount, FMR is creating 360 acres of pollinator-supporting plantings. Read more

Just released: Stream health report from 2024 monitoring

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May 13, 2025

Our volunteers' waders are dry. Our biologist has waded through the data. Here's what we found out about water quality by sampling tiny aquatic insects in the Rice Creek watershed last year. Read more

There's still time to push for stronger river protections in St. Paul

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May 13, 2025

St. Paul residents are speaking up about a proposal to water down riverfront development regulations. Read more

What tiny aquatic insects can reveal about water quality

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May 13, 2025

Aquatic macroinvertebrates are living water quality indicators. Meet three that our monitoring volunteers sample — and find out what they might mean about stream health. Read more