FMR Updates

FMR Updates
Video: How we protect land — The story of Pine Bend Bluffs Natural Area
September 14, 2022
Watch our new video to experience the stunning landscape of Pine Bend Bluffs Natural Area habitat corridor from a bird's-eye view and hear the story of its protection. Read more
River aerial view from Pine Bend
Congrats to our 2022 ESI summer intensive fellows!
September 11, 2022
We doubled the size of our summer intensive program for high school-aged youth this year. Find out what our fellows explored and learned, read two reflections on the program and see their final projects. Read more
Group photo
What do you dream for the river?
by John Briel
August 19, 2022

The theme for our fall gala this year is The River Dreams. Get a preview of our speakers and their dreams for the river, then tell us yours!  >>

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The River Dreams, speakers, and river images
Video: Top 8 runoff pollutants in our metro waterways
August 18, 2022
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'Very excited about the prospects for this': Clean-water crops take center stage
by Shaymus McLaughlin
August 11, 2022

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers, agriculture officials and business partners gets a firsthand look at the development of continuous living cover crops.  >>

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers, agriculture officials and business partners gets a firsthand look at the development of continuous living cover crops. Read more
Thank you, summer 2022 interns and assistants!
August 10, 2022

Our summer interns and assistants helped double the size of our high school career pathways program, co-led more than 20 engagement events around lock and dam issues, and surveyed wildlife at restoration sites around the metro.  >>

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Summer 2022 interns and assistants
What we heard on this summer's lock and dam tours
by Colleen O'Connor Toberman
August 8, 2022
This summer, FMR and our partners talked with over 600 community members about the future of our Twin Cities locks and dams. We led more than than 20 focus-group tours that brought many people to the river in new ways. Here's what we heard. Read more

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Upcoming Events

Tend the oak woodlands at the Hastings Sand Coulee SNA [FULL]
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area
Pledge to pull garlic mustard at Pine Bend Bluffs SNA [FULL]
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Pine Bend Bluffs SNA, Inver Grove Heights
Apply to be a 2024 ESI mentor for the summer
Applications due Wednesday, May 15 by 5 p.m.
Virtual and in-person

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