Legislative Updates

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Legislative Updates

Big win: MN Legislature funds invasive carp deterrent

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May 14, 2024

We're celebrating a major win in our efforts to stop invasive carp from spreading into Minnesota's waters this legislative session. Read more

A close-up of a taxidermied invasive carp, with the blurred Minnesota Capitol building in the background.

Supporting Minnesota's public lands

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March 21, 2024

FMR recently signed on to a letter to legislators urging investment in Minnesota's public lands. Many of the special places our ecologists and volunteers work in depend on state support. Read more

Restoring public oversight of major MPCA decisions

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February 14, 2024

We all benefit from community oversight of the biggest, most important agency for pollution regulation in Minnesota. Read more

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Our 2024 legislative priorities

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February 9, 2024

It’s time to finish what we started. Here's what FMR will be working to accomplish at the Capitol this year. Read more

The dome of the Minnesota Capitol building, seen in front of an evening blue sky. Text says "MNLEG 2024."

Winter oilseeds: Key to clean water and lower emissions

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January 1, 2024

These clean-water crops, which stay in the soil through the winter, can benefit the river in numerous ways. Read more

Organic farmer Karen Torjesen holds a hand low to the ground, amidst a recently planted field of winter camelina in November, 2023.

River Guardians made a splash advocating for the river in 2023

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December 8, 2023

River Guardians set records and advanced every single legislative priority in 2023. Thank you for your advocacy! Here's what we're looking forward to in 2024. Read more

River Guardians at 2023 post-legislative session celebration

Is Minnesota doing enough to protect our drinking water?

by Trevor Russell

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September 13, 2023

A recent headline in the Star Tribune said it all: 'Little action so far on plan to enlist farmers to clean up polluted groundwater in Minnesota.' How did we get here? And what do we do about it? Read more