Mississippi River News

The Atlantic takes on Minneapolis 2040

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January 29, 2024

Because of our advocacy for climate-smart dense urban development, national magazine The Atlantic reached out to FMR Land Use & Planning Director Colleen O'Connor Toberman to get our perspective on Minneapolis 2040. Read more

Media shines spotlight on FMR staff and creative solutions for vexing river issues

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January 11, 2024

Whether clean-water crops, carp or buckthorn, the expertise of FMR staff has been on full display. Read more

Another invasive carp catch record for Minnesota's Mississippi River

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December 4, 2023

The Minnesota DNR just announced its largest-ever invasive carp catch in Minnesota waters: a shocking 323 fish. Join us soon for community meetings in St. Paul, Red Wing, Winona and online to learn and discuss what our state should do next. Read more

EPA says state needs to clean up drinking water in SE Minnesota

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November 15, 2023

In response to a petition we signed last spring, the federal agency is requiring Minnesota to address the public health crisis created by nitrate pollution. Read more

A bad idea that won't go away: Diverting the river

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November 10, 2023

Despite its high environmental and economic costs, the literal "pipe dream" of diverting water from the Mississippi River to Arizona, Colorado and other dry states won't disappear. Read more

Outline of U.S. with Mississippi River, plus a pipeline splitting off the river to the Southwest

Minnesota's drought contributes to drinking water crisis downriver

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October 10, 2023

In this Q&A, Matt Rota at Healthy Gulf in Louisiana talks with FMR about the saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River threatening New Orleans' drinking water supply — and already impacting communities farther south. Read more