Pollinators

Through hands-on events, monitoring, backyard plantings and online advocacy, FMR volunteers, advocates and staff help to protect, plant and restore critical pollinator habitat throughout the Twin Cities metro Mississippi River corridor. 

Pollinators
Support pollinators

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February 28, 2018
Small but mighty, pollinators have an enormous job. Without them, most plants — including the crops we eat — couldn’t fruit. Here's how you can support pollinators. Read more
Wild bee on a leadplant prairie flower in Minnesota
Thank you, summer 2025 interns

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August 15, 2025
Over the summer, two interns with our Land Conservation program supported wildlife camera monitoring, volunteer pollinator monitoring, bumble bee research and more.  Read more
Lauren and Rashi in the field
Sheep graze the way for native plants at solar site

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July 3, 2025
Nearly 500 solar grazers have been hard at work eating weedy plants and making room for native pollinator-supporting plants under hundreds of acres of solar panels. Read more
Ewe and lambs under solar panels
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
Black-eyed Susan and solar panels
Monitor monarchs with FMR's Pollinator Evaluation Program (PEP) [FULL FOR 2025]

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February 21, 2025
Support monarchs and other pollinators at FMR's Twin Cities metro restoration sites. Read more
A woman with a clipboard in an FMR restoration prairie
Bumble bee habitat: What we've learned from monitoring (so far)

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February 7, 2025
How can we make the best possible habitat for bumble bees? That's the gist of the question Friends of the Mississippi River is trying to answer.  Read more
Bee on bee balm
A guide to local prairie wonderlands

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August 23, 2024
Our favorite metro prairies — some restored, some native remnants, but all prairies FMR supporters can be proud of. Plus, what colorful blooms you can find where and when. Read more
Liatris and goldenrod blooming in prairie

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Upcoming Events

Oak woodland brush haul + lunch [WAITLIST]
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
3M's oak woodlands, Cottage Grove
Partner event: Alebrijes — Keepers of the Island Exhibit
Now through October 26, 2025, dawn to 11 p.m.
Raspberry Island, St. Paul
Ford Area C walking tours
Three options: October 20, October 28, November 22, 2025
Hidden Falls Regional Park, St. Paul

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