Stewardship

FMR launches new volunteer pollinator monitoring program

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March 10, 2025

Do you get excited when you spot the first monarch butterfly each year? Do you enjoy identifying plants and pollinators when you’re out for a hike? FMR may have just the volunteer opportunity for you. Read more

RESCHEDULED: Help plant a pollinator garden at Hastings' Southwest Park Ponding Basin

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March 3, 2025

Join us to help plant a pollinator garden at Southwest Park Ponding Basin. Read more

Help track trash with the 2025 Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz project

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February 27, 2025

Join FMR and 5 Gyres to track trash with the 2025 Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz project. Read more

Volunteers pick up litter in the Mississippi River Gorge

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

Earth Day and beyond: Celebrate and steward the river this spring!

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February 21, 2025

Join us for the annual Earth Day cleanup, or get outside with FMR this spring to steward the river! Read more

A family of volunteers at the 2022 Earth Day cleanup

For the river: Jacob's river story

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February 7, 2025

Our Stewardship & Education Program Director tells stories of a childhood love for Minnehaha Creek, learning to run rapids and his riverside sit spot of 20 years, and reflects on why he wanted to work for the river. Read more