Stewardship

Stewardship
Check out our stream health report from 2025 monitoring

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Here's what we found out about water quality by sampling tiny aquatic insects in the Rice Creek watershed last year. Read more
2025 SHEP volunteer at stream training, 18 volunteers and field training instructor stand by water with waders and gear.
Craft night with FMR staff and board

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Join a handful of Friends of the Mississippi River staff and board members for a relaxed craft night. Read more
Yarn
Partner event: Earth Day rally in the rotunda

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Join us in the capitol to advocate for clean water and environmental justice this Earth Day. Read more
People fill the Capitol rotunda
Earth Day and beyond: Celebrate and steward the river this spring!

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Five ways you can steward and advocate for the river this Earth Day! Read more
Volunteers with bags stand by river
Lop buckthorn brush and enjoy a supporter social hour at Vermillion Falls Park [FULL]

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Join us to cut invasive buckthorn and tend a prairie at Vermillion Falls Park in Hastings. Read more
The waterfall at Vermillion Falls Park
Tend a bluff prairie at River Oaks Park [WAITLIST]

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Join us to tend a blufftop prairie with beautiful views of the Mississippi River. Read more
Bluff prairie near the Mississippi River at River Oaks Park
Hand-broadcast native prairie seed at Orvin 'Ole' Olson Park [WAITLIST]

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Join FMR and the Women's Environmental Network to spread native prairie seed at a riverside park in Minneapolis! Read more
Volunteers at Ole Olson Park

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, July 7 - 4:30 p.m. social hour, 6:00 p.m. volunteer event
Vermillion Falls Park, Hastings
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Spring Lake Park Reserve, Rosemount
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Near the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers, Hastings