Stewardship

National Public Lands Day event: Collect native prairie seed at Vermillion River Linear Park

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September 9, 2024

Celebrate National Public Lands Day and collect native prairie seed at Vermillion River Linear Park! Read more

Volunteers collect native prairie seed at Vermillion River Linear Park

'This can be home': Carrie's river story

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July 10, 2024

Carrie Pomeroy volunteered with her children at FMR events more than a decade before becoming our volunteer program manager. Here's how the Mississippi River Gorge convinced her the Twin Cities could be home. Read more

Plants, pollinators and pints: Native plant gardening with nature educator Angie Hong

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June 26, 2024

Join FMR at Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative to learn about gardening with native plants for better water quality and pollinator habitat! Read more

Angie Hong portrait plus a bee on bee balm

How (and when) to use the critical period cutting method to remove invasive buckthorn

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June 13, 2024

Step-by-step instructions for removing large buckthorn using this new, herbicide-free method. Read more

Person lops branches off of buckthorn stump

The river as teacher: A preview of our paddling-centered summer youth program

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June 1, 2024

We're intentionally developing our ESI summer programming to better help youth know, feel and care for the Mississippi River. Here's how we hope to facilitate deeper connections. Read more

From the Mekong to the Mississippi: Sovatha’s river story

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May 2, 2024

"As a young refugee encountering the Mississippi for the first time, I would never have imagined in a million years that in the future I would come full circle, working to care for the river that welcomed me." Read more