Volunteer Events

Volunteer Events
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
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
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
Plant trees near the Mississippi River Gorge Sand Flats [FULL]

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August 8, 2023
Volunteers work in the beautiful Mississippi River Gorge to plant native floodplain trees that will provide better habitat for the wildlife that make the river gorge their home! Read more
Planting in the sand flats
LGBTQIA2S+ Pride demonstration box tending on Nicollet Island

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May 1, 2023
Tend demonstration boxes and pull invasives at Nicollet Island! Read more
Volunteer tends planter box on Nicollet Island
Pull garlic mustard at Camel's Hump

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April 19, 2023
Volunteer to pull garlic mustard at Camel's Hump Park! Read more
Volunteers planting wildflowers at Camel's Hump Park in 2021
South Branch Vermillion AMA garlic mustard pull

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April 17, 2023
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Upcoming Events

Join us at the annual river gorge Earth Day cleanup
Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
West River Parkway and 36th Street/44th Street, Minneapolis
Art and Science on the River: Carp Workshop
Saturday, April 19, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
MWMO, Northeast Minneapolis riverfront
One Day, One Earth, One Minnesota
April 8 through April 22, 2025
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