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
Lop buckthorn at Pine Bend Bluffs

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June 11, 2024
Join us to lop invasive buckthorn at one of the largest, most diverse ecosystems left in the metro area! Read more
Volunteers lop buckthorn
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

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Upcoming Events

Our River summer event: Dinner on the Farm [FULL]
Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 5:00pm to 8:30pm
Gibbs Farm, St. Paul
Plants, pollinators and pints: Native plant gardening with nature educator Angie Hong
Tuesday, August 5 OR Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative, Minneapolis
Stencil storm drains for the river
April through October
St. Paul

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