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FMR Volunteer Manual Table of Contents

A. The special places where we work

  • Our work takes place on Dakota homelands
  • William H. Houlton Conservation Area
  • Above the Falls
  • Orvin "Ole" Olson Park
  • Nicollet Island
  • Mississippi River Gorge
  • Crosby Farm Regional Park
  • Indian Mounds Regional Park
  • Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific & Natural Area
  • Camel's Hump Park and Open Space
  • Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park
  • River Oaks Park
  • Gores Pool Wildlife Management Area
  • Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific & Natural Area
  • Vermillion Falls Park
  • Hampton Woods Wildlife Management Area

 

B.  Invasive Species Removal

  •  Spotted knapweed
  •  Buckthorn
  •  Garlic mustard
  •  How to stack, pile, and burn brush
  • Habitat piles: Readers' questions answered

 

C. Cleanups 

  •  Why we pick up trash
  •  What not to pick up

 

D. Seed collection

  •  Seed collection events (group)
  •  FMR seed collection project (individual)

 

E. Planting

  •  Trees and Shrubs
  •  Herbaceous

 

 

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