Produced for FMR by award-winning local filmmaker John Kaul and narrated by 89.3 The Current’s Steve Seel, this 30-minute documentary tells the story of how one man’s vision — combined with smart citizen advocacy and effective political leadership — created the Mississippi River’s first and only national park right here in the Twin Cities. As we... Read more »
Join us this Thursday in Council Chambers at the Intergovernmental Relations Committee in support of a Minneapolis Resolution affirming Indigenous resistance efforts against the Dakota Access Pipeline.Bring your friends, family, co-workers, banners and art work in support of protecting our precious waters and ending what environmental justice leader Winona LaDuke has called the era of... Read more »
Produced for FMR by award-winning local filmmaker John Kaul and narrated by 89.3 The Current’s Steve Seel, this 30-minute documentary tells the story of how one man’s vision — combined with smart citizen advocacy and effective political leadership — created the Mississippi River’s first and only national park right here in the Twin Cities. As we... Read more »
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness is proud to host our second annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival at The Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. As part of one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival highlights films that inspire adventure and serve as a catalyst to protect wild landscapes. Come,... Read more »
The Dakota Access Pipeline is an oil pipeline in the beginning stages of construction. But construction has recently been halted by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), whose reservation lies just South of where the pipeline will be laid. The tribe is protesting the construction of this pipeline because Dakota Access has plans to lay... Read more »
For more than 30 years, Winona LaDuke has been an activist for environmental, economic, and political justice, with a focus on tribal land claims. In 1996 and 2000, she was on the Green Party candidate Vice President running with Ralph Nader. She was executive director of both the White Earth Recovery Project and currently heads... Read more »
Join us on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm as we return to this riverfront park to tend an important native demonstration prairie garden along the bike trail. This event will help further our long-term transformation and commitment at this site and to the river. Although a small urban site, Ole Olson is home to... Read more »
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness is proud to host our second annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community in Duluth. As part of one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival highlights films that inspire adventure and serve as a... Read more »
Join us on Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 9am to 12pm as we help to preserve and restore the oak woodlands at 3M's Cottage Grove facility near the Mississippi River. Former invasive species thickets are now home to wildflowers and wildlife, helping to connect adjacent natural areas and form part of a green corridor in southern Washington County.We... Read more »
The MN Tracking Club will lead a wildlife tracking excursion at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, modeled on Jon Young's 8 Shields model for nature connection and tracking.
Will the Southwest Light Rail move forward? What’s so great about bus rapid transit? Can we ever really have enough roads and bridges? We’ll ask all that and more of two powerhouses of Minnesota transportation legislation and policy: State Senator Scott Dibble and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.Details, advance tickets here.Monday, September 19, 7-8:30pm Bryant Lake... Read more »
On September 20, we're taking Transportation on Tap to the east metro. We invite you to Sgt. Peppers to enjoy light appetizers on us and to talk bike, walk, bus, and rail with other TLC members and friends. This month, we’ll get together to explore suburban mobility. In suburban locations, what are the options for... Read more »
Join us at the Science Museum of Minnesota on September 22, 2016 from 7pm to 8:30pm as we launch and present the newly updated State of the River Report! FMR has partnered with the National Park Service's Mississippi National River & Recreation Area unit to update the "State of the River Report," first released in 2012, which... Read more »
Join us Saturday, September 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the beautiful Sand Coulee Scientific & Natural Area just south of Hastings.After a brief training, volunteers will help hand collect much-needed native prairie seed while enjoying this rare example of a sand-gravel prairie in full fall bloom. Volunteers will work with FMR Lead Ecologist Karen Schik in... Read more »
Community celebration event at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, with live music, food vendors, activities, information about the future Wakan Tipi Center, and more.