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.
Please mark your calendars for Fresh Energy’s first annual benefit breakfast, a great opportunity to learn about positive energy solutions and the progress we can make together.Featured speaker Ramez Naam, a computer scientist, futurist, and award-winning author, will inspire us all. Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, developing early versions of Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Now an acclaimed thought... Read more »
What’s one of the simplest, high-impact ways to save water and help protect our watershed? Using a rain barrel.Join us on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 from 6pm to 7:30pm for our popular rain barrel workshop where we’ll discuss the watershed-friendly benefits of rain barrels in more detail, then review how to build, incorporate, install and... Read more »