Spend an evening with Friends of the Mississippi River on Thursday, June 15th, from 6:00-8:00 pm tending the volunteer-planted demonstration interpretive native prairie at Crosby Farm Regional Park! Crosby Farm Park is a natural oasis in the heart of the city, nestled at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. Volunteers will help weed... Read more »
We come together on the morning of Saturday, June 17th at the Rotunda of the State Capital in Minnesota to fill that beautiful space with words and songs of Water Protection... no PolyMet (Glencore Extrata) copper mines in Minnesota. After an 11 year push by PolyMet... this is the year, 2017, when the... Read more »
What's one of the simplest, high-impact ways to save water and help protect our local watersheds? Using a rain barrel. Thanks to Coca-Cola Refreshments of Eagan, Friends of the Mississippi River has 30 used syrup containers for participants to turn into rain barrels. On Tuesday, June 20th from 6:00-7:30 pm, participants will be provided with the... Read more »
In observance of World Refugee Day, join us on Wednesday, June 21st at 7pm at the Plymouth Library for a showing of the film “Climate Refugees”. A climate refugee is a person displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters. Such disasters result from incremental and rapid ecological change, resulting in increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the... Read more »
Join Dr. Karen Oberhauser of Monarch Joint Venture and Fresh Energy’s Rob Davis for a webinar to discuss the science and safety of photovoltaic solar and the growing trend of planting pollinator habitat under and around ground-mounted solar panels. In 2016 alone, nearly 2,500 acres of solar sites in Minnesota and Wisconsin were seeded with... Read more »
On the summer evening of Thursday, June 22, from 6:00-8:00 pm, volunteers will work with Friends of the Mississippi River’s restoration staff and ecologists to identify and help halt the spread of cow vetch, spotted knapweed, and other encroaching plants deemed by the Department of Natural Resources as a threat to the health of... Read more »
Join a network of teachers from across the country dedicated to bringing science, critical thinking, and problem solving about climate change into the classroom. Summer Institute for Climate Change Education Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy June 26-28, 2017 University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment St. Paul, MN Registration: $150 (includes daily breakfast, lunch,... Read more »
Located in Cottage Grove, this highly protected Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) features two sandy terraces along the river. The first rises 40 to 60 feet above river level with remarkable crescents and blowouts sculpted by southwesterly winds. The second, 110 feet above the Mississippi, has a dramatic cut-face. Grey Cloud Dunes SNA is a... Read more »
Produced for FMR by award-winning local filmmaker John Kaul and narrated by Minnesota Public Radio'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. This designation, championed... Read more »
Come and hear Fresh Energy’s science policy director J. Drake Hamilton in Grand Rapids, MN as she discusses Minnesota’s clean energy path. An expert in climate and energy policies at the state and national levels, she works at Fresh Energy to advance the state’s clean energy economy. This event is free and open to... Read more »