Cost: $30 Fresh Energy members/Government employees/Students, $45 General admission *Early bird discount tickets available through Thursday, April 26*     Solar is booming in Minnesota and across the country, creating a vital opportunity to plant deep-rooted native grasses around and under ground-mounted solar installations. Though early solar projects were planted with gravel, there is growing recognition that... Read more »

Join us on May 18th-19th for the Block (Line 3) Party at the PUC -- yes, that’s right, we’re throwing a block party of pipeline resistance in front of the Public Utilities Commission! 24 hours of community, art, learning, music, ceremony, food, and taking action. You really don’t want to miss this. RSVP In June, the... Read more »

Take a morning stroll through Riverside Park while enjoying a birding tour lead by Karen Schik, Friends of the Mississippi River’s senior ecologist. Riverside Park is a nature study area intended to be left in a natural state providing much-needed habitat and resources for a variety of species. We hope to spot a number of... Read more »

Join the Minnesota Valley Izaak Walton Chapter and Great River Greening in this hands-on restoration event on chapter grounds. We will plant and seed native forbs and grasses as the natural habitat for wildlife in a six-acre area of the upper chapter grounds overlooking the Minnesota River floodplain and wetlands.

Affordable energy bills and clean energy shouldn't be available based on your credit.  Come grab some food, listen and ask questions about a tool Minneapolis will be exploring called INCLUSIVE FINANCING, which allows every resident and business regardless of income or credit score to lower their energy bills through efficiency upgrades, solar energy, and energy... Read more »

As a landowner, have you thought about the long-term benefits of soil building on your land? As a farmer, would you like to think more long-term about soil building on land that you rent? Building your soils is a win-win situation for both landowners and farmland renters. The value of the land, its productivity, its resilience... Read more »

Dave Zentner will present a program on the Upper Mississippi River Initiative (UMRI). How to meet the goals of the 1972 Clean Waters Act for “fishable, swimmable in all waters of these United States”? How to foster cooperation among all landowners and stakeholders in the to attain this goal. Learn about stream monitoring and how... Read more »

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA is one of those places you can hardly believe is in a metro area. Located in Cottage Grove, this highly protected Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) features two sandy terraces along the river. Join Friends of the Mississippi (FMR) at this special park on May 24, from 6-8pm. After a brief... Read more »

Join Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) as we return to this riverfront park to tend an important native demonstration prairie garden along the bike trail. These showy flowers and grasses will not only beautify the park but provide much-needed bee, butterfly, and bird habitat. And, with deep root systems that act like filters, they'll... Read more »