On April 3rd, City Council to hear comment on the 50-year vision for St. Paul’s 17-mile river corridor. Read more…

The long-range plan for Minneapolis’ Upper River faces key tests in months ahead. Read more…

What do clean water, the economy, energy and the health of our environment all have in common? These topics will be discussed by Minnesotans this month and next at six Citizen Forums around the state. Read more…

December 10th meeting will be last in a series of public forums on Minneapolis’s revised Above the Falls Plan. Read more…

I was very gratified to wake up on November 7th to learn that Minnesotan’s had voted decisively (52.7%) to reject the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the State. Read more…

While the media buzz about Asian carp may have slowed a bit over the summer, these invasive marauding fish certainly haven’t. And the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been busily preparing to implement barrier technology to slow their spread, some of which would likely be the largest of its kind in the world. Read more…

FMR and the National Park Service are proud to announce the release of the State of the River Report and the launch of stateoftheriver.com. This long-awaited and groundbreaking report highlights the status and trends of 13 critical indicators of water quality and ecological health in the metro Mississippi River. While our release event at the Science Museum of Minnesota has reached capacity, we’ve scheduled three additional presentations — in St. Cloud, Minneapolis and St. Paul — and are ready to schedule one for your group as well. Read more…