Land Conservation

April 15, 2024

Located along the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of the Broadway Avenue bridge, this site is home to a veterans memorial, an FMR-installed raingarden, and a multi-year community partnership with the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization. Read more

Sheridan Memorial raingarden with Veterans memorial in background

Supporting Minnesota's public lands

March 21, 2024

FMR recently signed on to a letter to legislators urging investment in Minnesota's public lands. Many of the special places our ecologists and volunteers work in depend on state support. Read more

How our warm winter affected habitat restoration progress

March 18, 2024

What will the warmest winter on record mean for wildlife? We won't know for awhile. We do know that it got in the way of our usual winter tasks for wildlife habitat restoration. Luckily, our ecologists like challenges. Read more

Sheridan Memorial Park

February 23, 2024

Located along the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of the Broadway Avenue bridge, this site is home to a veterans memorial, an FMR-installed raingarden, and a multi-year community partnership with the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization. Read more

People work in raingarden below sphere memorial

Now hiring: summer field ecology intern

February 21, 2024

Join our team as an intern this summer! Read more

Can pockets of habitat tip the scales in degraded wetlands?

January 25, 2024

Invasive reed canary grass forms dense monocultures in many wetlands across the Upper Midwest, but we're experimenting with ways to give native wetland plants a better foothold. Read more