Volunteer Events

Community brush haul & bonfire at newly protected Houlton Farm

January 13, 2017

Thank you, volunteers! Plus, the best photos from our 2016 event season

by Amy Kilgore

December 9, 2016

The number of Twin Citians passionate about the Mississippi River never ceases to amaze us. In 2016, over 3,700 people pitched in at 98 FMR volunteer events. It was an honor to work with each of you.

Whether you spent a couple of hours picking up trash with us on Earth Day, hauled brush on a Saturday morning, took the "pledge to pull" this spring, or earned full FMR SuperVolunteer status participating in several events throughout the year, thank you!

And please enjoy a few of our favorite photos from the 2016 event season.

Volunteers planting native shrubs along the River Gorge

A writhing mass of … Indiangrass seed?

by Karen Schik

October 7, 2016

When things move that shouldn’t it’s a cause for investigation. The self-seeding motions of a pile of volunteer-gathered Indiangrass seed caught this FMR ecologist by surprise.

September 6, 2016