The long-awaited Upper Post Flats project will repurpose the 26 remaining historic buildings at the Upper Post into 206 housing units, while revitalizing and beautifying the Upper Post’s overgrown landscape.
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Just steps from skyscrapers, you can walk out onto the lock and catch a glimpse of many flighted, finned and web-footed river residents. Grab your binoculars and keep a look out for these wildlife.
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Learn how the geology and history of St. Anthony Falls shaped its appearance today.
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The Great River Road, Minnesota’s longest National Scenic Byway, meanders the Mississippi River to 12 state parks and the only national park dedicated to the Mississippi River.
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Meet Maricio, the new Saint Paul Right Track intern for Mississippi Park Connection.
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Lyndon Torstenson’s passion for river education and his dedication to the environment set a gold standard for inspiring future generations within the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
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One of the brightest birds found in the park’s corridor is the prothonotary warbler. To truly understand “gold” as a color is to see the prothonotary warbler as it flits through the understory of floodplain forest on sky blue wings.
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Hibernating bat colonies on the east coast have decreased 80-97% as a result of white-nose syndrome (WNS) and researchers are predicting similar population declines in the Midwest region as WNS spreads.
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Land managers up and down the Mississippi River corridor are being challenged by beaver destruction of restoration projects. We need to study their behavior to determine how extensive beaver harvest is on floodplain forest trees.
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Meet Becca and Rennie, two Community Forestry Corps members working for different organizations with a common goal of reforesting the Twin Cities.
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We were surprised to discover a Minnesota Endangered Species calling from an industrial backwater in 2014! Learn how the National Park Service partnered with the Minnesota DNR and Macalester College to study this species near the Mississippi River.
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What do you imagine when you think of forests in the future? Scientists and land managers are working together to answer a question posed by climate change: Which trees should we plant today that will survive in the future?
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