Habitat Restoration Events

Saturday, April 25th; 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

The annual litter cleanup extravaganza returns! Join Mississippi Park Connection, the National Park Service, and the City of Saint Paul in cleaning up the spaces we love in celebration of Earth Week.

Attractions include:

• An opportunity to help out our national park

• NPS Discovery table led by ranger

• MNUFC raffle tickets

• MPC events crew showing off upcoming programming

• Mississippi River trivia

• Snacks and more!

The event will kick off at 11:00am with treats, coffee, and remarks by MPC’s executive director, Ellen Reed, and NPS MISS’s superintendent, Tucker Blythe! Snacks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration is appreciated, but not required.

Check out the Saint Paul Citywide Cleanup Volunteer Events page for further information.

Volunteers under 18 years old are required to have a minor Volunteer Service Agreement completed by a parent/guardian. Please print and fill out this form to bring with you on the day of the event. If you are unable to print, we will have forms on-site.

This is a drop-in, rain-or-shine event, with the equipment provided on-site.

* APRIL 9TH CREW CANCELLED *

Thursdays, 9:00am-1:00pm

Upcoming dates

April: 16th, 23rd, 30th

Drop in and get your hands dirty while restoring habitat! The Coldwater Spring Restoration Crew meets weekly throughout the year to maintain Coldwater Spring, just south of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. Activities include vegetation removal, site exploration, and other outdoor restoration tasks. If you like to be outdoors and create tangible change in the environment, this opportunity is for you!

Upcoming dates

Saturday 3/14, 9:00am- 1:00pm

Saturday 4/11, 9:00am- 1:00pm

Wednesday 4/29, 1:00pm- 4:00pm

Help us take care of the floodplain forest! The Crosby Crew meets regularly at Crosby Farm Regional Park, which hosts the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change study—a long-term research project aimed at helping our forests become more resilient. The Crew will primarily focus on maintaining research plots in the project's formative years. This includes patching up holes, uprighting loose/downed fencing, and removing vines entangling the plot fences. During the off-season, Crosby Crew runs once a month.