National Public Lands Day
Join us for a fun morning restoring your local national park! Work alongside the National Park Service and Mississippi Park Connection to help improve the health and quality of our river through a morning of buckthorn lopping. Located near Watergate Marina, this location is slated to be the site of the future Mississippi River Learning Center, and the removal of this buckthorn will be one of the first steps in prepping the land.
Want to make a day of it? Head up the river to Hidden Falls afterwards to celebrate with the City of Saint Paul and other partners at their National Public Lands Day bash.
The Sacred Water Shared Future campaign is powered by you! The heart of this centennial celebration is the incredible variety of events planned and hosted by our partners — community groups, nonprofits, businesses, schools, and individuals who feel a connection to the Mississippi River.
We do not host events ourselves; instead, we serve as a central hub for river-focused activities happening across the Twin Cities throughout 2026.