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Early Bird Autumn Cruise Tickets
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Redefine: Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
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The Power of Plants to Grow Resiliency
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Happy Hour Speaker Series
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Call for Nominations - River Blue Awards
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Explore the Natural Solutions Tool
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Friends of the Chicago River is the only organization solely dedicated to the Chicago River system.

Since 1979, Friends has been working to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people and wildlife and by doing so, has laid the foundation for the river to be a beautiful, continuous, easily accessible corridor of open space in the Chicago region.