Current Highlights
Clean Water and Healthy Fish
Right now the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) is reviewing improved water quality standards for the Chicago River and Calumet River systems and we need your help to make sure they approve them. A critical improvement over what we have now, these recommendations include disinfecting bacteria that pours into these waterways as a by product of sewage treatment and controlling other factors that can harm people and fish. Learn more about this critical water quality opportunity…
16th Annual Chicago River Day
Friends of the Chicago River invites you to join us on Saturday, May 10, 2008 for Chicago River Day. Our annual workday event will bring 3,900 volunteers together from across the watershed to clean riverbanks, remove harmful invasive plants, repair nature trails, conduct water quality testing and much more. Join us to take part in this exciting day on the Chicago River!
Big Fish Ball 2008
Join dozens of sponsors and 400 guests on June 26 for Friends’ 3rd annual Big Fish Ball. With a dramatic downtown setting along the Chicago River, elegant dining, and river-centric spectacles, our 3rd annual gala promises to be one of Chicago’s most notable events in 2008.
Canoe with Friends!
Why travel afar when you can experience rich wildlife and urban adventure in your own backyard? Details…
Action Plan for the Chicago River:
Getting Specific Strategies for a cleaner, more vibrant Chicago River
The report outlines the future needs of the Chicago River and offers recommendations for river improvement. It is the culmination of over 50 subject-area experts who participated in one of six charrettes and is now available here. (3MB PDF)
In addition, Friends’ Friends’ Chicago River Matrix, (88K PDF) which outlines public access, water quality, aquatic habitat, riverbank habitat, riverbank naturalization and land protection for each stretch of the river, is also available.
New Offices for Friends
Friends’ new address is:
28 East Jackson, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60604-2272
Our phone, fax and email addresses have not changed.
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