News Releases
May 7, 2020: Chicago River Day Summer Challenge
October 16, 2019: Volunteer of the Year, Spirit of the River, River Champion Honored
October 14, 2019: Volunteer-Driven Conservation Projects a North Shore Success Story
Sept. 7, 2019: Chicago River Revival and Big Jump! Goes Swimmingly
August 31, 2019: Chicago River Revival Festival and Big Jump! Set for September 7
July 27, 2019: McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum Welcomes 250,000th Visitor
July 25, 2019: Seed Collection Project Aims to Help Wildlife, Water Quality
June 11, 2019: Rahm Emanuel, Projects Honored for River-Sensitive Efforts
May 11, 2019: Chicago River Day Attracts Thousands, Tons of Trash Removed
April 16, 2019: Chicago River Day Press Kit, Photos
March 14, 2019: New Study: Chicago River Blue/Green Corridor Development Would Pay Big Dividends
February 19, 2019: Litter Free Chicago River Effort Expands with Grant from Mars Wrigley Foundation
February 14, 2019: Gage Park Teacher Named Friends' Educator of the Year
January 24, 2019: Friends Applauds City's New River Design Corridor Guidelines
October 18, 2018: Friends Honor Volunteers of the Year
October 16, 2018: Canal Shores Road Would Negatively Impact Critical Habitat, Friends Tells MWRD
October 5, 2018: Tracking Project Adds Transmitters to Turtles To Measure Restoration Success
September 18, 2018: Friends Partners With Explorer Cousteau at Clark Park
Aug. 14, 2018: Trump Tower: Friends Statement on Illinois Attorney General's Suit
Aug. 1, 2018 Friends Installs 6th Bat House in Forest Preserves
July 5, 2018: Chicago River Experts Announced For Lunchtime Speaker Series At McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
July 5, 2018: McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum Welcomes 200,000th Visitor
June 21, 2018: Hundreds of Plants Sunk In North Shore Channel To Improve Fish Habitat, Water Quality
June 18, 2018: Trump Tower: Friends of the Chicago River, Sierra Club To File Suite
June 18, 2018: Trump Tower Legal Documents in Friends of the Chicago River, Sierra Club Suit
June 5, 2018: River Sensitive Projects Honored With Chicago River Blue Awards
May 18, 2018: Osprey Sighted On South Side Nesting Platform
May 12, 2018: Chicago River Gets Spring Cleaning As Thousands Gather For Annual Cleanup Day
April 27, 2018: Hundreds Gather On Chicago Riverwalk for Photobomb
April 22, 2018: ChicagoWaterFun.com Debuts as One-Stop Site for Area Waterways
March 1, 2017: Chicago River Blue Awards: Call for Entries
February 23, 2017: Chicago River Summit Aims to Make Urban Swimming a Reality
January 19, 2017: Collaborative Resolution with MWRD Addresses Phosphorus Pollution in Chicago Waterways
January 6, 2017: Friends Wins Regional Stormwater Management Award
December 16, 2016: Giving Catfish a Home for the Holidays
November 3, 2016: No Blue River
October 24, 2016: Fly into Bat Week by Helping Our Nocturnal Pals and the Planet
