Join us for the 2020 Chicago River Summit
National experts share their green infrastructure successes at the 2020 Chicago River Summit to be held virtually November 10, 12, & 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more here.
Continue Reading »National experts share their green infrastructure successes at the 2020 Chicago River Summit to be held virtually November 10, 12, & 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more here.
Continue Reading »The fall 2020 bridgelift viewing season is underway every Saturday through the end of October at the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum at Michigan and Wacker. Learn more here.
Continue Reading »Friends is working with restoration volunteers at McClaughrey Springs Woods as part of an Illinois Clean Energy Community Stewardship grant. We invite you to join in at an upcoming restoration day. Learn more here.
Continue Reading »Recent passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by the U.S. House of Representatives is a boost for Bubbly Creek. The legislation now goes to the Senate for consideration.
Continue Reading »The first survey of mussels conducted since Friends of the Chicago River and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reconnected southwest suburban Mill Creek to the Cal-Sag Channel last year has produced positive results: two species of mussels were found.
Continue Reading »Help Friends of the Chicago River continue our important wildlife habitat work by symbolically adopting an osprey, one of the many wildlife species that Friends has been working to assist in and along the Chicago River system.
Continue Reading »Urban "rewilding" seeks to encourage biodiversity, ecosystem function, and the persistence of native species across urban areas to reap a multitude of benefits. Read more about rewilding here.
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