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Second Phase of Crooked Creek Watershed Restoration Complete

March 12, 2023

Removing invasive species allows native plant species to return and flourish.

Tradition Must Evolve to Protect our River

March 11, 2023

Dyeing the river perpetuates the notion that it can be treated any way anyone wants, rather than as a protected and valuable natural resource for people and wildlife.

Natural Solutions Tool Debuts at Chicago River Summit

March 08, 2023

The custom-built, open source searchable map was designed to increase the use of multi-beneficial natural solutions to address a myriad of community and environmental problems. It is available to anyone on Friends website.

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.

Help Friends continue to improve the Chicago River.

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Blog posted in March 2023.

Second Phase of Crooked Creek Watershed Restoration Complete

Tradition Must Evolve to Protect our River

Natural Solutions Tool Debuts at Chicago River Summit

Friends of the Chicago River is the only organization solely dedicated to the Chicago River system.

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