Your support helps provide outstanding community programing and exhibits that connect people to the river’s history and environmental recovery, helping them understand and experience the river system in new ways.

Join Friends of the Chicago River on July 25 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum.

On Thursday, July 23, a Happy Hour Speaker Series at the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum will explore how these historic structures can once again become vibrant community spaces.

Friends of the Chicago River Watershed Policy Manager Tessa Murray and MWRD Executive Director John Murray discuss the impacts of recent storms on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program.

The findings reinforce years of advocacy by Friends of the Chicago River and our partners.

Classified as endangered in Illinois, the Blanding’s turtle is a Chicago-Calumet River system resident that is suffering from habitat fragmentation and loss, predation, and mortality from traversing roads.