Virtual presentation will show how conservation planning, sensible land use decisions, and rewilding projects are critical to capturing the multiple benefits that investment in natural areas provides.

The Litter-Free event is a collaboration with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, with the goals of engaging local residents, improving public health, and protecting Deer Creek, a tributary of the Little Calumet River.

The trash trap is the first technology of its kind deployed in the river system.

New Watershed Policy Manager and Events Coordinator join the team.

Run on behalf Friends to support our work to improve and protect the river system for people and wildlife.

Museum associates regaled guests with true and bone-chilling Chicago tales.

Friends demonstrated how teachers can use our Natural Solutions Toll with students to explore the entire watershed, specific communities, or focus on a school's neighborhood, local river access, and parks.

Hosting a session entitled How to Improve Chicago’s Rivers.

From their origins in Lake County, three tributaries flow south into Cook County where they converge to form the North Branch of the Chicago River. 

May we all appreciate the contributions and perspectives of Indigenous peoples that ground us in the history and presence of the river.