The Chicago River Schools Network is launching a special curriculum in partnership with Chicago Public Schools that features three new lessons that use maps, help students visualize data, and introduces them to Friends’ award-winning Natural Solutions Tool.

Dozens of guests and passersby at Friends' Happy Hour Speake Series event listened to a lively conversation about how the dramatic improvement of the Chicago-Calumet River system’s water quality is unlocking more opportunities for recreation and connection.

The Property Guide is part of Friends’ comprehensive Litter Free Chicago-Calumet River initiative, a multi-pronged effort to reduce the amount of trash polluting our waterways.

In 1996, the transformation of a 42-acre farm field into a wetland adjacent to the Middle Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River in Highland Park in Lake County.

Together we are working to reimagine the Canal and how it can serve and sustain our communities and the environment. Take a survey share your thoughts and ideas.

The Chicago River Swim marks a bold step forward, demonstrating our collective leadership in recognizing the vital role our rivers play in public health and building a climate-resilient future.

Thirty-three partners from local governments, nonprofit organizations, regional agencies, and engineering firms attended the discussion.

As part of Friends’ River Shallows Project, Solidarity Studios engaged the public with their beats of the river at Kickapoo Woods Forest Preserve on Chicago River Day in May.

Friends of the Chicago River’s initiatives were highlighted multiple times including our collaboration with the Department of Planning and Development to advise Chicago’s river projects, plans, and policies by facilitating the River Ecology and Governance Task Force.