The Bridgehouse Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday from May 14 through October 30.

Over 120 attendees participated in interactive environmental experiments including water quality testing, trail restoration, a litter cleanup, and a birds-of-prey showcase.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County’s Palos Preserves as the largest Urban Night Sky Place in the world.

Learn about some helpful ideas and approaches from our staff to help the environment every day.

Maximizing multiple ecological, social, and climate resiliency objectives across jurisdictional boundaries is the core work of the 19-member Watershed Alliance.

Report any irregular activity in the Chicago-Calumet River system.

MWRD resolution acknowledges the Chicago River as one of our most valuable and prominent natural resources.

Excited volunteers are mobilizing for Friends’ large-scale spring litter cleanup and restoration event. 

Artist Ben Miller painted a portrait of the Chicago River in reverse using a fly rod and reel, a process he calls “fly cast painting.”