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Friends of the Chicago River, along with over 35 organizations, is part of the Coalition for Plastic Reduction, championing this bill to protect our waterways.
Continue Reading »Friends of the Chicago River, along with over 35 organizations, is part of the Coalition for Plastic Reduction, championing this bill to protect our waterways.
Continue Reading »Friends of the Chicago River supported passage of this referendum as a member of the Vote Yes for the Lake County Forest Preserves Coalition. The headwaters of the Chicago River start in Lake County.
Continue Reading »Attendees overwhelmingly expressed the importance of the summit to build regional collaboration and innovative partnerships to advance critical climate policy and watershed planning projects throughout the region.
Continue Reading »For the 2024 general election, Friends of the Chicago River solicited positions from the candidates running to fill three spots as MWRD Commissioners with six-year terms and one spot for a two-year term.
Continue Reading »Friends was part of the event that convened 40 scholars, students, and community members, including artists, writers, activists, and designers, to engage in cross-disciplinary creative practice about the challenges facing urban watersheds.
Continue Reading »You can take action to curb the use of rat poison by signing a petition calling on the city to reduce the rodenticide budget by 20% and redirect the funds to study alternative ways to reduce the rodent population.
Continue Reading »The boat was held at an opportune time, as the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development will soon kick off a process to update the Calumet Area Land Use Plan and Calumet Design Guidelines.
Continue Reading »Friends’ policy team played an active role in advocating for this project as part of our work with the city on the updated NPDES permit, which governs 184 city-owned outfalls that discharge into the reaches of the Chicago-Calumet River system and the Des Plaines River in Chicago.
Continue Reading »Since the first awards in 2010, Friends has recognized a total of 91 projects that represent both large-scale initiatives and individual actions of property owners and elected officials to restore and protect the Chicago-Calumet River System.
Continue Reading »The four remaining bridge lift viewing dates are on Saturday October 26 and November 2, and Wednesday October 23 and 30. Saturday lifts are typically around 10 a.m. and Wednesday lifts around 9:30 a.m.
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