The notable leaders list includes 54 public, private, academic, and non-profit professionals throughout the Chicago area.

The workshop included a diverse group of residents, businesses, and property owners from the McKinley Park, Bridgeport, and Chinatown neighborhoods who share their unique perspectives about the accessibility challenges and opportunities in the area.

Friends of the Chicago River offers numerous ways to help you.

Hundreds of dedicated river advocates, civic leaders, and policy makers will celebrate our shared action and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet River system and its tributary streams.

The changes in the Chicago River over the past decades are nothing short of incredible.

Hundreds of dedicated river advocates, civic leaders, and policy makers will gather at the Bog Fish Ball to celebrate our shared action and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet River system and its tributary streams.

Friends of the Chicago River offers numerous ways to help you plan for Earth Day action starting on April 22, and continuing through the year.

Among the new requirements are the establishment of sensitive areas around 10 priority outfalls in high recreation areas and green infrastructure prioritizing environmental justice communities.

Our watershed-wide spring litter cleanup and restoration event draws thousands of volunteers every year to cleanup and help restore the Chicago-Calumet River system.

Coal tar poses a serious threat to aquatic life, causing severe biological defects and mortality when it seeps into our precious waterways.