The Bridgehouse Museum season opens to the public on Chicago River Day, May 11.

Our annual spring litter cleanup and restoration event is Saturday, May 11.

Friends of the Chicago River presented the 2023 Educator of the Year award to Decatur Classical School science teacher Gerard Kovach for his outstanding participation in our Chicago River Schools Netowrk.

In order to provide our 41,000 members, volunteers, and online advocates with the information they need for the upcoming Illinois primary election on March 19, this year Friends of the Chicago River solicited positions from the four candidates running to fill three spots as Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Commissioners with six-year terms.

Join us and our all-star cast of wild river animals while you mingle with your friends, colleagues, and other civic leaders on May 29 at the 17th Annual Big Fish Ball, and celebrate our shared action and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet River system and its tributary streams.

Our River Action Days enable organizations and their employees to make a difference through engaging, hands-on work towards restoring the river system.

Staff at Friends of the Chicago River is participating in a series of equity trainings for the conservation community offered by our partners at the Chicago Wilderness Alliance.

We emphasized to reporters that any development must treat the river as a living natural resource and not a water feature.