We are a proud recipient of a $630,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund to develop an installation-ready engineering and design plan for the river system employing aquatic habitat.
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In 2017, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), Friends, the Sierra Club-Illinois Chapter, and other environmental groups agreed to work together to set a limit on the amount of phosphorus the MWRD can release into the river system. Phosphorus comes into MWWRD treatment plants both in the raw sewage and the stormwater runoff.
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Chipmunks can display extreme courage if another animal approaches their territory.
Continue Reading »Since 1979, Friends has been working to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people and wildlife and by doing so, has laid the foundation for the river to be a beautiful, continuous, easily accessible corridor of open space in the Chicago region.
121 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
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