Annual student poster contest inspires action to improve our rivers and communities by helping to create a Litter Free Chicago-Calumet River system.

More than 75 locations from Lake County to the Calumet region and southwest to Summit, Palos and beyond.

Help guarantee Illinoisans the right to recreate on Illinois’ shared rivers and streams. Send a letter to your lawmaker.

Urge your Illinois state senator to support SB0100 to phase out single-use polystyrene foam foodware in Illinois. 

The Bridgehouse Museum is also one of the most memorable locations for special events in Chicago.

Removing invasive species allows native plant species to return and flourish.

Dyeing the river perpetuates the notion that it can be treated any way anyone wants, rather than as a protected and valuable natural resource for people and wildlife.

The custom-built, open source searchable map was designed to increase the use of multi-beneficial natural solutions to address a myriad of community and environmental problems. It is available to anyone on Friends website.

Lynette Thomas uses the Chicago-Calumet River system to tap student’s creativity to learn.