Delegates from around the world - including Friends’ Executive Director Margaret Frisbie - shared insights on river recovery, basin planning, cross jurisdictional approaches, and the imperative to improve public health at the same time we improve ecological health.

The Developing Alternative Mitigation Systems (DAMS) for Beavers Act would provide $1 million annually through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for non-lethal beaver mitigation efforts.

Wasted bottles can turn up as litter in and along the Chicago River system and all over the world contributing to the extraordinary pressure litter places on environmental health.

Stage set for launch of the Natural Solutions Tool in the spring for nature-based solutions to manage stormwater to the benefit of human and environmental health.

Nearly 4,000 dedicated volunteers racked up more than 19,000 hours helping improve and protect the river system.

Thanksgiving is open to everyone.

Bold leadership and creative thinking in concert with community aspirations will achieve something we can all be proud of for generations.

The final milestone of a major restoration project to reconnect southwest suburban Mill Creek to the Cal-Sag Channel, reversing a 100-year-old decision to separate the two waterways.

On Giving Tuesday, November 29, we invite you to give the gift of experiencing the wonder of the Chicago River system this holiday season.

A bright October morning with the trees in full fall foliage, sun shining, beautiful blue skies with just the occasional puffy cloud, was a perfect day for 50 friends to set off on a joyful adventure – with a little citizen scientist thrown in –to search for birds from the vantage point of the river.