In 2005, Friends opened the Michigan Avenue Fish Hotel; it was the first floating island installed in the Midwest.

The elegant evening was a joyful tribute to our collective impact,.

Friends of the Chicago River joins with 18 other leading environmental, social justice, and conservation organizations to express our appreciation and support for the dedicated public servants of the EPA.

The ordinance aims to end city development patterns that further burden communities of color with harmful pollution.

Join us at a Chicago City Council hearing on environmental and health damage caused by single-use plastics on April 23.

Take action now to tell the EPA that our waterways deserve protection.

Friends of the Chicago River has been working with scientists from the Forest Preserves of Cook County to increase nesting sites available to osprey along the Chicago-Calumet River system.

The StoryMap integrates photos, maps, visualizations, and text to describe how natural solutions address the challenges faced by our rivers, communities, and wildlife.

Friends of the Chicago River offers numerous ways to help you plan for Earth Day actions starting on April 22.

Open space investment and river-edge ideas for the Calumet River corridor was the subject of discussion for over 60 experts at the quarterly meeting of the city of Chicago’s River Ecology and Governance Task Force.