The recipients of the 2020 River Commitment Awards include an architectural designer and curator, a volunteer canoe guide and park advisory council member, and a United States congressman from Chicago. The annual recognition cites exceptional river work.

To mark Friends' 40th anniversary, we've picked out 40 spectacular locations on the Chicago River system.

Friends supports efforts to make public agencies more transparent, but an MWRD ordinance goes too far. Learn more here.

A series of special virtual events (October 25 - November 5) launches our inaugural Born to Be Wild celebration of the Chicago River system and its wildlife.

Friends of the Chicago River is pleased to welcome Ryan Christopher Green, chief investment and administrative officer at DL3 Realty, to Friends' Board of Directors.

The fall season is time to harvest seed from native plants to be spread this coming spring. Learn more here.

The Chicago River Schools Network (CRSN) offers free online distance learning to support the many school districts in the Chicago region including the Chicago Public Schools. Learn more here.

National experts share their green infrastructure successes at the 2020 Chicago River Summit to be held virtually November 10, 12, & 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more here.

The fall 2020 bridgelift viewing season is underway every Saturday through the end of October at the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum at Michigan and Wacker. Learn more here.

Friends is working with restoration volunteers at McClaughrey Springs Woods as part of an Illinois Clean Energy Community Stewardship grant. We invite you to join in at an upcoming restoration day. Learn more here.