FUNdraising, Friends of the Fox River Style!
Get your holiday shopping done early with a beer in your hand, without an internet connection. The ceremony of gift giving is... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors
By Jack MacRae and Gary Mechanic Rolling in the River Their name might make them sound like they’re Mick Jagger groupies, but... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Map Turtles Don’t Get Lost!
There are currently 14 species of map turtles, all found only in North America. Two species of map turtle are found in... Read More
How Well Do You Know Your Friends?
By Gary Swick, President Our personal friends are different to us than other people we pass in traffic, store aisles, or on... Read More
Creating a Watershed of Caretakers – May the Next Generation Go Viral
My Gmail automatically adds the following below my signature: “Spreading the Peace with the Planet Virus”. Things such as bacteria, viruses, and... Read More
Who Drinks the Fox River?
By Kyla Jacobsen, FOFR Board Member Years ago, people settled and communities grew up along rivers. People and animals had access to... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Do Birds Poop in the Woods?
by Jack MacRae Most birds do their best to maintain a tidy nest. Removing eggshells, stray feathers, and bits of food is serious business... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: The Green Heron Summer Tour
by Jack MacRae Green herons return to the Fox River during the third week of April. They play on a smaller, more intimate stage... Read More
People + Legislation = Water Quality Protection
by Gary Swick Having access to clean water is a need for all living things. The natural environment provides that through the... Read More
The Fox’s Formerly Phenomenal Filtering Freshwater Mussels
By Arthur Malm It has been 100 years since the passage of Illinois’ Sanitary District Act of 1917. That Act allowed voters... Read More