Meet Your Witchy Neighbor
By Jack MacRae Witch Hazel might sound like a cousin of Samantha Stevens. But botanically, it is really an attractive understory shrub found... Read More
In Search of the Perfect Earth-Friendly Laundry Detergent
By Pat Brady, DivvyBack Managing Partner We all know that nothing in life is perfect, except maybe Manny’s Reuben sandwich with chicken... Read More
Meet Your Returning Neighbors
By Jack MacRae Ornithologists have learned a great deal about dark-eyed juncos, those cute, gray and white snowbirds that visit us from... Read More
The Fox River’s View of the Pandemic
By Gary Swick, President Infant Species As the COVID-19 pandemic infiltrates the human space on the planet, many things well known in... Read More
Meet your Tall Neighbor
By Black Jack MacRae When I think of black walnuts, I think of their abscission layer. Abscission is a botanical term used to... Read More
Who Represents You?
By Gary Swick, President We are very fortunate that in this watershed we are governed by a democratic system. The decisions that... Read More
Keeping the Fun in Fixin’ the Fox
By Gary Swick, President When COVID-19 came to town in March, countless routines got turned upside down. Friends of the Fox River... Read More
Meet your Eponymous Neighbor
By Jack MacRae One of the great mysteries of American wildflower lore may have been solved. Joe Pye – the eponym for... Read More
Currently Affecting Our Fox
By Gary Swick, FOFR President Advocacy and giving the Fox River a voice were the founding principles of Friends of the Fox... Read More
Why You Should Be In This Canoe
By Gary Swick The debate over whether to choose a plastic or paper bag is pretty even when comparing their environmental footprints.... Read More