Meet Your Neighbors: Season of the Witch
By Jack MacRae Witch Hazel was one of my least favorite Looney Toons characters. She wasn’t a deep thinker like Foghorn Leghorn or... Read More
How Does the River Flow?
From time to time Friends of the Fox River receives questions thru our website or Facebook page about the river, pollution and... Read More
Mill Creek Watershed
By Holly Hudson, Senior Aquatic Biologist, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning The 31 square mile Mill Creek watershed includes portions of four... Read More
Will The River Stop Flowing?
By Art Malm, FOFR Board Member Will the river stop flowing altogether in dry years if the low head dams like the... Read More
The Seasons of the Fox River
By Gary Swick Personally, I love living in a region that has distinct seasons. Walking ankle to waist deep in a stream... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Nighthawks
By Jack MacRae The nighthawks are dining. They appear at dusk in our October skies, swooping, darting and snatching bugs in their big... Read More
What Will It Look Like?
By Art Malm, FOFR Board Member Maybe the first question asked by almost anyone considering dam removal is “what will it look... Read More
What is Education For? Citizen Empowerment
By Gary Swick It’s back-to-school season for Friends of the Fox River (FOFR) and our team of educators is geared up to... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Cute Baby Snakes
By Jack MacRae 20th century scientific research into Kindchenschema showed that humans consider baby animals as inherently cute. It has something to... Read More