Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Friends of the Fox River Board Meeting

Please call or email to be included in this hybrid meeting: info@fotfr.org or 815-356-6605. Board members convene to discuss upcoming events and current campaigns, our strategic plan, programs, etc. The public is welcome.

Planting at the former Carpenter Dam

Join Friends of the Fox River and Kane County Forest Preserve District as we do some shoreline planting.Call 815-356-6605 or email info@fotfr.org for exact time and details.

Elgin Valley Fox Trot

Join FOTFR at the Elgin Valley Fox Trot 2025! New 5K and 10-mile courses this year. Both courses still begin & end at the corner of Grove Avenue and Ann Street just north of the Gail Borden Library (270 N. Grove Avenue).  The downhill on Grove Avenue for both races will enhance a sprint to the ... Read more

Friends of the Fox River Board Meeting

Please call to be included in this hybrid meeting 815-356-6605 and for zoom link. Board members convene to discuss upcoming events and current campaigns, our strategic plan, programs, etc. The public is welcome.

Green Drinks – Nature’s Voice: How Art Can Inspire Environmental Action

110 N Main St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 110 n. Main St., Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States

Nature’s Voice: How Art Can Inspire Environmental Action Presented by: Hannah Marquardt, Advocate and PoetArt helps us feel what facts alone often can’t. From Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking Silent Spring to the searing poetry of Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, artists have long shaped the way we understand and respond to environmental crises. Today, visual artists like Benjamin Von ... Read more

Explorer Camp

Join us for a fun week of summer camp. Become a friend of the Fox River and the plants and animals that reside in the watershed. Learn about your place in nature through exploration of the Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve in West Dundee. Activities will include discovering the similarities and differences of various soils, fungi, ... Read more

FREP – Field tour of Hackmatack NWR Restoration Areas

The presentation will include:The ground-breaking project to restore a channelized section of Nippersink Creek and the Sect 206 project. -Tamarack West - the wetland restoration project site, discussing past land uses, alterations to the hydrology, the restoration plan, and how this restoration work compliments the work of MCCD to restore sections of Nippersink Creek. There ... Read more

Explorer Camp

Explorer Camp Join us for a fun week of summer camp. Become a friend of the Fox River and the plants and animals that reside in the watershed. Learn about your place in nature through exploration of the Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve in West Dundee. Activities will include discovering the similarities and differences of various ... Read more

EL CARDUNAL

EL CARDUNAL is a celebratory paddle along the Fox River’s longest free-flowing stretch of the Fabulous Fox! Water Trail through Kane County, Illinois. On June 22, the 5.9 mile kayak & canoe paddle will launch in Algonquin and finish in East Dundee.  Your $25 registration includes: No canoe or kayak? Around 50 rentals will be available ... Read more

Explorer Camp

Explorer Camp Join us for a fun week of summer camp. Become a friend of the Fox River and the plants and animals that reside in the watershed. Learn about your place in nature through exploration of the Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve in West Dundee. Activities will include discovering the similarities and differences of various ... Read more

No Clean Water No Good Beer (or Wine)

Bandito Barney’s 10 N River St, East Dundee, United States

Join us for our 10th annual FUNdraiser at Bandito Barney's in East Dundee. Your admission gains you tickets for samples of craft beer and wine PLUS appetizers. Get your tickets here Enjoy mingling with other river lovers and try your luck at our great raffle for prizes from local businesses including bike shops, restaurants, hair ... Read more

$35 – $60

It’s Our Fox River Day – A Watershed-Wide Celebration

Fox River

On Saturday, September 20, Friends of the Fox River will coordinate our fifth river-length event on the entire Fox River from Waukesha, Wisconsin to the confluence in Ottawa, Illinois. Here's how to participate. We are reaching out to Mayors, City Councils, Park Districts and Forest Preserve Districts along the river, along with environmental groups, faith ... Read more