By Meghan Yancey The fall water quality monitoring season has come to a successful end! This was my first season with Friends...

By Gary Swick, President Many years ago I was given a wood carving from an anonymous source. The accompanying note read: “This...

From time to time Friends of the Fox River receives questions thru our website or Facebook page about the river, pollution and...

By Art Malm, FOFR Board Member Will the river stop flowing altogether in dry years if the low head dams like the...

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...

My Gmail automatically adds the following below my signature: “Spreading the Peace with the Planet Virus”. Things such as bacteria, viruses, and...

by Jack MacRae Green herons return to the Fox River during the third week of April. They play on a smaller, more intimate stage...

by Gary Swick Having access to clean water is a need for all living things. The natural environment provides that through the...

By Jack MacRae Ephemeral Flora Spring beauties (claytonia) are true cuties. They’re wee little flowers found in our mature oak and maple...

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