Meet Your Morning Cloak Neighbors
By Jack MacRae The perennial winner for the Longest Life Span Award in the North American Butterfly Category is our old friend... Read More
Spring and Friends of the Fox River Are Ready to Bloom
By Gary Swick, FOFR President Spring emergence During a Midwestern winter, nature is not dead but merely conserving energy. It is challenging... Read More
Together, We Can Rebuild the Fox River Ecosystem
By Gary Swick, President Restoring the Systems Working with unified efforts and a sense of collaboration, we can move forward together while... Read More
The Issue With Tissue
By Pat Brady, DivvyBack Managing Partner “Figures don’t lie but liars figure” is a piece of modern wisdom passed on through the... Read More
The Resilience of Rivers
By Gary Swick, President 2020 has been a spectrum of angst ranging from a dumpster fire, to a period of darkness, to... 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
Mother’s Day Like No Other
By Gary Swick, President Mother’s Day is approaching but it will surely be another change from the norm. We’re learning that forced... Read More
Responding to New Challenges
We are learning that doing things differently (not necessarily by choice) can yield better results. Friends of the Fox River (FOFR) is... Read More
A Child’s First Teacher
By Jenni Schiavone Dear Caregivers, The Friends of the Fox River (FOFR) Education Design Team and I feel it is important to... Read More