No Clean Water, No Good Beer!
Friends of the Fox Annual Craft Beer Event & Fundraiser at Bandito Barney’s Beach Club & Bordello Sample popular local and tasty... Read More
Be A Fox River Champion!
Do you like the Fox River? How about BBQ? Like great craft brewed beer? Then we’ve got the party for you in... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: The Green Heron Summer Tour
by Jack MacRae Green herons return to the Fox River during the third week of April. They play on a smaller, more intimate stage... Read More
People + Legislation = Water Quality Protection
by Gary Swick Having access to clean water is a need for all living things. The natural environment provides that through the... Read More
The Fox’s Formerly Phenomenal Filtering Freshwater Mussels
By Arthur Malm It has been 100 years since the passage of Illinois’ Sanitary District Act of 1917. That Act allowed voters... Read More
Finding Harmony with the Fox River
by Gary Swick McHenry County Green Drinks recently invited Friends of the Fox River to talk about paddling the Fox River. We... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Spring Cuties
By Jack MacRae Ephemeral Flora Spring beauties (claytonia) are true cuties. They’re wee little flowers found in our mature oak and maple... Read More
Love Our River Days
by Gary Mechanic, Executive Director The Fox River has come a long way from the days when it was the most used... Read More
The Who’s Who of Fox River Protectors
By Gary Swick Because our watershed is biologically significant, it’s experiencing continual growth, and it’s home to a lot of conservationists, the... Read More
2018 Annual Photography Contest
Our Annual Photography Contest has become a big hit, so we are excited to step it up this year! Our theme this... Read More