No Clean Water, No Good Beer!
Friends of the Fox River’s Annual Craft Beer FUNdraiser at Bandito Barney’s Beach Club & Bordello Sample new local craft beers, win... Read More
Find the Fox Canoe Trip #1
River Trip #1 Cornish Park, Algonquin to Fox River Shores Forest Preserve Boat Ramp – 3.5 miles This season’s river trips starts... Read More
It Takes A Community
By Gary Swick, President Remember Hilary Clinton’s 1996 book, “It Takes a Village,” and her 2016 Democratic National Convention speech reminding us... Read More
Elgin Love Our River Day – River Cleanup and Community Celebration
Elgin’s State Representative Anna Moeller co-sponsors our annual Spring Cleanup in Elgin from 9am to noon. Meet at the west end of... Read More
Batavia Love Our River Day – River Cleanup and Community Celebration
Volunteer to help out at our annual Batavia cleanup along the Fox River co-sponsored with the City of Batavia. Meet at the... Read More
Those Dam Flies
By Art Malm, P.E., FOFR Director It’s that first warm, wonderful day of spring. The breeze is light; you feel the sun’s... Read More
Aurora Love Our River Day – River Cleanup and Community Celebration
Volunteer now to help cleanup as Friends of the Fox River supports the Aurora Kiwanis Club’s “One Day” Fox River Cleanup. This... Read More
Meet Your Watershed Neighbors: Jelkes Creek-Fox River Watershed Coalition
By David Poweleit, President JCFRWC Our Mission: Improve surface water and groundwater quality through outreach and implementation of best management practices. The... Read More
Springing Into Action
If anyone owns the river it is the people. We all impact the river directly and indirectly.