Meet Your Scavenging Neighbors
By Jack MacRae Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are frequent flyers in our wild skies. Teetering on their long wings, these aerial scavengers... Read More
A Watershed is Not Where the Well is Located
By Gary Swick, FOFR President I have been asking folks for decades, “What is a watershed?” It is important to us because... Read More
Meet Your Orange, Black, Golden Yellow Neighbors
Few people realize that a fairly obscure Englishman nobleman named Cecil Calvert, (1605 – 1675) is directly responsible for the name of a... Read More
Second Saturday Outdoor Family Adventure
You and your family are invited to join us on the 2nd Saturday of each month as we explore special places along... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Meet Your Wahoo Neighbor
By Jack MacRae I think everyone should have at least one wahoo (Euonymus atropupureus) in their backyard. They’re small, shrubby native trees that... Read More
Second Saturday Kickoff a Great Success!
By Brandon Combs and Jenni Schiavone Friends of the Fox River Second Saturday Outdoor Adventures is a new program initiative we’re starting... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors – Meet Your Underground Neighbors!
By Jack MacRae Groundhogs and badgers are both local, grayish mammals that live in holes in the ground. But that’s where the similarities... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Meet Your Chickadee Neighbor’s Brain!
By Jack MacRae Our wildlife neighbors adjust to the approach of winter in various ways. Some creatures migrate (red bats), some hibernate (fox... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Meet the Sumacs
By Jack MacRae The burgundy leaves of sumac fill the Fox Valley’s fall woods. The hue comes from the pigment anthocyanin and is... Read More
It’s Our Fox River Day – A Watershed-Wide Celebration
On Saturday, September 21, Friends of the Fox River will coordinate the first river-length event on the entire Fox River from Waukesha,... Read More