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
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
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
Meet Your Neighbors: Crust Fungus Among Us
by Crusty Jack MacRae There are not too many forms of fungus you can spot from 60 yards away. But the next time... Read More
Diversity and Stability
by Gary Swick One of the basic concepts of ecology is that diversity leads to stability. The Fox River watershed has two... Read More
Dams of the Fox River, A Layperson’s View
by Eric Pepa When I became a member of Friends of the Fox River several years ago, one of the first things... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Where Do the Ducks Go in Winter?
by Gary Mechanic The hero of J.D.Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” Holden Caulfield famously wanted to know where the ducks go in... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: The Duck with a Golden Eye
By Jack MacRae Goldeneyes don’t dabble. They are diving ducks with a talent of Olympic proportion. They’re synchronous divers. When feeding, all... Read More