Will The River Stop Flowing?
By Art Malm, FOFR Board Member Will the river stop flowing altogether in dry years if the low head dams like the... Read More
The Seasons of the Fox River
By Gary Swick Personally, I love living in a region that has distinct seasons. Walking ankle to waist deep in a stream... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Nighthawks
By Jack MacRae The nighthawks are dining. They appear at dusk in our October skies, swooping, darting and snatching bugs in their big... Read More
What Will It Look Like?
By Art Malm, FOFR Board Member Maybe the first question asked by almost anyone considering dam removal is “what will it look... Read More
What is Education For? Citizen Empowerment
By Gary Swick It’s back-to-school season for Friends of the Fox River (FOFR) and our team of educators is geared up to... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Cute Baby Snakes
By Jack MacRae 20th century scientific research into Kindchenschema showed that humans consider baby animals as inherently cute. It has something to... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Stonerollers and violets
By Jack MacRae and Gary Mechanic Rolling in the River Their name might make them sound like they’re Mick Jagger groupies, but... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Map Turtles Don’t Get Lost!
There are currently 14 species of map turtles, all found only in North America. Two species of map turtle are found in... Read More
How Well Do You Know Your Friends?
By Gary Swick, President Our personal friends are different to us than other people we pass in traffic, store aisles, or on... Read More
Creating a Watershed of Caretakers – May the Next Generation Go Viral
My Gmail automatically adds the following below my signature: “Spreading the Peace with the Planet Virus”. Things such as bacteria, viruses, and... Read More