How Are We Protecting the Fox River?
By Gary Swick, President “How is the river doing?” and “What’s new with Friends of the Fox River (FOFR)?” are the two... 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 Your River – Vote to Protect It!
By Gary Swick, President While in Waubonsee Creek in Oswego, with 7th graders from the Aurora University STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: Ruby Throats and Their Poo
By Jack MacRae I think my hummingbirds have left for the year. I hope they made themselves comfortable before they left. Hummingbirds... Read More
Nature’s Gifts
By Gary Swick, FOFR President Nature offers us much that we take for granted. Our need for drinkable water, clean air, and... Read More
One for All and All for One
By Gary Swick, FOFR President I know something about each and every reader. You once lived in your mother’s womb. You relied... Read More
Meet Your Neighbors: A Year in the Life of a Smallmouth Bass
By Pat Kirmse Spring A warm March rain raised the temperature of the Fox River to 47 degrees and a 15″ smallmouth... Read More
Meet Your Water Snake Neighbors
By Slithering Jack MacRae Queen snakes are gentle but squirmy water snakes with unique colors. They are not female king snakes, but... Read More
Plastics are Breaking the Laws
By Gary Swick, President At our Yorkville river cleanup, I realized that my very full bag of trash was exceptionally light. It... Read More