Who Drinks the Fox River?
By Kyla Jacobsen, FOFR Board Member Years ago, people settled and communities grew up along rivers. People and animals had access to... 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
Love Our River Days
by Gary Mechanic, Executive Director The Fox River has come a long way from the days when it was the most used... Read More
2017 Fox River Basin Survey
The 2017 IDNR Fox River Basin Survey By Steve Pescitelli, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fisheries During the summer of... Read More
Our Waters, Our Fox
Article written for the April 2017 “Bravo Magazine” by Dean Tripp Our Fox By its very nature a river belongs to more... Read More
Prairie Parkway Project Information
Various routing alternatives for the proposed Prairie Parkway connecting I-88 and I-80 are currently under consideration by the Illinois Department of Transportation... Read More
Why Volunteering Monitoring Data Matters
By Cindy Skrukrud Clean Water Advocate, Sierra Club (Illinois Chapter) The Fox River Study Group, a multi-stakeholder group (Friends of the Fox... Read More
More Ways YOU Can Help Protect the Fox River
From the FOFR Library If you utilize the Fox River and its resources on your weekends, and have been looking for a... Read More
Water Quality Issues of the Fox River
From IL Water Quality Report 2002 Stream Segment ID and Endpoints Potential Causes of Impairments Potential Sources of Impairment D-35, IL/WI state... Read More
Illinois River Basin Restoration Proposal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Unveil Illinois River Basin Restoration Proposal The U.S. Army Corps of... Read More