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The fall 2020 bridgelift viewing season is underway every Saturday through the end of October at the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum at Michigan and Wacker. Learn more here.

Friends is working with restoration volunteers at McClaughrey Springs Woods as part of an Illinois Clean Energy Community Stewardship grant. We invite you to join in at an upcoming restoration day. Learn more here.

Recent passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by the U.S. House of Representatives is a boost for Bubbly Creek. The legislation now goes to the Senate for consideration.

The first survey of mussels conducted since µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reconnected southwest suburban Mill Creek to the Cal-Sag Channel last year has produced positive results: two species of mussels were found.

Help µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï continue our important wildlife habitat work by symbolically adopting an osprey, one of the many wildlife species that Friends has been working to assist in and along the Chicago River system.

Urban "rewilding" seeks to encourage biodiversity, ecosystem function, and the persistence of native species across urban areas to reap a multitude of benefits. Read more about rewilding here.

µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï is proud to be the recipient of a 2020 Clearwater Award from The Waterfront Center, in recognition of the annual Chicago River Day event.

Elected officials and volunteers joined Friends for a My Chicago River Day Summer Challenge litter cleanup at Gompers Park.

The revitalization of the Chicago River System was celebrated at the grand re-µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ïopening of the Bridgehouse Museum August 21. Many dignitaries gathered for the re-µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ïopening ceremony of the unique museum dedicated to the Chicago River system. A major refresh of the museum's exhibits was unveiled.

µÚÒ»³Ô¹Ï invites you to join us for our popular Litter Free Chicago River Canoe and Cleans.