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Learn about the Fox River and ways to protect it.
- Five Ways You Can Help Protect Water Quality in the Fox River
- Fact Sheet - Dams
- Illinois River Basin Restoration Proposal Unveiled
- 2005 RiverWatch Quality Assurance Report Released
- Ill. "Troubled Waters Report Released
- USEPA Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters
- Welcome to Your Watershed How to make your property environmentally friendly
- Welcome to Your Watershed - Fox River Watershed Fox River facts, critical issues & resources
- Water Quality Issues of the Fox River Potential Causes & Sources of Impairment from IL Water Quality Report 2002
- More Ways YOU Can Help Protect the Fox River
- "Why Volunteer Monitoring Data Matters" By Cindy Skrukrud, Clean Water Advocate, Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter
- Prairie Parkway Project Information Links
- "How Green is My River" (Algae Impacts on the Fox River) By Tom Schrader, Vice President, Friends of the Fox River
Volunteers Needed for Water Willow PlantFriends of the Fox River and the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance will be hosting a water willow plantin... Read more |
1st Annual Native Plant SaleFriends of the Fox River will be hosting our 1st Annual Native Plant Sale at our new... Read more |
Fact Sheet
- 1. In Illinois, 13 dams impede the Fox River’s flow.
- 2. Most Fox River dams serve no purpose.
- 3. Fox River dams do not “improve fishing.”
- 4. River dams degrade water quality.