River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:45am - 1:45pm
2spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
5:00pm - 7:00pm
6spots remaining
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum runs the Illinois Odonate Survey (IOS) to keep tabs on our dragonfly and damselfly friends, which flock to the Urban Rivers floating wetlands each summer. There's been talk in previous years of having the 3 major U...
CAT Jam Chicago is a local music community that hosts open jam nights in the city. During the summer, they host events every Wednesday at the Wild Mile. CAT Jams are every Wednesday from June - September 7 - 10 pm. Facilitators will help to answer q...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:15am - 11:45am
2spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 12:00pm
1spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 2:00pm
9spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:15pm - 4:45pm
2spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
4:00pm - 6:00pm
5spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 2:00pm
1spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
4:00pm - 6:00pm
2spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
6:00pm - 8:00pm
2spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:00pm - 4:00pm
3spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
4:00pm - 6:00pm
2spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
5:00pm - 8:30pm
7spots remaining
Urban Rivers is often joined by large volunteer groups, usually at the Wild Mile. Sometimes these groups are from fellow nonprofits and sometimes from companies organizing volunteer days for their employees. When the groups want to divide up, with so...
CAT Jam Chicago is a local music community that hosts open jam nights in the city. During the summer, they host events every Wednesday at the Wild Mile. CAT Jams are every Wednesday from June - September 7 - 10 pm. Facilitators will help to answer q...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
8:30am - 12:00pm
8spots remaining
Urban Rivers is often joined by large volunteer groups, usually at the Wild Mile. Sometimes these groups are from fellow nonprofits and sometimes from companies organizing volunteer days for their employees. When the groups want to divide up, with so...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:15am - 11:15am
2spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 1:00pm
3spots remaining
Join us to load up kayaks on our boat for Bubbly Creek Community Kayaking! We need a few volunteers to help us move our kayaks and gather other materials needed for our Bubbly Creek programming. Whether you are in the area on your lunch break or woul...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:45pm - 7:15pm
1spots remaining
Come help us facilitate free kayaking out of Park 571! We need volunteers to help inexperienced participants of all ages get in and out of kayaks, sign in, and stay safe on the water. We could also use some enthusiastic river-lovers to chat with part...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:00am - 12:00pm
7spots remaining
Urban Rivers is often joined by large volunteer groups, usually at the Wild Mile. Sometimes these groups are from fellow nonprofits and sometimes from companies organizing volunteer days for their employees. When the groups want to divide up, with so...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 1:00pm
12spots remaining
Midday every Saturday for the next couple months before real winter sets in, some volunteers will meet up to take care of all the little maintenance tasks around the Wild Mile. Here's a few of the types of tasks we may be tackling: Preparing the ne...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
8:30am - 11:00am
6spots remaining
Urban Rivers needs to make repairs on a island on the South Branch we call Prologis, that has been absolutely battered by boat wake. We've repaired and refurbished the island multiple times, only to have boat wake tear things apart again. So now we a...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
3:30pm - 8:30pm
6spots remaining
Urban Rivers needs to make repairs on a island on the South Branch we call Prologis, that has been absolutely battered by boat wake. We've repaired and refurbished the island multiple times, only to have boat wake tear things apart again. So now we a...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:45am - 12:45pm
1spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
CAT Jam Chicago is a local music community that hosts open jam nights in the city. During the summer, they host events every Wednesday at the Wild Mile. CAT Jams are every Wednesday from June - September 7 - 10 pm. Facilitators will help to answer q...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
8:30am - 1:00pm
2spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
4:00pm - 6:00pm
2spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1spots remaining
Join us to load up kayaks on our boat for Bubbly Creek Community Kayaking! We need a few volunteers to help us move our kayaks and gather other materials needed for our Bubbly Creek programming. Whether you are in the area on your lunch break or woul...
Come help us facilitate free kayaking out of Park 571! We need volunteers to help inexperienced participants of all ages get in and out of kayaks, sign in, and stay safe on the water. We could also use some enthusiastic river-lovers to chat with part...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:15am - 12:45pm
3spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 1:00pm
5spots remaining
Midday every Saturday for the next couple months before real winter sets in, some volunteers will meet up to take care of all the little maintenance tasks around the Wild Mile. Here's a few of the types of tasks we may be tackling: Preparing the ne...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:30am - 1:30pm
7spots remaining
It takes a lot of work to keep a rich diverse ecosystem on these floating wetlands. Our main task in the gardens will be to maintain balance, and stop any invasive or weedy-native plants from taking over and establishing a monoculture. Thursday June...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:00pm - 4:00pm
8spots remaining
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum runs the Illinois Odonate Survey (IOS) to keep tabs on our dragonfly and damselfly friends, which flock to the Urban Rivers floating wetlands each summer. There's been talk in previous years of having the 3 major U...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 12:00pm
4spots remaining
The 5th Annual Wild Mile Block Party is our largest event of the year, and we need your help to make it the best party yet!This year's event is Sunday July 19th from 3-8pm, but will need folks to help with set up (11am-3pm), break down (8pm-9pm), and...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
1:00pm - 3:00pm
4spots remaining
The 5th Annual Wild Mile Block Party is our largest event of the year, and we need your help to make it the best party yet!This year's event is Sunday July 19th from 3-8pm, but will need folks to help with set up (11am-3pm), break down (8pm-9pm), and...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
3:00pm - 5:00pm
4spots remaining
The 5th Annual Wild Mile Block Party is our largest event of the year, and we need your help to make it the best party yet!This year's event is Sunday July 19th from 3-8pm, but will need folks to help with set up (11am-3pm), break down (8pm-9pm), and...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
5:00pm - 7:00pm
3spots remaining
The 5th Annual Wild Mile Block Party is our largest event of the year, and we need your help to make it the best party yet!This year's event is Sunday July 19th from 3-8pm, but will need folks to help with set up (11am-3pm), break down (8pm-9pm), and...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
7:00pm - 9:00pm
11spots remaining
The 5th Annual Wild Mile Block Party is our largest event of the year, and we need your help to make it the best party yet!This year's event is Sunday July 19th from 3-8pm, but will need folks to help with set up (11am-3pm), break down (8pm-9pm), and...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
7:00pm - 10:00pm
1spots remaining
CAT Jam Chicago is a local music community that hosts open jam nights in the city. During the summer, they host events every Wednesday at the Wild Mile. CAT Jams are every Wednesday from June - September 7 - 10 pm. Facilitators will help to answer q...
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 12:00pm
1spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 2:00pm
6spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
4:00pm - 6:00pm
3spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 1:00pm
2spots remaining
Join us to load up kayaks on our boat for Bubbly Creek Community Kayaking! We need a few volunteers to help us move our kayaks and gather other materials needed for our Bubbly Creek programming. Whether you are in the area on your lunch break or woul...
Come help us facilitate free kayaking out of Park 571! We need volunteers to help inexperienced participants of all ages get in and out of kayaks, sign in, and stay safe on the water. We could also use some enthusiastic river-lovers to chat with part...
During the the public kayaking that Urban Rivers co-hosts with Shedd Aquarium we will shuttle gardening volunteers to the Bubbly Creek floating wetlands whenever possible. The main tasks will be pulling weeds and plugging gaps with native plants as ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:00am - 1:00pm
11spots remaining
Midday every Saturday for the next couple months before real winter sets in, some volunteers will meet up to take care of all the little maintenance tasks around the Wild Mile. Here's a few of the types of tasks we may be tackling: Preparing the ne...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
10:30am - 1:30pm
8spots remaining
It takes a lot of work to keep a rich diverse ecosystem on these floating wetlands. Our main task in the gardens will be to maintain balance, and stop any invasive or weedy-native plants from taking over and establishing a monoculture. Thursday June...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
9:45am - 12:00pm
1spots remaining
Education is central to our mission to connect community members of all backgrounds to the Chicago River, and one of our most popular educational opportunities are field trips!We offer free field trips to any school or youth group who asks -- Field t...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 2:00pm
1spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
This training is required for our kayak river cleanup opportunity ands covers a wide variety of safety topics, including best paddle practices, environmental and water traffic hazards, safety equipment usage, and more. We will also cover checking out...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:00pm - 4:00pm
1spots remaining
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
7:00pm - 10:00pm
1spots remaining
CAT Jam Chicago is a local music community that hosts open jam nights in the city. During the summer, they host events every Wednesday at the Wild Mile. CAT Jams are every Wednesday from June - September 7 - 10 pm. Facilitators will help to answer q...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
Kayak the Chicago River at the Wild Mile to pick up trash! Removing trash improves water quality, habitat quality, and creates a more beautiful river for all. It’s a great way to kayak for free and directly improve your local ecosystem.
Volunteers ...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1spots remaining
Join us to load up kayaks on our boat for Bubbly Creek Community Kayaking! We need a few volunteers to help us move our kayaks and gather other materials needed for our Bubbly Creek programming. Whether you are in the area on your lunch break or woul...
River Ranger Volunteer Program
2:45pm - 7:15pm
2spots remaining
Come help us facilitate free kayaking out of Park 571! We need volunteers to help inexperienced participants of all ages get in and out of kayaks, sign in, and stay safe on the water. We could also use some enthusiastic river-lovers to chat with part...
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