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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SOM, the storied Chicago architecture firm, has offered to donate some of their older office furniture to Urban Rivers. We are planning to show up at their office at 2:00 pm and load a bunch of stuff into a rented box truck, and then head back to the...

As the demand for events on the Wild Mile grows, we are re-working our programs structure to include volunteer leadership! Events such as musical performances, workshops, and S'mores nights require supervision by someone familiar with setup, takedown...

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...

There's a huge amount of work here at Urban Rivers that we can only do with the bright green pontoon boat that Nick calls The Burden of Dreams Two. What you may not know is that local boat guy, Joe Brown, has been loaning Urban Rivers that boat for f...

There's a huge amount of work here at Urban Rivers that we can only do with the bright green pontoon boat that Nick calls The Burden of Dreams Two. What you may not know is that local boat guy, Joe Brown, has been loaning Urban Rivers that boat for f...