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How Native Plants Reduce Flooding in Illinois

September 14, 2017

By: Emily Torem

Wetlands, prairies, rain gardens and green roofs can help reduce flooding in big and small ways.

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Chicago River Habitat Restoration: Floating Garden Islands Update

August 17, 2017

By: Emily Torem

The floating islands in the Chicago River are home to native species galore, and we’ve captured the action on video. Read on for more about what we’re doing to conserve the Chicago River.

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moss Featured at Chicago Architecture Foundation Exhibit

May 24, 2016

By: Matt Nardella

Come find us tonight at the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s 50th anniversary exhibit: 50 designs for Chicago’s 50 wards!

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Seeing Our Chicago River As Public Space

May 19, 2016

By: Matt Nardella

Our city’s connection to Lake Michigan helps us value and protect it; seeing the River as public space will keep it cleaner and healthier for Chicago’s future.

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Reclaiming the Chicago River: a Mussel-Inspired Kayak Park for North Branch Canal

June 25, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

Moss teams up with the Naru Project to envision the North Branch Canal as a kayak park, complete with floating habitat, and new public spaces.

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Permeable Surfaces Protect Chicago’s River and Lake from Sewage Overflow

June 16, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

Last night’s storm flooded the Chicago water treatment system. Result: sewage overflow into Lake Michigan. Here’s how we can stop it!

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Love Chicago, Love the River, Love the Water … Don’t Drink Bottled Water

March 17, 2015

By: Della Hansmann

When you love your city’s water, you drink it. Bottled water is expensive, bad for the planet and … no cleaner than what comes from the tap.

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Combined Sewer Overflow: How a Using Rain Barrel can help Keep Sewage Out of the Chicago River

July 15, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

Did you know that when it rains in Chicago we dump raw sewage into the Chicago river? No one is happy about it … but its no accident.

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The Dyeing of the Green – St. Patrick’s Day Reminds Us About the State of the Chicago River

March 13, 2014

By: Della Hansmann

There’s an old joke most famously spoken by Tommy Lee Jones’s Marshall in the Fugitive: “If they can dye the river green today, why can’t they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?”  Just dyeing the Chicago River blue isn’t a great idea, environmentally speaking, but perhaps we could treat the St.…

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