NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Chi-Cal Rivers Fund

Project Title: Chicago River Downtown Foundation Habitat Project (IL)

Organization:

Friends of the Chicago River

Project ID:

2005.15.046500

Award Amount:

$175000.00

Location:

The project location is the Main Stem which is a busy commercial and tourism hub alive with boats and barges flanked by roads and high rises. To the east the Chicago Lock accommodates boat traffic allowing regular fish passage. To the west is the confluence with the North Branch and South Branch.