#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz

I realize I’ve posted almost exclusively about our wildlife cameras on this account. If you’ve enjoyed that, great news - you can help me out! Here’s acclaimed actor Nick Wesley explaining how!

“let’s put out cameras to study wildlife behavior!” The behaviors:

Do you like beer? Awesome - come to our Block Party on July 13th! (It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)

For the second year in a row, we celebrated solstice w/ a Polish accent on Chicago’s #WildMile w/ @urbanrivers.bsky.social. We hope that you can join us next time 🌺

“Chicago is so dangerous!” The crime in Chicago:

At the height of the Chicago River’s pollution, there were only 5 fish species that could be found in the river. Now, there are 77! Here are four of them.

Do you enjoy needless loitering, drama, and making a ton of noise in public? Then you’d get along just fine with a Canada Goose! It’s deranged unprovoked aggression season (aka nesting season) - remember to keep a healthy distance from these heathens!

We’re excited to announce our newest project: The CyberReef! The result of an incredible cross-sector collaboration, this initiative repurposes Cybertrucks to create artificial freshwater reefs. For more information about the CyberReef, please email [email protected]

Chicago loves a critter! The newest one, a "Remarkably Rotund" beaver, now has a name, thanks to @urbanrivers.bsky.social. New shirts online now! Sales benefit our friends at Urban Rivers! #raygun #urbanrivers #chicagoriver #idabeavwells www.raygunsite.com/products/ida...

I am absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that a name has been selected (through a democratic process) for our beloved South Branch Beaver. Meet Ida Beav Wells! Her presumed kits, frequently sighted alongside her, shall be named Plumpton Sinclair and Chewy Garcia.

A "remarkably rotund" beaver is making a splash on the South Side — and she needs a name. 🦫

Timeline cleanse: There is a very hefty beaver living and thriving on the Chicago River and I personally think that the city should name her Sigourney Beaver but my fellow citizens have come up with some other good suggestions 🦫💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/a...

Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate! If this post gets more than ten likes I’ll post all the NSFW versions.

Once again, I spent all year taking bird pictures on company time. And once again, I found a way to justify it. Please enjoy our 2024 annual report! urbanriv.org/annual-reports

Kayaking the Chicago River has become one of my favorite activities. I’m so grateful to organizations like @urbanrivers.bsky.social for their work restoring this important ecosystem www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIin...

Don’t miss the hottest event of the winter! Join us on Friday for Piggies on the River: the Royal Chicago Pigs-in-a-Blanket Festival! Malört, coffee, pigs in a blanket… you name it, we got it! More information below, and on our website. urban-rivers.ticketleap.com/piggies-on-the-river/

When our volunteers discovered this cursed painting in the river last summer, I thought we’d never find anything creepier. Today I was proven wrong (by the same volunteers).

I’m declaring 2025 Year of the Heron. Look at these creepos.