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MEETINGS

2026 Meeting Dates, all at 9:30 AM:  
January 22; February 26; March 26; April 23, May 28; June 25 at Fox Metro, followed by a pot luck;

July 23; August 27; Sept. 24; October 15; November 19; December 17.  
Annual Meeting Oct. 29 at The Centre, Elgin

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All meetings will be held via video conference. (Unless otherwise stated)

To participate, email FoxRiverStudyGp@gmail.com

to request the GoToMeeting link and a calendar invitation
 

The Fox River Study Group Board of Directors generally meets at 9:30 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month.
January-September. We meet on the third Thursday in October, November and December.
If in-person meetings are held, they are at the offices of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District,
628 State Rt. 31, Oswego, Illinois.
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All meetings are open to the public. Meeting locations and dates occasionally may need to be adjusted, so please double-check this page to confirm dates, times and locations.

SCROLL DOWN for our MEETING MINUTES

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Below: The Fox River Study Group celebrated its 20th anniversary at the 2023 Annual Meeting. Past board members, sampling team members and the group's financial supporters and advisors received certificates of appreciation. 

Meeting Minutes

2026:   January 22,

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2025:   January 23,  February 27, March 27, May 22, July 24, August 28, October 16, November 20, December 18

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2024:  January 18, February 22,  March 28, April 25, May 23, June 27,  July 25,  August 22, September 26, October 17,
            November 21, December 19.

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2023:  January 26, February 23, March 23, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, August 24, September 28, October 19,

            November 16, December 21

2022:   January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22,
           October 10, November 2 Annual Meeting, November 17, December 15

2021:   January 28, February 25, March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23, October 28,
           November 2 Annual Meeting, November 18, December 16

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2020: Dec. 17, November 19, October 22, Sept. 24, August 27, July 23, June 25, May 28, April 30, February 27, January 23

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2019: December 19, November 21, September 26, August 15, July 25, June 27, May 23, April 25, February 28, January 31

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2018: December 13, November 15, September 27, August 23, June 28, May 24, February 22, January 25

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2017: December 21, November 16, September 28, August 31, May 25, April 13, February 23, January 26

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2016: September 29, August 25, July 28, May 26, April 28, March 31

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2015: December 17, November 19, October 22, September 24, August 27, July 23, June 25, May 28, April 23, March 26,
          February 17, January 22

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PRESENTATIONS

Annual Meeting Agenda 2025 presentations
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-Fox River Study Group – Intro/Opening Remarks- Rob Linke, FRSG
 

-IDNR Office of Water Resources – Activities & Projects in the Fox River Watershed- Wes Cattoor, IDNR
 

-City of Elgin – Water Intake / Impoundment Study- Nora Bertram, City of Elgin 
 

-Fox Metro WRD – Not Your Father’s Fox Metro: Building a Utility of the Future- Karen Clementi, Fox Metro WRD

October 31, 2024 Annual Meeting
 
November 9, 2023 Annual Meeting
 
November 2, 2022 Annual Meeting
   LINK to the Presentations

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  • FRIP 2022 Overview-Findings and Next Steps, Rishab Mahajan, Geosyntec 

  • Status Update on the Fox River Connectivity and Habitat Study, Bridget Bentley, Army Corps of Engineers

November 2, 2021 Annual Meeting 
   LINK to the Presentations

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  • Development for watershed-based strategies to eliminate phosphorus related impairments in the Fox River

    • Rishab Mahajan, Senior Engineer, Geosyntec and consultant to the Fox River Study Group

  • Elgin’s Source Water Protection Initiative

    • Eric Weiss, Water Director, City of Elgin, Tim Holdeman, Sr. Project Manager, Engineering Enterprises, Inc.,
      Danielle Gallet, Founding Principal, Waterwell, LLC

  • Mussels be dammed: how interrupting natural flow can impact the freshwater mussel community

    • Alison Stodola, Assistant Aquatic Biologist, Illinois Natural History Survey and consultant to the Fox River Study Group

January 27, 2021 Special Meeting presentations
First Look- 2020 Fox River Study Group Data Carpentersville Dam Pre-removal Water Quality Study- Art Malm
Watershed Management Scenarios Results Summary- Rishab Mahajan
2020 Annual Meeting Presentations
Annual Meeting Recording
full program (1:12 hr) includes the following presentations provided below in pdf format

FRSG AND MS4S - A Mutually Beneficial Relationship    Mark Phipps, P.E., CFM, CPESC, City of Aurora

Public Feedback on the Fox River and FRSG’s New Look  Mark Phipps, P.E., CFM, CPESC, City of Aurora

Friends of the Fox River - Free Our Fox!   Art Malm

Lunch and Learn Presentations
 
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