Welcome to Season Two of The Elgin Watchman podcast. As we did in Season One, the first podcast episode of every month focuses on coverage of the Elgin Sustainability Commission and an environment sustainability issue (or city hall) with which they are grappling. The second podcast episode of every month focuses in-depth on a sustainability issue important to Elgin and its neighboring communities.
In Season One, The Watchman focused on whether there is lead in Elgin's drinking water and the city's lead service line replacement program. This year, during Season Two, we are widening our scope and attempting to adopt a regional -- or dare we say watershed-wide -- view of sustainability.
Season Two of this podcast represents a collaboration with Friends of the Fox River as we attempt to tell THE FOX RIVER STORY.
Today is the first in a series of eight episodes focusing on the mighty Fox River that starts near Waukesha, Wisconsin and ends its journey 223 miles downstream in Ottawa, Illinois where it meets the Illinois River.
President of Friends of the Fox River (FOTFR), Gary Swick, sets the stage for this eight part podcast series. His introduction touches on a lot of topics that will be explored deeper in future episodes including:
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For more information about Friends of the Fox River (FOTFR), please visit their website and LIKE their Facebook page. If you want to read more about the history of the Fox River, there is an awesome article titled "Our Waters, Our Fox" on the FOTFR webpage. CLICK HERE to read it.
