Every year, the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz invites residents across the continent to participate in protecting this iconic species.

Before severe storms, the MWRD lowers the level of the Chicago Area Waterway System as staff work around the clock managing the excess water.

TARP is complete and fully operational except for the McCook Reservoir Stage 2 (McCook Stage 2).

If plans proceed as anticipated, as early as 2027 a 440-acre property on Lake Shore Drive will be transformed into the first industrial park in the country to focus on developing quantum computing.