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Help Us Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Rock River Trail! The grand opening celebration for the Rock River Trail will be held  on Saturday,... Read More

Two wheels, or four…your choice! Head out to explore the Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route this autumn! The Rock River offers a widely... Read More

From the Rock River Times, June 28, 2016 – By Frank Schier, Editor & Publisher  With the August 1 deadline only a month away, and with... Read More

From the Daily Union, May 24, 2016 –   Read entire article. Overlooking the Rock River, the Fort Atkinson Club community center was the perfect... Read More

Safety for all while paddling the Rock River National Water Trail. Wear It! The Rock River Trail Initiative received a grant from the National Safe... Read More

The Rock River was featured in the 2016 Winter/Spring edition of Northwest Quarterly.com Magazine Written by Jon McGinty Read the full article The Rock River... Read More

To celebrate Earth Day a group of Stateline area McDonald’s employees and their family members pitched in to clean up an area along the Rock... Read More

The Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Tournament Series invites everyone to the historic Rock Falls riverfront for the Bass Pro Shops Tournament Series. This... Read More

The Rock River has suffered the impact of urbanization, but many dedicated groups have worked and are working to restore its health. Jon McGinty explores... Read More

On March 7, 2016, Greg Farnham from the Rock River Trail initiative had the pleasure of speaking to Sustain Jefferson, a non-profit group advocating for conservation and... Read More

Washington, DC – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced this year’s deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is March... Read More

Are you ready for 50,000 spectators to line the Rock River to watch a race? Ladies and Gentlemen, start your mental paddles! Remember the Rockford... Read More

As we look ahead to activities to move the Rock River Trail forward, it is instructive to reflect on the vision for the trail initiative... Read More

Our thanks to Tim Dimke and David Spencer of the Rockford Park District for completing installation of signage to mark the Rock River National Water... Read More

From Rock River Coalition Newsletter Winter 2016 | Visit the Rock River Coalition Website By Mark Riedel, DNR Rock River TMDL Coordinator Our Rock River Basin community... Read More

From Rock River Coalition Newsletter Winter 2016 | Visit the Rock River Coalition Website By Suzanne Wade, Project Coordinator How exciting it will be to have the... Read More

By Becky Binz, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Rock River Stormwater Group From Rock River Coalition Newsletter Winter 2016 | Visit the Rock River Coalition Website Did you... Read More

“Nature at The Confluence” is an initiative to transform the area of land where Turtle Creek meets the Rock River into a community space that celebrates the... Read More

Honor someone with a gift to the Rock River Trail Initiative in their name Do you know someone who loves the Rock River? We offer the... Read More

Show your support for the Rock River Trail by purchasing Rock River Trail patches. Whether you paddle, drive, bike or hike the Rock River Trail, we... Read More

Read more about this program at National Parks Service website Traveling along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, 8th graders at The Mount... Read More

Rock River Trail Initiative council members Matthew Hilligoss and Dave Druen are making it happen in Sterling, Illinois! Make plans to attend the inaugural Outdoor Sports... Read More

Hmmm, Could this work on the Rock River Trail? Download entire article Article from The Star Tribune – July 29, 2015 | http://www.startribune.com/national-park-service-explores-canoe-sharing-service-along-mississippi/319720951/ A canoe ride... Read More

Our own Dean “Bareback” Mathias, Rock River Trail council representative for Rock Island County, is in the news for his good Samaritan efforts on the RAGBRAI... Read More

The Rock River Trail Initiative supports planting of milkweed to restore lost butterfly habitat and forage throughout the river corridor in Wisconsin and Illinois. Mary... Read More

The Rock River Trail was featured in the June 15 edition of Destinations Travel Magazein as part of an article on National Water Trails. Check... Read More

IDOT-Dixon has begun installation of road signs to mark the Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route in Ogle County.  The initial installation site is... Read More

The Rock River Trail Initiative was honored on May 19, 2015 by the Quad City Riverfront Council for development of bike and water trails along... Read More

A big thank you to Chad Pregracke, president of Living Lands and Waters’ One Million Trees program. Chad and his organzation has donated these trees to the Rock... Read More

One of the joys of distributing free oak trees by the Rock River Trail Initiative is to engage with young people in the Rock River... Read More

The Rock River Trail Initiative distributed free oak trees to the eleven counties of the Rock River corridor this week. This marks the fifth year... Read More

Celebrate Arbor Day by planting a free oak tree and learning how to help the Monarch butterfly by planting milkweed. For the fifth year in... Read More

For the fifth year in a row, the Rock River Trail Initiative (RRTI) will distribute 10,000 trees in the 11 counties of the Rock River,... Read More

Guidelines For Assessing, Designing & Building Access Sites For Carry-In Watercraft – by River Management Society Prepare to Launch! is a resource designed to help... Read More

Bob McCray paddle a portion of the Rock River Trail in the summer of 2014 and wrote a wonderful article about paddling on the Rock... Read More

Kayaker Jake Boucher adjusts his sunglasses as his friends, Garrett Feik and Jon Gress, paddle ahead of him Tuesday on the Rock River. They were... Read More

Rock River kayakers complete 320-mile journey down Rock River By Jim HagertyStaff Writer The first kayak trip from the headwaters of the Rock River to... Read More

By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer Jake Gress, Jake Boucher and Garrett Feik are nearing the end of their start-to-finish kayak trip of the Rock River.... Read More

By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer Garrett Feik is an avid outdoorsman. If there’s an empty deer or turkey tag within reach, it’s a safe bet... Read More

By Susan Johnson Copy Editor Wisconsin Dane County: Brodhead — Ten Eyck Orchard, on Hwy. 11/81, 3 miles west of Brodhead, open daily from late... Read More

Rock River Trail News By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer Kayakers Jon Gress, Jake Boucher and Garrett Feik paddled through Rockford Wednesday, May 21, making stops... Read More

Kayak for Sabercats: Day 6 By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer The three college students on the Rock River paddling trip known as “Kayak for Sabercats”... Read More

By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer Jake Boucher, Jon Gress and Garrett Feik were 117 miles into their 320-mile kayak trip of the entire Rock River... Read More

Another great paddling event coming up Saturday June 28th on the Rock River National Water Trail – this time a wonderful excursion through the wilderness of the... Read More

Kayak for Sabercats: Day 8 By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer A night at Hononegah Forest Preserve is all that stands between Jake Boucher, Jon Gress... Read More

The kayakers paddling the entire Rock River will be in Rockford at 2 p.m., at the Prairie Street Brewhouse. They will not arrive at 12:30... Read More

By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer The start-to-finish Rock River kayak trip continued Friday, May 23, as three college students from Illinois paddled toward Dixon, Ill.,... Read More

By Jim Hagerty Staff Writer The three university students headed for the Quad Cities by kayak down the Rock River began the third of their... Read More