Fox Waterway Agency - Serving the Fox River Chain O' Lakes in Lake and Mchenry counties in Illinois

01/06/2012	2012 RENEWAL CARDS WILL BE MAILED OUT NEXT WEEK. PLEASE KEEP A LOOK OUT AND PUT THEM IN A PLACE WHERE YOU WILL EASILY FIND THEM! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
11/17/2011	Help us "Go Green" please give us your email address so we can send you newsletters, important information and in the future our renewals via email!....... Please Click Here To GO GREEN!
11/01/2011	IDNR Office of Water Resources has issued a statement regarding the Winter Drawdown Please Click Here To View Document
05/11/2011	FWA JOB VACANCY POLICY: Applications or resumes will not be accepted unless a position is actively posted. If a job is actively posted, it will be displayed in this section.
01/01/2010	Stratton Lock & Dam Phone: 815-385-2848; Hours of Operation: IDNR lock tenders will operate the Stratton Lock seven days a week from 8 a.m.-midnight May 1-September 30. The lock will be open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week October 1-31. The lock is closed for the season each year November 1-April 30.
01/01/2010	Lake County Marine Unit 847-587-4470 McHenry County Marine Unit 815-385-3239 IDNR Conservation Police 847-608-3100 US Coast Guard 1-800-336-BOAT

FOX WATERWAY AT WORK!

The Illinois Fox River Chain O'Lakes is the busiest inland recreational waterway per acre in the entire United States. Only an hour's drive from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Rockford, and with over 7,100 acres of water, 15 lakes and 45 miles of river. This "Key West of the Midwest" accommodates every water-borne activity including boating, swimming, tubing, waterskiing, hunting and fishing, and appeals to everyone from families and couples, to the more adventurous weekender. Chicagoland's playground for over 100 years also boasts some of the best restaurants and marinas, two State Parks and other entertainment venues and events unique only to the Fox River Chain O'Lakes.

Dredging Packet

Customer Concerns

Duckblinds

Boat Slip Map

User Fee Schedule

Application

Waterway Clean-up

Homeowner Buoy Application

Aquatic Herbicide Permit

Freedom of Information Request (FOIA)

Webcam from Fox Waterway Agency Headquarters Pistakee Lake

The Fox Waterway Agency is a regional body of government created by the State of Illinois in 1984 to specifically manage the waterways of the Chain O’Lakes and the Illinois Fox River. Since it is a multi-jurisdictional Federal and State public waterway, we are funded entirely by boating fees, grants, and legislative funding. Those funds support the FWA’s main mission of dredging and maintaining public safety through our buoy and debris program to address the needs of our 3.5 million visitors per year. Recently, we have begun a program to recycle lake and river sediment by selling it as topsoil, with a goal to self-fund the multitude of eroding shoreline and environmental restoration projects awaiting work.

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