Thank you for your interest in helping to clean and restore the Yuba River watershed on Saturday, September 25  9 am – noon

Jacuzzi removal from the Bear River9 am – no

With 60-80% of the debris on the coast originating from inland water sources, you will also be helping to keep the trash off the coastal beaches.

Event Sponsors: Nevada City Self Storage, REI, KVMR, California State Parks, B & C True Value Hardware and YubaNet News and Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

What to expect for the CleanUp Sites

All participants should arrive at their site by 9 am to be ready to work. A site captain will be at each site to sign you in and distribute supplies. Captains will provide latex gloves, trash and recycling bags, data cards, pencils, a safety briefing and directions on where to cleanup at each site.

Please bring or wear the following:

• Closed toe shoes
• Work gloves
• Sunscreen
• Filled water bottle and snack
• Paint bucket if you want to help with cleaning up of broken glass pieces
• Work clothes
• Your own trash bags to use that are lying around your home to supplement the ones we provide.

What to expect for the Grouse Ridge Trail Maintenance Day – Saturday, September 18, 2010 (8 am – 5 pm)

All participants should arrive at the forest service office on Coyote Street and Highway 49 at 8 am to carpool up to Grouse Ridge. We will be preparing the trails to be more stable over the winter and fix them from the summer usage. This is a strenuous physical activity. There will be several site leaders and if there are enough participants we might divide up and work on several different trails (Grouse Ridge lookout, Carr/Feeley and/or Loney Meadows). This activity is open to children ages 14 and above, but they must be accompanied by a parent or an adult for the day.

• Please bring a hearty lunch, lots of water, sun hat, sunscreen, good hiking boots, work gloves and a shovel or pick.

What to expect for the Bridgeport Restoration Project – Saturday, September 25, 2010

All participants should arrive at their site by 8:30 am. Brooke Berger, our Americorps member will be there to sign you in. The Restoration Project is a strenuous physical activity of removing and pulling invasive non-native plants of Himalayan blackberry, star thistle, Italian thistle, English Ivy, and Mediterranean grasses. Most of the plants have defensives against being eaten by animals so stickers or thorns are part of their plant anatomy. This activity is open to children ages 12 and above, but they must be accompanied by a parent for the day.

If you are participating in the Restoration portion of the day please wear the following:

• The same as above and also wearing Long pants and a long shirt

There is also one large restoration project occurring in Grass Valley, on the Bennett Street Meadow. Please read the sites and directions for more information about this project.

On September 18, there will also be a trail maintenance restoration project in Grouse Ridge, Tahoe National Forest. The directions and more information is also available in the sites and directions PDF.

Waiver Forms

A waiver forms is required by each person participating in either the restoration project or a cleanup site. You may complete the waiver form at your site upon arrival. However, participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian signature as well. Therefore, we recommend that you download the form at this link, WAIVER FORM LINK , and bring it to the restoration project or cleanup site all signed. If you are a group, such as a girl or Boy Scout troop, please have the parents sign the forms in advance as the leader may not sign for the troop.

2010 Great Yuba CleanUp and Restoration Site List and information

Please click on this link, SITE LIST AND DIRECTIONS PDF, to download a list of this year’s CleanUp sites and Restoration project details, and directions to each site. Please review the site list to see if there are any special issues regarding the site you have chosen. Some sites are more appropriate for children to volunteer at, while others require extra hiking to the location or have other situations not appropriate for smaller children.

Free Picnic Appreciation Celebration after the CleanUp and Restoration Projects

From 12:00 – 3:30 pm we will be honoring you for your efforts in helping clean and restore the Yuba River watershed with a free picnic lunch at Bridgeport.

• Izzi Tooinsky performing his magical juggling
• Groovin’ music by members of Sabroso for your dancing feet
• Free lunch barbeque with organic free range beef from Jim Gates (and barbequed on-site by him too!) – vegetarian options available too
• Please bring your own plates, silverware and cups or bottles

Thanks to our following food donors for providing a magnificent feast:  BriarPatch Co-op Community Market, New Belgium, SPD, Nevada County Free Range Beef, Indian Springs Organic Farm, Xtremely Green, Living Lands Agrarian Network, California Organics, Broad Street Bistro, Four Frog Farm, Mountain Bounty Farm, Flour Garden, Riverhill Farm, Summer Thyme’s, Mother Truckers, Natural Selection, Valentina’s Bakery and Carl’s Jr.

On-Line Registration

To sign up for a CleanUp site or for the restoration project, please fill out the on-line form below completely. We will be monitoring each site weekly and will pull any site that is full. Therefore, sign up early to make sure that you have the opportunity to cleanup at your favorite site!

We thank you and the river thanks you too!

If you have any questions, please contact Miriam Limov, event coordinator at (530) 265-5961 ext. 201 or miriam@syrcl.org

WE NEED folks at the following sites:    Washington, Independence Trail, Oregon Creek, Langs Crossing, Pioneer Park, Greenhorn Creek, Wolf Creek at Wolf Road, Wolf Creek at Northstar Mine and Bennett Street Restoration project.

PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REGISTRATION FORM TO HIT THE SUBMIT BUTTON