January 26, 2012
The Save Our Yuba State Parks campaign has collected over 10,000 letters and petition signatures addressed to Governor Jerry Brown with one clear message: Keep our Yuba State Parks open! Please join us as we caravan down to the State Capitol in Sacramento to hand-deliver these petitions directly to Governor Brown, Resource Secretary John Laird, [...]
January 25, 2012
SYRCL has mailed over 500 postcards to agencies that have the authority to create fish passage for salmon above Englebright Dam and provide cold water flows to restore salmon and steelhead to the upper Yuba River Watershed. Restoring salmon to the upper Yuba River will require many bold actions and SYRCL is leading the way [...]
January 20, 2012
Nevada City, January 17, 2012 –The South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) 10th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival took place over this past weekend. 5,000 tickets for more than 10 film and music events were sold, packing Nevada City with more than 4,000 people over three days. In addition to events that required a [...]
January 19, 2012
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors will vote on Tuesday, January 24th to send a letter to the State Parks Department endorsing a new partnership plan to charge for parking at Bridgeport. Generating new revenues for state parks is a necessity if we are to keep these parks open. Please join SYRCL [...]
January 11, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2012 LOCAL SCHOOL SUBMITS MORE THAN 1,100 SIGNATURES, WINS SYRCL CONTEST Contact: Caleb Dardick, Executive Director, South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) 265-5961 x207, caleb@syrcl.org Nevada City, California—South Yuba River Citizens League has announced the winner of its signature collection challenge, part of its ongoing effort to keep Malakoff Diggins [...]
January 10, 2012
The 10th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival start this Friday; the team at SYRCL is excited to share this fun and inspirational event–we hope to see you there! Have you purchased your tickets? You can purchase online (24 hours a day until Thursday at 3pm) or in person at the SYRCL office (12-5pm through [...]
January 7, 2012
Public shaving on Friday, January 13th at 5 PM in front of the Mowen-Solinsky Gallery at 225 Broad Street by stylists from Bel Capelli Salon Nevada City, CA – Some Nevada County, CA residents are stepping up to very publicly shave their heads to keep the South Yuba River and Malakoff Diggins State Parks from [...]
January 6, 2012
Originally launched in 2010, Yuba Shed [the Yuba River Watershed Information System] provides data, photographs, maps, supporting documents and tools for people interested in the overall health of the Yuba and its many tributaries. Supported by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, SYRCL is currently in the process of creating Yuba Shed Version 2 and would greatly [...]
January 3, 2012
Help ensure the lights stay on and the films roll even in a power outage by loaning SYRCL an alternator to have on hand in case it is needed during the festival! Do you have an alternator (commonly called generator) fueled by gasoline, diesel, or propane? Capacity 120 VAC, 240 VAC, 3000 Watts (steady state) [...]