State Dignitary to Present Check to SYRCL for Meadow Restoration May 20th

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WHAT: Assembly Member Brian Dahle to present SYRCL with $567,480 check for meadow restoration

SPEAKERS: Assembly Member Brian Dahle, California Department of Fish and Wildlife representative, Tahoe National Forest representative, and Nevada County representative.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 20 | 9:00am coffee and refreshments, 9:30am program starts

WHERE: Pedestrian bridge at the Highway 49 crossing of the South Yuba River (Directions from Nevada City)

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Assemblyman Brian Dahle and officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will present the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) with a check totaling $567,480 to support greenhouse gas research and meadow restoration in the Tahoe National Forest (TNF). The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is disbursing cap-and-trade funds through the Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Grant Program to address climate change impacts.

The project is part of a collaborative effort among many Sierra Nevada agencies and organizations to develop an accredited method for measuring the carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emission benefits of meadow restoration. Carbon sequestration is the long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon which mitigates the effects of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions, specifically of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, are thought to decrease when wet meadows are in functional health.

In addition to the Tahoe National Forest and SYRCL, the Sierra Meadow Restoration Research Partnership (SMRRP) includes California Trout, the Plumas Corporation, the Truckee River Watershed Council, the University of Nevada at Reno, California State University Chico, and the University of California at Merced and Davis. Data from SMRRP partners will be combined to compare the results of meadow restoration projects across the Sierra Nevada.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 20^th at 9:00am on the pedestrian bridge at the Highway 49 crossing of the South Yuba River to accept this check on behalf of the Yuba watershed!