Join us at SYRCL’s big birthday bash!  For those of you over 30, you probably vividly remember your 30th birthday.  Perhaps you felt like now you were really an adult – a bit more settled into yourself, a bit more self-assured.  Well, that’s sort of how it is for SYRCL as we turn 30 years [...]

  SYRCL partnered with Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) to host a day dedicated to restoration in the Yuba Watershed with 16 employees of the Patagonia Service Center in Reno, Nevada on May 16. Adele Rife, SYRCL’s Restoration Coordinator, worked with Ori Chafe, SSI’s Restoration Ecologist to organize the restoration day. The morning consisted of restoration [...]

Join Us!  Riverscapes: May 15, 2013.  Expedition kayaker and PhD psychologist Dr. Doug Ammons shares a multi-media presentation “Riverscapes,” exploring how rivers shape both the land and the human cultures that live along them. “All the experiences we have in nature, no matter how subtle, lead to some form of inner change. The most dramatic [...]

SYRCL’s 22 volunteers removed 1 acre of  Scotch Broom at Hoyt’s Crossing on the South Yuba River on April 27th. With such an excellent turn out of dedicated volunteers, we covered more ground than expected. SYRCL has adopted Hoyts Crossing as a site for annual removal efforts and eventual eradication.  This work helps to reduce [...]

Join Cycle the Sierra from June 22-26, 2013 on a fully-supported, five day cycling event that takes place in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California.  Each leg of the ride benefits a different nonprofit organization and the Sierraville to Nevada City leg is in support of SYRCL.  There is still space available if you [...]

The South Yuba River Citizens League is proud to announce its 2013 Wild & Scenic Arts & Lectures Series.  Our second season of innovative and inspiring speakers aims to engage you with the natural world  and encourage thinking about what it means to live more sustainably on this planet. Mark your calendars for these two [...]

SYRCL is turning 30!  Come party with us Saturday, June 8th at the North Star House in Grass Valley.  Auction, live music, food and more!  Buy tickets (only $15 for SYRCL members) online here, in the SYRCL office or at Briar Patch Co-op. For three decades SYRCL has been at the center of the movement [...]

We are calling on all river lovers to join us in this sustained effort to rid Hoyts Crossing of Scotch Broom on April 27th at 9 am. The Scotch Broom Challenge day includes a one mile hike into Hoyt’s Crossing on the South Yuba River, a brief introduction to Scotch Broom, such as identification and [...]

“Wine, beer, chocolate, food, and music.  And it benefits SYRCL?!?  This I gotta see,” said an anonymous Yuba River lover upon hearing about the 3rd Annual Wild for the Yuba fundraiser. Tickets are still available, but going fast! Get yours online today, at the SYRCL office M-F 9am-5pm, or at the door (if available).  This [...]

It’s that time of year again: the race to pull Scotch Broom, the terrible invasive species plaguing the Sierra Nevada, has begun. We are calling on all river lovers to join us in this effort to rid our local environment of Scotch Broom on April 27th at 9 am. SYRCL is proud to be part [...]