The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), American Rivers and the Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) sent a joint letter to US Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and Congressman John Garamendi to support a proposed $100,000 fish passage study at Englebright Dam. The letter urges the federal legislators to preserve President Obama’s budget recommendation [...]

Army Corps initiates new process to exclude consideration of Englebright Dam’s impact on endangered salmon and steelhead Nevada City, CA – Recognizing that Congressional leadership is imperative to saving wild salmon, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) hand-delivered over 2,000 postcards collected during this year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Congressman John Garamendi.  [...]

The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and a coalition of seven local and national conservation organizations filed formal comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) critical of Archon Energy’s preliminary application to build a 3-megawatt facility adjacent to Daguerre Point Dam on the lower Yuba River. For the past 90 days, SYRCL and [...]

SYRCL and a coalition of conservation groups recently filed a document with the federal government commenting on the completeness of studies conducted by the Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) to show the effects of their hydropower facilities on the river and other environmental resources. YCWA is required to conduct such studies as a step toward obtaining [...]

NOTE:  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and timeline are now available The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and Friends of the River filed a citizen suit in federal court today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to comply with Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements to protect three species of endangered fish on [...]

The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) today filed a complaint in federal court against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeking to reverse a recent NMFS decision to weaken Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for three species of Yuba River fish: spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon. SYRCL’s complaint asserts that NMFS improperly [...]

The 2nd annual River to Reel Community Conservation Paddle Day started the 2013 Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Friday, January 11.  Over 27 community supporters, filmmakers, environmental activists, and river enthusiasts braved the frosty morning to join SYRCL and Rivers for Change for a day of paddling, learning, and engaging on the lower Yuba River. [...]

Recognizing that it will ultimately take an act of Congress to save salmon in jeopardy of extinction, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) launched a letter writing campaign and collected over 2,000 postcards during the 2013 Wild & Scenic Film Festival.  The postcards, which will be hand-delivered to Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Congressmen [...]

A solid understanding of the Yuba River requires some familiarity with the elaborate dam and diversion systems across the watershed, so SYRCL recently sent their three new AmeriCorps members to see some of these dams. Adele, SYRCL Restoration Coordinator, has created a virtual version of their tour, which is available for the public to view [...]

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