By Caleb Dardick, Executive Director On June 8th, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary – and everyone who loves the Yuba River is invited to the party! Since 1983, when local activists successfully fought to protect the South Yuba River from dams, SYRCL has remained the central hub for [...]

Happy birthday dear SYRCL, happy birthday to US!  And it really does take all of us, the Yuba River community, to protect and restore the river.  For 30 years as a community-based organization, SYRCL has been at the forefront of the effort to keep the river clean, free-flowing and restored.  Please join us to celebrate [...]

An annual symposium on the conditions of the lower Yuba River, in support of salmon and steelhead populations, will be held in Sacramento on June 12th, 2013.  The symposium is produced by the River Management Team of the Yuba Accord.  SYRCL was a signatory to the Yuba Accord and SYRCL’s Science Director, Gary Reedy, is [...]

Read all about SYRCL’s 30 years of efforts to protect and restore the Yuba River watershed in the Union today with an article by Laura Brown. And for more local news about SYRCL, click here!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]