February 16, 2012
On February 8, 2012 SYRCL spearheaded the “Yuba Express” to the State Capitol. More than 100 Yuba River lovers hand-delivered over 10,000 letters and petition signatures to Governor Jerry Brown, Resource Secretary John Laird, Parks Director Ruth Coleman, Senator Doug LaMalfa, and Assemblyman Dan Logue requesting that the South Yuba River and Malakoff Diggins State [...]
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, [...]
September 6, 2011
With the cool waters of the Yuba River finally at safe and enjoyable levels (and temperatures!), the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) has a brief update on the status of potential local state park closures. At present, 70 state parks are on the state’s closure list, including Malakoff Diggins State Park and the South [...]
August 5, 2011
This year salmon will have additional help when they navigate the fish ladder over Daguerre Point Dam on their way to spawning grounds in the Lower Yuba River. Last week, federal Judge Lawrence K. Karlton directed the Army Corps of Engineers to improve fish passage at Daguerre by optimizing flows through the fish ladder, more [...]
June 30, 2011
The budget approved by the California State Senate and soon to be signed by the Governor is bad news for our state parks: As currently written, the cuts are expected to lead to the closure of 70 parks throughout the state sometime between July of this year and June, 2012. In the Yuba River watershed, [...]
June 24, 2011
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 SYRCL staff, along with supporters of the South Yuba River State Park and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, joined dozens of other park supporters at the State Capitol for the Save Our State Parks rally and expo. This rally, bringing passionate supporters of the 70 parks slated for closure, was [...]
June 15, 2011
Next Tuesday, June 21st, join Californians from around the State at the Capitol for a chance to tell our leaders to save our state parks! The California State Parks Foundation is hosting the Save our State Parks rally/expo/press conference on the Capitol steps, and we can help. We are looking for SYRCL volunteers, members, and [...]
May 20, 2011
Jason Rainey, SYRCL Executive Director, and Joshua Stark, SYRCL Yuba Salmon Now! Campaign Manager will be interviewed by Ed Martin on KDVS, (93.4 FM radio), a University of California, Davis radio station. KDVS is an independent community freeform radio station. Tune in Friday, May 27, 2011 from 5-6 pm to hear the latest from Jason [...]
May 18, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE: Embargoed for 12:01am May 17, 2011 Yuba named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers Salmon at risk if Army Corps doesn’t provide passage around dam Contacts: Steve Rothert, American Rivers, (530) 277-0448, srothert@americanrivers.org Jason Rainey, South Yuba River Citizens League, (530) 265-5961, jason@syrcl.org Nevada City, CA – Outdated dams are preventing salmon recovery [...]
July 13, 2010
July 13, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jason Rainey, Executive Director, SYRCL: 530 264-6879; jason@syrcl.org Chris Sproul, Lead Attorney, Environmental Advocates csproul@enviroadvocates.com Steve Evans, Conservation Director, Friends of the River, (916) 442-3155, Ext. 221 Court Victory for Yuba Salmon Two Federal Dams in Violation of Salmon Protection Laws Sacramento, CA - After decades of mismanagement, [...]
