Originally launched in 2010, Yuba Shed [the Yuba River Watershed Information System] provides data, photographs, maps, supporting documents and tools for people interested in the overall health of the Yuba and its many tributaries.  Supported by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, SYRCL is currently in the process of creating Yuba Shed Version 2 and would greatly [...]

Wild Chinook salmon are great to think about, but until you’ve seen them during spawning season while floating the lower Yuba River, they might be only big fish. Throughout this fall, SYRCL River Science staff, volunteer naturalists, and river guides from Environmental Travel Companions (ETC) have taken over 300 people on the Lower Yuba River [...]

On an early float down the Lower Yuba River this September, we were excited to see that the first salmon in the fall-run have arrived!!!  New SYRCL naturalists were trained during this float and now in partnership with river guides from Environmental Travel Companions are ready to lead people down the Lower Yuba River.  So [...]

Are you interested in being an environmental educator for the sake of Yuba River Salmon?  If so, then join SYRCL and Environmental Travel Companions as we continue the legacy of salmon tours on the Lower Yuba.  Salmon tours are a great opportunity to become engaged in the salmon campaign and a great way to gain [...]

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 [...]

Come experience the remarkable journey of fall-run Chinook Salmon as they return from the sea to their ancestral spawning grounds!!!  In partnership with river guides from Environmental Travel Companions, SYRCL River Science Staff will be leading floats this fall down the Lower Yuba River. This salmon run is unique in the fact that the Yuba [...]

SYRCL has a new (and improved!) approach to our membership program—we think that you’ll appreciate it, too. Rather than sending out letters to our members throughout the year, based on the anniversary date of your past membership support, we’ll be creating a “Membership Year,” which coincides with the shift in our fiscal year that begins [...]

May is the peak month for wild spring-run salmon to enter the Yuba River.  These rare fish are listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act because over 90% of their historic spawning habitat is blocked by dams, and remnant populations are constrained to the lower reaches of rivers.  Yuba River spring-run salmon persist in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]