SYRCL Board of Directors
George Olive
President
Over three decades, George has explored the Yuba’s three forks and their many feeder creeks. SYRCL offers him an opportunity to give back to, and know more fully, this engaging, living system that calls for our protection.
Show MoreFran Murphy
Vice President
Living 15 minutes from the entrance of the South Yuba River State Park, Fran often enjoys taking in the river scenic views of Buttermilk Trail or appreciating the majestic oaks while hiking Point Defiance.
Show MoreDustin Harper
Treasurer
Dustin has a six-year relationship with the Yuba Watershed; one that began weeks before the birth of his second daughter. His children and wife, Amy live with him a mile from the Jones Fire scar and his mother, Kathy lives in Lake Wildwood.
Show MoreKurt Lorenz
Kurt grew up on a farm near St Louis, MO, earning a BA from Kenyon College in Ohio, and an MAT from Webster University in St. Louis. He moved to his then home on San Juan Ridge (an incomplete garage with a partially broken roof) in 1976 and went to work teaching school in Camptonville and later for the Twin Ridges District and for Sutter County Office of Education.
Show MoreJeffrey Adams
Jeff grew up in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and has lived in the Yuba watershed since 2005.
Show MoreRebecca Coffman
Originally from Boston, Rebecca grew up primarily in the Bay Area. At an early age she developed a deep love for the mountains through backpacking and fishing with her family in the Sierra and Rocky Mountains. Rebecca went on to serve as a rafting guide on California rivers, a mountain guide in the Andes, and then organized and ran a backcountry ski retreat in the San Juan Mountain of SW Colorado.
Show MoreSyd Brown
A third generation native Californian, Syd has called northern California “home” all her life. As a child, she spent summers tent camping, hiking, and whiling away the hours next to trout and steelhead rivers with family.
Show MorePeter Burnes
Peter was born and raised in Palo Alto spending most of his free time hiking, fishing, and skiing in the Sierra and biking the peninsula coast range.
Show MoreAmy Guy Wagner
Amy was born and raised a few miles from Edwards Crossing bridge. She spent formative childhood and teenage years hiking, swimming and basking on rocks at the Yuba River and has a deep connection with the land and the watershed.
Show MoreKeeping Current
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