Join us on a Salmon Expedition
SYRCL’s Salmon Expeditions are an amazing opportunity for you, your family, or your child’s school to adventure down the Yuba River to see spawning salmon! We work with amazing volunteers and experienced river rafting guides from H2O Adventures to offer the community several different options to get their hands (and feet) wet while learning about the salmon life cycle, local ecology, and human impact on these incredible fish. We hope you’ll join us out on the river.
Schedule and Timeline
2026 Schedule
Sept 28 – Nov 20 (M-F): School Field Trips
TBD: Private Trip
TBD: Community Trips
Daily Timeline
- Launch Parks Bar Put-In: 9:30am-10:00am
- Stop 1 Salmon Alley Stop: 10:30am-11:15am
- Stop 2A BMI 1: 11:30am-11:50am
- Stop 2B BMI 2: 11:45am-12:05pm
- Stop 3 Lower Long Bar: 12:15pm-12:30pm
- Optional Stop 4 Gold Fields: 12:50pm-1:45pm
- Take-Out Sycamore Ranch: 1:00pm or 2:00pm (depending on school)
Salmon Expedition Opportunities
School Salmon Expeditions
Are you a teacher or parent with kids you’d like to get outdoors? Each year, throughout October and November, we partner with local educators to bring school groups out on the river for an amazing environmental science field trip.
Bookended by pre- and post-trip classroom visits, this educational and fun day on a raft includes learning about the Yuba River ecosystem, how mining has impacted the river, SYRCL’s work to protect salmon, viewing one of SYRCL’s major restoration projects at Lower Long Bar, and hiking the Yuba Goldfields.
Grade(s):
Registration Opens:
Program Dates:
Cost:
3rd – 5th
May 1st, 2026
Sept. 28 – Nov. 20, 2026
$100/participant (includes two classroom lessons, and all day field trip)
We also have a Virtual Option available.
Public Salmon Expeditions
Have you always wanted to know more about salmon spawning on the Yuba River? Join SYRCL education staff and the river guides at H2O Adventures on a float trip down the lower Yuba to see spawning salmon.
This educational and fun day on a raft mirrors the experience of the school expeditions and includes learning about the Yuba River ecosystem, how mining has impacted the river, SYRCL’s work to protect salmon, and viewing one of SYRCL’s major restoration projects at Lower Long Bar.
Ages:
Registration Opens:
Expedition Dates:
Cost:
4 years old and up
September 1st, 2026
TBD
$100/adult, $75/child (12 and under)
Riverbank Expeditions
Join SYRCL education staff for a hiking expedition of lower Yuba Salmon Habitat. This expedition is an excellent way to view salmon spawning habitat without a boat! Riverbank expeditions are currently on hold for the 2026 season.
Interested in learning more?
Naturalist Training
Do you love being outside and working with kids? Do you want to share the beauty of the Yuba with others? Become a River Naturalist. SYRCL trains passionate individuals to join us as volunteer naturalists in rafts and on land. All volunteers must attend the two training dates before their first shift.
Training Dates:
TBD
Thank you to our funders for making Salmon Expeditions Field Trips accessible for our students!
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Questions? Contact Monique!
Monique Streit
Education Director