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SYRCL’s River Ambassadors: What We Learned Over Memorial Weekend 2023

SYRCL’s River Ambassadors: What We Learned Over Memorial Weekend 2023

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Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the start of the “river season” in Nevada County, where locals and out-of-towners alike descend upon the Yuba River in droves, looking to cool down and enjoy the unparalleled beauty of area. For this reason, Memorial Day weekend is also the start of the South Yuba River Citizens League and California State Park’s River Ambassador Program. Now that the Yuba is “Instagram-famous”, the number of individuals who are coming to the river to recreate has risen exponentially. With the river so high, fast, and cold this year, the River Ambassador program has become all the more important as they educate newcomers and remind return visitors about river safety and etiquette. 

Voices of the Yuba: Pride Edition 🏳️‍🌈

Voices of the Yuba: Pride Edition 🏳️‍🌈

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Through short yet revelatory interviews, Voices of the Yuba is intended to showcase individuals in our community sharing their story, perspective, and connection with the Yuba River and Watershed. It’s a celebration of the people who live in this place, the place itself, and the unique flavor of how people in our community relate with our local ecology in their day-to-day lives.

Yuba Forest Network Travels to Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Yuba Forest Network Travels to Albuquerque, New Mexico

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In 2022, The Network for Landscape Conservation awarded the Yuba Forest Network the Catalyst Fund. Since being awarded this grant, SYRCL’s Forest Conservation Project Manager, Anne Marie Holt, has been meeting with other 2022 Catalyst Fund grantees monthly to discuss different methods of facilitating a landscape conservation network and how to create a more equitable environment within these organizations.

In May, the Network for Landscape Conservation hosted a three-day retreat at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Catalyst Fund grantees not just from 2022, but from 2021 and 2020 as well, focused on how to be a collaborative leader and to increase the effectiveness of landscape conservation networks.