River Restoration

Upper Long Bar Restoration Project

Upper Long Bar Restoration Project

Funders: Wildlife Conservation Board  Partners: Cramer Fish Sciences, cbec eco engineering, Silica Resources Inc., Yuba Water Agency   In late 2021, SYRCL was awarded a grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board to begin planning, permitting, and collecting base-line data for a salmonid rearing habitat restoration project at Upper Long Bar. The project team is made up…

Lower Long Bar Restoration Project

Lower Long Bar Restoration Project

Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, South Yuba River Citizens League, cbec eco engineering, Cramer Fish Sciences, SRI Supreme, Patterson Taber General Engineering, Inc. Funders: U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Yuba Water Agency Background: The impact of past gold mining efforts is glaring on the Lower Yuba River. Though the economic prosperity from the Gold Rush…