On Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 6:00-9:30 pm at the beautiful grounds of the Wheelhouse Event Center in Nevada City, CA, SYRCL celebrated its 40th Anniversary with its Annual Wild for the Yuba Event.
The event featured music, great food, and an array of fabulous auction items donated by local businesses, artists, and others in support of the Yuba
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 Ambassadors 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.
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.
From the annual “SYRCL action” to collect signatures for a cause, to the workshops and panels taking a deeper dive into various issues facing our planet, presenting paths to inspire change has always been central to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. WSFF’s 2024 theme, “Reel Action,” pays homage to the festival’s mission to inspire activism. The festival will look for films that work as a call to action, inviting audiences to learn about the most pressing environmental problems and initiatives anyone can take to improve the natural world and lives around the globe.