Enjoy the opportunity to witness salmon spawning, creating their redds, and darting their way around the raft as they make their way to their Yuba spawning habitat. Be amazed by the spectacular journey of wild Chinook salmon who make this once in a lifetime journey from the Pacific Ocean to the Yuba River. Read more >>
On a recent, sweltering, mid-summer day, SYRCL River Science Director, Rachel Hutchinson, and a group of five graduate students from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara embarked on a float down the Lower Yuba River to talk restoration, management, and the future of the Yuba. Read more >>
The Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), will restore critical habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the lower Yuba River. In an area that now consists mostly of steep cobble embankments, the project has the potential to read more >>
The Union won’t find any disagreement that “few summer pursuits are as enjoyable for Nevada County residents and visitors as a day out on the Yuba River” (Five Yuba River Swimming Holes to Beat the Summer Heat, July 21st). But when the Yuba Fire broke out upstream of Edwards Crossing twelve days later, the larger public connected the dots long familiar to the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL): the Yuba is in danger of being loved to death. read more >>
By Pascale Fusshoeller. Monday’s Yuba Fire reveals a worrisome problem in the Yuba river canyon. Numerous extinguished campfires and fire rings were found by crews hiking into the fire. The checkerboard ownership in the canyon has long been used by irresponsible campers as an excuse to have their campfires in the canyon. Read more >>
SYRCL’s River Monitoring program continues its hard work to monitor 35 sites throughout the Yuba Watershed. As a summer addition, SYRCL has selected five priority sites including Bridgeport, Purdon Crossing, Edwards Crossing, Highway 49 Bridge, and Oregon Creek Swimming Hole to sample on the 2nd Saturday of every month for Safe to Swim parameters. Read more >>