YFN: January/February Newsletter
Land Acknowledgement SYRCL works throughout the Yuba River watershed on the Ancestral and Traditional homelands of the Nisenan Tribe, and includes…
Restoration
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CDFW Releases Beavers Into the Wild for First Time in Nearly 75 Years
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched the initial phase of its beaver translocation activities, recently conducting the first beaver conservation release in nearly 75 years. Working with the Maidu Summit Consortium, CDFW released a family of seven beavers into Plumas County, in a location that is known to the tribal community as Tásmam Koyóm.
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Protecting Watersheds and Preventing Catastrophic Wildfire: Yuba I Forest Resilience Bond Returns Investor Capital, Driving Successful Restoration Efforts on the Tahoe National Forest
Blue Forest, a conservation finance non-profit, in partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI), USDA Forest Service (USFS), and National Forest Foundation (NFF), announced the successful completion of its pilot Forest Resilience Bond (FRB), marking five years since the project launched. Restoration efforts on a 15,000 acre planning area on the Tahoe National Forest, which reduced the risk of catastrophic wildfire, paved the way for the formation of the North Yuba Forest Partnership.
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2023 SYRCL’s Invasive Weed Crew Takes on the Challenge
Since 2019 the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) has forged a partnership with the US Forest Service (USFS) to confront the challenges posed by invasive weeds in the Yuba River Watershed.
As part of ongoing efforts in forest restoration, the SYRCL invasive weeds crew was busy this past field season treating and monitoring over 250 sites and 50,000 plants throughout the Tahoe National Forest (TNF).
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Large-scale, Multi-benefit Halwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project Transforms Part of the Lower Yuba River
After five years of construction, a 157-acre, multi-benefit habitat restoration project that directly benefits native fish like salmon and steelhead in the lower Yuba River is complete.
The Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project includes nearly two miles of restored side channels and alcoves and more than six miles of seasonally flooded side channels – areas that are essential for fish where they can hide from predators, rest, eat and grow. Recent fish surveys show that steelhead and salmon are already using the new habitat.
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Upper Long Bar Restoration Project Public Outreach
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, representatives from SYRCL, Cramer Fish Sciences, and cbec led a public outreach meeting at the Upper Long Bar Restoration Project, outlining for those in attendance the history of the project, a general overview of the pre-project monitoring and what the project will encompass, and the desired outcomes of the finished project.
