One project at a time
Today, SYRCL is working on a number of projects to help restore the Yuba River watershed. You can view all of them below, or browse by project type:
SYRCL has secured funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board Block Grant being administered by Point Blue and the Sierra Meadows Partnership (SMP) to plan and implement restoration work in two distinct wetland sites within the North Yuba River watershed. This Project will complete planning on 159.5 acres of high priority meadow, fen, and associated aspen & forest habitat in the North Yuba Landscape…
In 2020, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) awarded SYRCL with a planning grant to conduct a watershed-wide aspen assessment. This effort cataloged the location, health, and size of aspen stands. In total, the assessment surveyed 123 aspen stands covering 490 acres on Tahoe National Forest (TNF) land within the Yuba River watershed. SYRCL’s aspen assessment…
In 2023, SYRCL and the Tahoe National Forest (TNF) transitioned into focused planning efforts for the Salmon and Packer Creek Aspen Restoration Project. This Project is within the Lost Sierra and Gold Lakes Highway region near scenic Highway 49 in the Sierra Nevada. After conducting desktop analyses, monitoring transects, and focused site visits, the project…
On September 25th, the Nevada Irrigation District voted on the future of their proposed Centennial Dam project, a $1 billion project that SYRCL has rallied the community in opposition to since 2017. In August of 2014, the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) began planning to construct a new 275-foot-tall dam and reservoir on the Bear River between the…
SYRCL recently received funding from a Wildlife Conservation Board Block Grant being administered by Point Blue and the Sierra Meadows Partnership (SMP) to begin planning for restoration of 218 acres of meadow and 30 acres of forest at the headwaters of Upper and Lower Castle Creeks in Round Valley and Castle Valley Meadows. These critical…
The Castle Peak trailhead is one of the most heavily utilized OHV/OSV and non-motorized use trailheads on the Truckee Ranger District. It is severely limited by undesignated parking and a lack of restroom facilities. The result is that users are forced to park unsafely on roads or in forested areas exacerbating soil compaction, runoff, and…