Yuba Salmon Now Update: Federal Judge Says it’s Time to End Debate on Yuba River Dams

Posted on February 9, 2021February 12, 2021

SYRCL and Friends of the River recently sent a letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service to compel the agency to craft a watershed-wide solution to save the threatened species native to the Yuba Watershed, including Spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, and green sturgeon. The letter demands a new biological opinion, presenting compelling evidence that harm caused by the Corps’ dams, compounded by increased harm from climate change, is responsible for the dramatic decrease in Yuba River fish populations. Details

Enter to Win this Original Pete Brost Engraving

Posted on June 29, 2018August 30, 2018

Enter to win this Pete Brost original engraved rendition of the South Yuba River watershed on Alder and generously inlaid with Malachite & Turquoise. Winner will be drawn on September 15th at the Yuba River Cleanup Volunteer Appreciation Celebration in Pioneer Park. Details

SYRCL is Hiring 3 Dedicated AmeriCorps Members — Apply Today!

Posted on June 19, 2018June 20, 2018

SYRCL is seeking enthusiastic, conservation-minded people, willing to commit a year of service in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern California, to protect the beautiful natural resources of the Yuba River watershed and to help build sustainable river communities. Deadline to apply is July 25. Details

Comment Period for Yuba River Ecosystem Study Closes 2.23

Posted on January 25, 2018February 15, 2018

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Feasibility Report & Environmental Assessment for the Yuba River. This interim study, which is now out for public review and comment (through February 23), presents a variety of actions and alternatives for restoring the Yuba River. Yet, in its suite of suggestions, it discounts the removal of Englebright and Daguerre Point Dams as fish passage options for the Yuba. Details

Army Corps Starts $3 million Yuba River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study

Posted on July 10, 2015February 18, 2021

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced July 1st that they have started work on the long anticipated “Yuba River ecosystem restoration feasibility study,” which will analyze fish passage options at Daguerre Point and Englebright Dams on the lower Yuba River. According to the Corp’s press release, “the study will be conducted in a risk-informed read more >>

Permit Cancelled for Daguerre Point Dam Hydropower Project

Posted on April 24, 2015May 1, 2015

Any threat to the Yuba River from a new hydropower project at Daguerre Point Dam has been vanquished with the official cancellation of a permit issued in 2013. Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) cancelled a permit to Archon Energy for studying the feasibility of a hydropower project at Daguerre Point Dam because read more >>

Yuba Salmon Update: Spring-run Count is Low

Posted on July 9, 2014July 23, 2014

The number of salmon migrating up the Yuba River this last spring is lower than most recent years, according to preliminary counts in the fish ladders at Daguerre Point Dam. A total of 492 salmon migrated through the fish counting station through June 24th according to the latest Field Update from the Yuba Accord River Management Team, read more >>

Federal Fish Agency Reverses Direction on Army Corps’ Responsibility for Dams’ Impacts on Salmon

Posted on May 14, 2014

Nevada City, CA – River conservation groups are outraged at the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) reversal of position on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ responsibility for impacts that Corps-owned dams cause Yuba River’s threatened salmon, steelhead trout and green sturgeon. NMFS’ new biological opinion concerning Daguerre Point Dam, and concurrence letter concerning Englebright read more >>

Update on the Proposed Hydropower Project at Daguerre Point Dam: Draft Study Plan Found Inadequate

Posted on January 3, 2014January 7, 2014

The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and a coalition of local and national conservation organizations once again filed formal comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding Archon Energy’s proposal to build a 3-megawatt facility at Daguerre Point Dam on the lower Yuba River. These comments, filed on January 3 by the Foothills Water Network, read more >>

Army Corps Under Fire for Evading Responsibility for Dam Impacts on Salmon

Posted on October 30, 2013October 31, 2013

Two new studies of impacts of Yuba River dams reverse Corps’ previous findings Nevada City, CA – River conservation groups are condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over two recent environmental documents that ignore the Corps’ responsibility for the dams’ impacts on the Yuba’s endangered and threatened fish species, including Chinook salmon, steelhead trout read more >>