South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)

Nevada City, CA – From September 12th to the 24th, with the help of over 400 Yuba River loving volunteers donating more than 1,220 hours, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) was able to remove over 10,600 pounds of trash and recycling from 23 sites in the Yuba River watershed. This year’s Yuba River […]

Nevada City – Registration is open for the South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) 2022 Salmon Expeditions on Sunday, October 16th and Saturday, October 29th. Join SYRCL’s River Science staff, trained naturalists, and river guides from H2O Adventures for a float trip down the lower Yuba to see spawning salmon. The day on a raft […]

The Yuba River still needs your help shedding the waste that has built up over the summer and SYRCL would love to welcome you as a volunteer. Sadly, last Saturday, September 17th, SYRCL had to cancel its 25th Annual Community-Wide River Cleanup event at the last minute because of extremely hazardous air quality conditions. It […]

Nevada City, CA — The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) is canceling its Yuba River Community Cleanup today as well as its Volunteer Appreciation Party at Bridgeport. This decision was made because of the extremely hazardous air quality conditions Saturday morning, September 17. “The health and wellbeing of our volunteers and staff come first,” […]

Nevada City – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), a watershed conservation organization based out of Nevada City, is leading Salmon Expedition rafting trips for Yuba and Nevada County 3rd through 12th graders. We are currently looking for volunteer salmon naturalists to help these students get the most out of this incredible outdoor education […]

Nevada City, CA –Ten years after the Truckee Donner Land Trust and partners purchased Van Norden Meadow (Yayalu Itdeh in Washoe) to save it from development, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and the Tahoe National Forest (TNF) have broken ground on actions to restore the meadow.  The project began on August 8, 2022. […]

Nevada City, CA — The South Yuba River Citizens League’s Annual River Cleanup is turning 25 this year. Each September since 1997, as part of a larger cleanup effort called California Coastal Cleanup Day, SYRCL has organized an annual Yuba River Cleanup event uniting the community to remove the trash that sadly builds up throughout […]

August 4, 2022 – Today, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), re-establishing California’s right to protect water quality in the Yuba, Bear, and Merced River Watersheds for the next 40 years.  One of FERC’s primary duties is licensing and inspecting […]

Nevada City, CA –The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) was awarded $3.746 million from the Wildlife Conservation Board’s Forest Conservation grant program to implement Phase One of restoration of Van Norden Meadow (Yayalu Itdeh in Washoe) in partnership with Tahoe National Forest (TNF). The 485-acre meadow is located at the headwaters of the South […]

Nevada City, CA – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) proudly announces Vanessa Richards as the 2022 Environmentalist of the Year Scholarship awardee. Each spring, SYRCL offers a $4,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who plans to pursue a degree in the environmental field. On Thursday, May 12, SYRCL hosted an Award […]

Nobody wants to see the beautiful Yuba river get trashed. Nobody wants to see a catastrophic wildfire erupt in the river canyon. And, least of all, nobody wants to see any more injuries or deaths happen at the river.   Did you know that you can step up and do something to help lessen the possibility […]

Nevada City, CA – The South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) RiversLab Program invites community members to join in a science-based discussion about a variety of subjects that relate to the Yuba River watershed. SYRCL will host two more virtual RiversLab sessions that are free and open to the public. The goal is to improve […]

Nevada City, CA – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) recently launched its Know Your Watershed Scavenger Hunt to help raise funds for its Environmentalist of the Year scholarship, which the organization awards annually to a local college-bound high school student.  The scavenger hunt begins on Sunday, March 27th and closes as week later […]

Nevada City, CA –The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) released the results of the survey they conducted in October that assessed concerns locals had about increased visitation to the Yuba.  More than 500 people responded to the survey, which asked respondents questions about the activities they support at the river, their concerns related to increased […]

Nevada City, CA – SYRCL has made the difficult decision to postpone the in-person component of this year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival due to concerns over community safety given the recent rampant spread of the Omicron variant and limited rural medical infrastructure.  The persistent power and internet outages due to recent storms has also played into the decision. […]

Nevada City, CA – Volunteer registration is now open for the 20th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, held in-person January 13 – 17, 2022 in downtown Nevada City and Grass Valley and streaming online January 13-23, 2022.  The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) is hosting both a virtual and in-person fest this year which is why they are in need of a team of volunteers.  “This […]

NEVADA CITY, CA.  (Dec. 1, 2022) – The South Yuba Rivers Citizens League’s (SRYCL) Wild & Scenic Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup of over 100 environmental and adventure films, including eight world premieres and five US premiers, to be shown at its 20th annual event happening in person January 13-17 and online January 13-23, 2022. […]

Nevada City, CA – Last week, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) resumed Salmon Expeditions for grade school students from Nevada and Yuba counties after a year away from the river. SYRCL has worked with schools to implement COVID-safety precautions so the organization can float nearly 1,200 students down the lower Yuba River on […]

Nevada City, CA – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) is launching a visitor impacts survey to hear from the public directly about their concerns. The survey comes on the heels of the Town Hall SYRCL and YubaNet co-hosted on visitor impacts September 8, after another busy visitor season at the Yuba River. More […]

Nevada County, the US Forest Service (USFS), and the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) worked together to purchase two toilets for Lang’s Crossing that were installed mid-August before the Tahoe National Forest temporarily closed. This popular crossing off Bowman Lakes Road, which sees thousands of visitors every summer, lacked any infrastructure prior to the […]