South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)

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 […]

Nevada City, CA – From the headwaters along Donner Summit to the confluence of the Yuba and Feather Rivers, hundreds of people turned out for the South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL’s) 24th annual Yuba River Cleanup that took place from September 11-18, 2021. This year’s event had two different phases: the self-guided Cleanup that […]

On Wednesday, September 8 at 6pm, the South Yuba River Citizens League and YubaNet will co-host a virtual town hall to discuss visitor impacts on the Yuba River and surrounding communities. Over the past decade, visitation to the Yuba has increased dramatically. This rising visitation has created increasing concern among community members related to the […]

Nevada City, CA – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) has released the results of its preliminary Cannabis Impact Survey conducted earlier this year.   The purpose of this questionnaire was to gather feedback from community members and cultivators about attitudes and concerns associated with cannabis cultivation throughout the watershed as well as feedback about the compliance process.   “SYRCL was motivated to conduct […]

Nevada City – The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) is calling on people to help protect the Yuba River watershed by volunteering for the 24th Annual Yuba River Cleanup that runs September 11-18th, 2021. SYRCL is planning an extended cleanup that will provide more options for those who want to participate. Volunteers have two […]

Nevada City, CA – BriarPatch Food Co-op has teamed up with the South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) River Ambassadors to make river-friendly sunscreen available to Yuba river-goers each weekend through Memorial Day. Beginning early this summer, River Ambassadors began fielding questions from river-goers about the slicks they were seeing on the river. While an […]

Nevada County Office of Emergency Services is helping the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) to expand the River Ambassador program to Purdon crossing through additional funding as part of its work with the Yuba River Cohort, a collaboration comprised of County Supervisors and staff, state and federal agencies, local NGOs, and community representatives, and […]

Nevada City, CA April 23, 2021 – Visitor numbers to the Yuba are expected to spike again this summer and we need our community to help keep the Yuba from being “loved to death” by volunteering to become a River Ambassadors through the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL). SYRCL has stationed River Ambassadors at […]

February 18, 2021 – Gold Country Avian Studies (GCAS) and the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), both based in Nevada City, California, were awarded California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) Wildfire Resiliency and Prevention Grants on February 11, 2021. Overall, $135,000 was awarded to 15 state parks and park partners to help parks recover from […]

Nevada City, Calif. July 24, 2020 – Local river communities are feeling the impact of increased visitorship on the South Yuba River. Due to COVID-19 shutdowns, many people from outside the local area are searching for a quiet place to cool off this summer and the South Yuba River has been impacted more than usual. […]