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The Season of Fire and Water
Image: Josh Ross People loved the salmon the way fire loves grass And the blaze loves the darkness of the sea. – Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass” By Annika Alexander-Ozinskas, SYRCL’s...
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Salmon Tours Connect Many to Our Regional Treasure
By Megan Learned As SYRCL’s new River Education Manager, my inaugural days of work were spent on the river at the start of Salmon Tours season – it was a trial by water experience! What an incredible...
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Groundswell of Youth Engaged and Ready for Action
Image: Josh Miller Photography A theater full of students cheered and clapped before settling into their chairs for the 16th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival (WSFF) School Program last week. More...
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20th Annual Yuba River Cleanup a Success!
The next generation of river stewards cleaning up by the Bridge in Washington. Photos: 49th Gold Country BPSA On Saturday, September 16, a record number of volunteers turned out to participate in the...
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The Season of Fire and Water
Image: Josh Ross People loved the salmon the way fire loves grass And the blaze loves the darkness of the sea. – Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass” By Annika Alexander-Ozinskas, SYRCL’s...
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Public Salmon Tour – Sign Up Now!
Get your hands (and feet) wet while learning about the salmon life cycle, their ecology, and human impact on these incredible fish. Join SYRCL River Science staff and the river guides from...
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Salmon Tours Connect Many to Our Regional Treasure
By Megan Learned As SYRCL’s new River Education Manager, my inaugural days of work were spent on the river at the start of Salmon Tours season – it was a trial by water experience! What an incredible...
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Groundswell of Youth Engaged and Ready for Action
Image: Josh Miller Photography A theater full of students cheered and clapped before settling into their chairs for the 16th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival (WSFF) School Program last week. More...
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FREE Watershed Education Activities at Local Libraries this Summer
Calling all Young Scientists, Grades K-5th Join Detective Drizzle in hands-on activities that explore the water cycle. Come and get your hands wet as we investigate the mystery of the magical liquid...
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Environmentalist of the Year Scholarship Awarded
SYRCL is proud to announce Anya Cooper-Hynell, a recent Nevada Union graduate, as the 2018 recipient of the Environmentalist of the Year Scholarship. This scholarship, administered by SYRCL, is offered...
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The Shining River Science Interns of SYRCL
This year, SYRCL was lucky to have three dedicated high school seniors intern with the River Science department. Dantes Zapata, Nåah Lifland, and Aiden Keller completed over 266 volunteer hours...
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FREE Field Trip to the Lower Yuba River – June 30
SYRCL has teamed up with Nevada County Libraries to offer free watershed education activities through the public library system this summer. Bring the whole family and join us for an afternoon...
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SYRCL is Hiring 3 Dedicated AmeriCorps Members — Apply Today!
Do you love the Sierra Nevada? Want to help restore and protect the Yuba watershed, while gaining valuable environmental, professional experience? Apply to work at SYRCL and become one of the 28...
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YOLO Program Gets Students Botanizing & Belly-Laughing
Dense flowers of white Summer snow dusts the meadow Leaves of millions -Becca (YOLO participant) Photo 1. Yolo participant trying on water sampling apparatus to test for rare and invasive amphibians...
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Salmon Expeditions Empower the Next Generation
Students learn the important role salmon play as indicators to the health of our watershed. A blue heron sores quietly overhead, as a shiny otter slips off the bank into the cold Yuba water. The ripple...
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The Results are in on the Benefits of Meadow Restoration
Mountain meadows serve a major role in the ecosystem of the Sierras, providing habitat diversity, sequestering carbon while naturally storing and filtering water. Many mountain meadows have been...
View ArticleQuiz Night: Annual Brains of Nevada County Event
2019 Quiz Night Event Details When: Friday, March 8, 6:30pm Where: Peace Lutheran Church 828 W Main St, Grass Valley, CA Fee: $400/team of 8 participants Questions? Contact Daniel Belshe Community...
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Accepting Applications for Environmentalist of the Year Scholarship
Now Accepting Applications for SYRCL’s Environmentalist of the Year Scholarship 2018 Environmentalist of the Year recipient, Anya Cooper-Hynell For the past seventeen years, SYRCL has been proud to...
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Connecting Local Youth to the Spirit of the Yuba
Photo by Tom Weistar “The river is beautiful here. Where I live it’s dirty. We don’t swim in it. There’s a lot of garbage.” This quote is from Journey, an eighth grader from Grey Ave Middle School in...
View Article2019 State of the Yuba
Get inspired, activated and involved with the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) this Earth Day season at the State of the Yuba, Wednesday, April 24. Like the President’s annual address, SYRCL’s...
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