The South Yuba River Citizens League is a community-based educational nonprofit corporation committed to the protection, preservation and restoration of the entire Yuba Watershed. SYRCL works to fulfill its mission by aggressively seeking environmental solutions through the tools of education, organization, collaboration, litigation and legislation.
Our Mission: To protect and restore the Yuba River and the Greater Yuba Watershed
SYRCL began late in 1983 as a group of concerned local citizens seeking to prevent the destruction of the South Yuba River by commercial interests. The group's goal was the ultimate preservation of 39 miles of the South Yuba River recognized by the US Department of Interior, in an inventory of the nation's waterways, as one of California's best remaining free-flowing streams.
SYRCL's efforts to protect the South Yuba through Wild and Scenic designation finally paid off in 1999. On October 10, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed the bill, officially adding the 39-mile stretch of the South Yuba River to California's Wild and Scenic River System. The South Yuba was the first addition to the Wild and Scenic System since 1989 and the first river ever designated by a Democratic governor. This ended SYRCL's 16-year grassroots campaign to stop new dams on the river and paved the way for SYRCL's current focus on other issues affecting the health of the watershed.
SYRCL will continue working to fulfill its mission of protecting, preserving, and restoring the Yuba watershed. From restoring wild salmon and steelhead to the upper reaches of the Yuba, to training a community of volunteer river monitors, to collaborating with agencies in a more balanced approach to water management, SYRCL pledges stewardship to the Yuba River Watershed and all its inhabitants. |
Contact Info
216 Main Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265.5961 (530) 265.6232 fax
