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This page lists sources of information related to local and national river issues, local and national government, community involvement, other environmental groups and media. SYRCL works with many of these groups to help protect the Yuba. To suggest additional links, please email us.
Yuba Watershed Media
The Union http://www.theunion.com
On the Union's Web site, you can search for older articles, get up-to-date news, and submit and read letters to the Editor.
The Appeal Democrat http://www.appealdemocrat.com
This is Yuba County’s local paper.
FCAT http://www.nccn.net/ch11/
Our local community TV station, channel
KVMR http://www.kvmr.org
Our local community radio station, 89.5 FM.
KNCO http://www.knco.com
New and talk shows, 830 AM
YubaNet http://www.yubanet.com
Yuba Watershed Visitor Sites
Lodging, Dining, Recreation, and Events
http://www.ncgold.com
http://www.nevadcitycalifornia.com
http://www.c-w-r.com
Nevada County Chambers http://www.nevadacountychambers.com/
Sierra County Chamber http://www.sierracounty.org/pages/county/county.html
South Yuba River State Park http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=496
Yuba Watershed Local Government
Nevada County Board of Supervisors http://ncbos.co.nevada.ca.us/
The BOS website has board meeting agendas, notices of public hearings, minutes of past meetings, and Information about each supervisor and how to contact him or her.
Nevada County http://new.mynevadacounty.com/Home/
The official Nevada County website.
Yuba County http://www.co.yuba.ca.us/
The official Yuba County website.
Sierra County http://www.sierracounty.ws/
The Sierra County Government website.
The State of California Government
Governor Gray Davis http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
State Senators Members http://www.sen.ca.gov/
4th District Senator Sam Aanestad http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/4/
1st District Senator Thomas “Rico” Oller http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/1/dist.asp
State Assembly http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/defaulttext.asp
3rd District Assemblyman Rick Keene http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/index.asp?Dist=3&Lang=1
United States Government
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Barbara Boxer http://boxer.senate.gov/
Dianne Feinstein http://feinstein.senate.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/writerep/
2nd District Representative Wally Herger http://www.house.gov/herger/
4th District Representative John Doolittle http://www.house.gov/doolittle/
Regional and Statewide Organizations
Yuba Watershed Council http://snepmaps.des.ucdavis.edu/snner/ywc.html
A stakeholder group made up of Federal, State and local government agencies, environmental non-profits, individuals, businesses, private industry and other commercial interests which strives to educate, inform and cooperate with each other to improve the health of the watershed.
Friends of the River http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/
Friends of the River is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring California's rivers, streams, and their watersheds.
CALFed Upper Yuba River Studies Group http://www.nasites.com/pam/yuba/
This program is a stakeholder driven, collaborative effort to determine if introduction of wild chinook salmon and steelhead trout to the Upper Yuba River watershed is biologically, environmentally, and socio-economically feasible over the long term.
Sierra Watch
Sierra Watch is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the unique scenic, biological, and agricultural resources of the Sierra Nevada.
Sierra Nevada Alliance
The Sierra Nevada Alliance is a regional coalition of grassroots and regional groups working in the Sierra to protect and restore the natural and community values of California's most cherished mountain range.
Forest Issues Group http://www.forestissuesgroup.org/
The Forest Issues Group (FIG) is a community based, citizens advocacy group that reviews, monitors and responds to projects of the Tahoe National Forest.
Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign http://www.californiawild.org/SierraCampaign.html
The Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign is a coalition of conservation organizations, individual activists, scientists, businesses and spiritual leaders fighting for the protection of old growth forests, sensitive watersheds and threatened wildlife in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Friends of Spenceville http://www.gv.net/~rsthomas/
Friends of Spenceville was formed to educate the public about the Spenceville Wildlife Refuge, and in so doing, preserve Spenceville as a wildlife and recreation area.
Yuba Goldfields Access Coalition http://www.bradleydesign.com/access/
The Yuba Goldfields Access Coalition was formed to convince local, state and federal leaders to force the removal of a locked gate across Hammonton County Road, the only road through the public lands in the Yuba Goldfields.
California Sportfishing Alliance http://users.rcn.com/ccate/CSPAPagerev0.html
CSPA is the public trust advocate for California's fisheries. This alliance of sportfishing groups seeks administrative and legal remedies to restore degraded fisheries and guard against threats to what is left.
Cal Trout http://www.caltrout.org/
Cal Trout works through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dam relicensing process, protecting the public trust, reforming grazing on public lands, expanding the wild trout program, and recovering decimated steelhead populations statewide.
Sierra Business Council http://www.sbcouncil.org
The Sierra Business Council is a nonprofit association of more than five hundred businesses, agencies, and individuals working to secure the economic and environmental health of the Sierra Nevada region for this and future generations.
Planning and Conservation League http://www.pcl.org/
The Planning and Conservation League is a nonprofit, statewide alliance of nearly 10,000 citizens and more than 120 conservation organizations united to protect wildlife and restore the quality of California’s environment through legislative and administrative action.
Protect American River Canyons http://www.parc-auburn.org/
Protect American River Canyons (PARC) is an Auburn-based grassroots educational group dedicated to the preservation of the wilderness, recreational, cultural, and historical values of the American River and its canyons for all to enjoy.
National Organizations
American Rivers http://www.americanrivers.org
American Rivers is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring rivers nationwide.
River Network http://www.rivernetwork.org/
River Network's mission is to help people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds.
International Rivers Network http://www.irn.org/index.html
IRN supports local communities worldwide working to protect their rivers and watersheds. They work to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management.
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