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The Yuba City/Marysville area, situated where the lower Yuba joins the Feather River, has a history of catastrophic flooding. The Yuba-Feather Workgroup was formed to evaluate environmentally-sound methods of achieving greater flood protection. SYRCL and Yuba County initiated the workgroup, and other members include the Water Agencies in Yuba and Sutter Counties, the Department of Water Resources, Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Friends of the River, and the Sierra Club.
The project is funded by Proposition 13, the state water bond. SYRCL lobbied for this measure in conjunction with the Wild and Scenic campaign in 1999. The bond allocates $70 million for non-dam flood-protection projects on the Yuba and Feather Rivers and sets aside an additional $20 million to mitigate resulting impacts on fish, wildlife, and riparian habitat.
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