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Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“It takes a village” to protect the Yuba watershed. Here are some of the locals who have been part of the effort—from all walks of life: JOHN OLMSTED Naturalist and Conservationist Inspired by John Muir, Olmsted worked tirelessly to create wild areas, open space, trails and parks in our region. He preserved parcels that became […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alicia Funk, Barbara Getz, Caleb Dardick, conservationist, Dave Cowie, Del Oro Theatre, Gary Snyder, Grass Valley, John Olmsted, Michael Funk, Mike Getz, naturalist, Nevada City, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, San Juan Ridge, Shana Maziarz, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., United Natural Foods Inc., visit Nevada City, Yuba River stewards
Posted by jeffpelline on October 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I am foremost a person of the Yuba River Country in the Sierra Nevada.” —Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Gary Snyder Our region is known worldwide as home to Lake Tahoe, “the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” as Mark Twain wrote in Roughing It. Tahoe is one of the oldest, deepest and purist lakes in the […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alasdair Fraser, Bridgeport, Donner Pass, Englebright Reservoir, fishing, Gary Snyder, hiking, John Olmsted, john pugh, Lake Spaulding, Little Town of Washington, Michael Funk, Nevada City, Soda Springs, South Yuba River, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., United Natural Foods, Whitewater, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Yuba River
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
THE INAUGURAL WILD & SCENIC Film Festival was an informal gathering at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City. Rivers and Tides, a 2001 documentary, was shown. Actor Peter Coyote and poet Gary Snyder spoke. Though little known, the event organized by the South Yuba River Citizens League (or SYRCL) was a sell out. In January […]
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