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Protect American River Canyons has built a $99,825 endowment since 2008 to block the Auburn Dam, clear canyon trash, and defend the canyon-rim viewshed. Here is what it funds and how to give.
A neighboring stewardship group put volunteers to work clearing invasive scotch broom and litter from Confluence-area trails last Earth Day, and the effort is set to return in 2026.
A neighboring conservancy just put millions of dollars into fuel breaks and forest thinning across three Sierra counties. It is the kind of work that keeps canyon communities safer.
A neighboring land trust points foothill visitors toward the oak woodlands of Canyon View Preserve, where an exceptional wet season has produced a rich show of wild mushrooms.
PARC's proposed pedestrian bridge would span the American River at China Bar to link the Auburn and Cool trail systems. The project sits in permitting, and two agencies hold the next decision.
The Yuba Forest Network's 2025 recap counts 1,600-plus log trucks off the Tahoe National Forest, a 30-year milestone for Sierra Streams Institute, and nearly 2,000 acres in restoration on San Juan Ridge.
Why we are gathering the stories, science, and stewardship of the American River canyons in one place.
Diana Fitzpatrick, the first woman to lead the Western States Endurance Run, has received the organization's rarely given Little Cougar award for guiding the trail community through years of hard tests.
A tribe in the eastern Sierra has purchased 160 acres of ancestral land above Mono Lake, with grant support that shows how conservation and cultural return can move together.
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy has advanced dozens of wildfire-risk-reduction projects across the range, including the 28,000-acre French Meadows Forest Restoration Project in the upper American River watershed.
A volunteer water monitoring program in the neighboring Cosumnes watershed just turned ten, a reminder of what steady community science can do for a river.
A broad partnership is healing nearly 15,000 acres scorched by the 2007 Moonlight Fire, a recovery effort worth watching for anyone who cares about Sierra watersheds.