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The next California Extreme Precipitation Symposium meets July 16, 2026, at UC Davis. It is open to the public, low cost, and focused on the storms that decide the American River's year.
A neighboring land trust has secured 30 acres along Highway 49 that will one day welcome the public to a new state wildlife area near the North Fork Cosumnes River.
Nevada County has a new master plan that links outdoor recreation to wildfire resilience and community protection. It is a model worth watching from our own canyons.
A neighboring land trust has transferred a 320-acre property along the North Fork Cosumnes River to a Native-led nonprofit, returning ancestral ground to Indigenous stewardship.
A 6.5-mile trail through Granite Chief Wilderness is being rerouted to improve safety and ease pressure on fragile ground, with Forest Service staff, a conservation corps crew, and volunteers doing the work.
The Western States Trail now has a secured starting point. Robie Equestrian Park, the 160-acre horse camp east of Truckee, has been purchased to protect it for good.
El Dorado County's SAGE Map Contest invites students to draw their own maps during National Geography Awareness Week, with more than $4,000 in prizes awarded each year.
Placer Land Trust has permanently protected the 40-acre Gerjuoy North Fork Preserve on Moody Ridge, adding lasting protection to the country above the North Fork of the American River.
A 46-acre parcel above the North Fork American River is now permanently protected, safeguarding Wild and Scenic river frontage and a stretch of the public Euchre Bar Trail near Foresthill.
California's moratorium on motorized suction dredge mining still stands, backed by a state Supreme Court ruling and a 2015 law requiring miners to secure Clean Water Act permits. Our neighbors at NFARA have been tracking the fight.
Placer County is building its first-ever parks and trails master plan, and canyon users can shape it through a 15-minute survey at placerparksplan.com.
A fellow North Fork American River group is standing up its own hiking and cleanup program, backed by its own liability insurance. Their first independent hike heads into China Bar near Blue Canyon.