March 23, 2026 (Yuba County) I was lucky enough to visit with Shaun Clarke on the Yuba Rim Trailhead last Friday (March 20, 2026). Both the Bear and Yuba River watersheds intersect with land held by Bear Yuba Land Trust. BYLT oversees 19,000 acres-plus of land in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Recreation on

March 23, 2026: Yuba City At the Yuba College Sutter Extension, room 101, Dean Michael Bagley and I held a recruitment drive aimed at two audiences. Per the grant agencies of We Prosper Together and Valley Vision, our hunt for interns was to make a turn toward “disinvested communities” and “high school” students. I am not ashamed to

 March 4, 2026    Prior to California’s Gold Rush, even as the land was part of Mexico’s northern frontier, English-language newspapers began to open for business. Most of these early papers were headquartered in San Francisco, but a few trekked inland past Benicia onward to the delta where a small settlement had taken root on the

Yesterday, 17 February 2026, Dr Joe presented to ten students at their weekly Science Club meeting. Korey Champe and Jeff Stollberg provided commentary along the way. All in all, students were encouraged to sign up for the summer internship (paid, BTW) and seemed receptive. Dr Champe reinforced how our certifications in Water Management and Soil

January 27, 2026 Fact: In the State of California, water is GOLD!!! The item that follows? People fight over gold, and that includes what comes out of the Yuba River.  Additional truths? Fights over water, i.e., CALIFORNIA GOLD, ended up in court systems – county, State, and Federal. There’s a whole historical backlog of these court battles stretching back

OREGON HOUSE, CA, Jan 6, 2026: — Community members from across Yuba County (and beyond) gathered at the Alcouffe Center in Oregon House. The draw was Yuba College as they introduced a new summer internship designed to prepare students for careers in natural resources and outdoor stewardship. Yuba College presented exciting, college-credit–earning opportunities connected to