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Confluence Paddle Safety Day
Saturday, September 21, 2024 Noon at the Confluence To China Bar through Auburn's Aquatic Park Rapids. Note: Bring your own white water gear and boats. You'll need to figure out your own shuttle. Thank you for helping PARC protect the American River and its canyons during The Big Day of Giving!
If you missed the Big Day of Giving, you can donate to or support Protect American River Canyons in several different ways, any day of the year. Click here to see how. Winners of the 2024 PARC Scholarship Essay Contest have been selected!
Sponsored by Protect American River Canyons (PARC), $3000 in total scholarships were awarded to the winners of this year's annual contest. See the winners and read their inspiring essays here. The Auburn Alehouse was our guest sponsor for the PARC American River Cleanup this year, providing lunch and volunteers for the cleanup. They also generously donated a portion of their Wednesday beer sales for the entire month of April from their brewery and restaurant location in Old Town Auburn to PARC's American River Conservation work.
Thank you, Auburn Alehouse! Keep It Wild...Keep It Scenic...Keep it Clean! Video of PARC Celebrating 50 years is now on our YouTube Channel.
PARC Celebrates 50 Years - view YouTube playlist |
Codfish Falls Nature Discovery Trail
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Ponderosa Way Reopens Friday, November 17th!
The bridge has been replaced and the road has been graveled on the Weimar side. Both the north and south sides have been graded. Vehicle access and parking at the ever popular Codfish Falls Trailhead has been restored. The 1935 one lane steel and wood Parker pony truss bridge's deck and foundation were determined to be structurally unsound in 2020 by the Bureau of Reclamation. The original bridge was taken down and replaced with a "modern" steel beam and concrete deck bridge in 2023. The original, massive 800 mile Depression Era Ponderosa Way Firebreak Project initiated by the US Forest Service on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was designed to separate the Ponderosa Pine forests from the Central Valley. The project included roads and bridges for emergency vehicles and employed approximately 4,800 Civilian Conservation Corps workers. |
Poverty Bar hike
The Buckeye's feathery blooms attract pollinator insects
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Pipevine swallowtail butterfly caterpillars feast on pipevine along the trail
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Big Thanks to all who participated in the American River Earth Day Cleanup and activities on April 23, 2022! You really made a difference!
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China Bar Vehicle Access Open Seven Day A Week Beginning January 4, 2022
The Auburn State Recreation Area is expanding vehicle access to the American River Canyon at China Bar to seven days a week on January 4th from 7:00 a.m. to sunset, twelve years after it first opened on January 1, 2010.
The Birdsall and Oregon Bar river access dirt/gravel roads are included. Wet weather could force temporary closure of these roads. The area is very popular for fishermen, swimmers, picnickers, hikers, runners, equestrian and mountain bike riders. The area also provides important access for rafters paddling from the Confluence and kayakers refining their paddling skills at the Pump Station Rapids aka Auburn's Aquatic River Park. 
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The man made Pump Station Rapids and paved portage trail at China Bar provide easy access for multiple paddle adventures. 
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A recreational bridge crossing of the river at China Bar and trail improvements that would benefit all trail users are concept plans that were included in the recently approved ASRA General Plan update.
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Bus artwork designed by Laurel Mathe of Mystic Design
Auburn Bus Route to the American River Confluence
Confluence Route
Make your day on the American River easy and stress-free, with a round-trip ride and no parking hassles.
Friday-Sunday, April 1-October 1
Rides to the Confluence
530-906-1138
Service Enhancements to Auburn Transit’s Confluence Route
Starting Friday, April 8th, 2022, the Confluence Route will be serviced through Auburn On-Demand. All rides can be scheduled at your convenience any point during service hours using the TransLoc App. It is simple and at your fingertips to request a ride. The bus stops will remain the same. Service hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Friday through Sunday. For additional information, please call the Confluence Route direct line (530) 906-2118 or the On-Demand phone (530) 906-3171.
Prices remain the same: $3.50 for general passengers and $1.75 for senior, youth or disabled.
See more about the Confluence Route here.
https://www.auburn.ca.gov/585/Confluence-Route
See more about Auburn Transit here:
https://www.auburn.ca.gov/192/Transit-Services
Confluence Route
Make your day on the American River easy and stress-free, with a round-trip ride and no parking hassles.
Friday-Sunday, April 1-October 1
Rides to the Confluence
530-906-1138
Service Enhancements to Auburn Transit’s Confluence Route
Starting Friday, April 8th, 2022, the Confluence Route will be serviced through Auburn On-Demand. All rides can be scheduled at your convenience any point during service hours using the TransLoc App. It is simple and at your fingertips to request a ride. The bus stops will remain the same. Service hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Friday through Sunday. For additional information, please call the Confluence Route direct line (530) 906-2118 or the On-Demand phone (530) 906-3171.
Prices remain the same: $3.50 for general passengers and $1.75 for senior, youth or disabled.
See more about the Confluence Route here.
https://www.auburn.ca.gov/585/Confluence-Route
See more about Auburn Transit here:
https://www.auburn.ca.gov/192/Transit-Services
