Wild & Scenic Forever
Sign the Petition to Support CA Wild & Scenic for the North Fork American River
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This petition will be delivered to Secretary California Natural Resources Agency Wade Crowfoot.
Sign the petition here, then share it with your friends.
Read letters of support: click here
Sign the petition here, then share it with your friends.
Read letters of support: click here
California Wild & Scenic Designation will protect 5.5 miles of the North Fork American River from Colfax-Iowa Hill Bridge to its confluence with Shirttail Creek. Designation would protect this unique stretch of river, located in the upper boundary of the Auburn State Recreation Area, as a free flowing undammed and irreplaceable natural resource. Park visitors enjoy fishing, hiking, swimming, whitewater boating, nature study, recreational gold panning and much more in scenic wild canyons with a mosaic of unique foothill plant and wildlife communities.
STATE WILD & SCENIC DESIGNATION WILL: ~ Protect scenic, recreational, fishery and wildlife resources and prevent any dam construction. ~ Protect existing local water rights. ~ Improve local economic possibilities.
STATE WILD & SCENIC DESIGNATION WON'T: ~ Change local land use authority or take private property. ~ Add cost to taxpayers. ~ Change recreational use or affect hunting, fishing or gold panning regulations. ~ Restrict options to fight wildfires.
Dreams can come true. Help Protect American River Canyons make this a reality! Add your name to the growing list of supporters on this petition and secure a CA Wild & Scenic River future for the North Fork!
Sign the petition here
STATE WILD & SCENIC DESIGNATION WILL: ~ Protect scenic, recreational, fishery and wildlife resources and prevent any dam construction. ~ Protect existing local water rights. ~ Improve local economic possibilities.
STATE WILD & SCENIC DESIGNATION WON'T: ~ Change local land use authority or take private property. ~ Add cost to taxpayers. ~ Change recreational use or affect hunting, fishing or gold panning regulations. ~ Restrict options to fight wildfires.
Dreams can come true. Help Protect American River Canyons make this a reality! Add your name to the growing list of supporters on this petition and secure a CA Wild & Scenic River future for the North Fork!
Sign the petition here
California Wild & Scenic designation will forever protect 6 miles of the North Fork American River from the Colfax-Iowa Hill Bridge to Shirttail Creek from being lost under a dam's reservoir.
The undammed free-fl owing North Fork American River from its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Upper Lake Clementine includes accessible deep scenic canyons with a mosaic of diverse, unique foothill plant and wildlife communities. Visitors enjoy fish ing, hiking, swimming, whitewater boating, nature study, recreational gold panning and much more.
Some places are unique and irreplaceable - worthy of protection. California Wild & Scenic designation would help ensure continued funding for the Auburn State Recreation Area while protecting its unique and irreplaceable natural resources.
Dreams can come true. Support PARC so we can work towards making the Wild & Scenic American River a reality. Some ways to support this work are to join PARC or buy our new guidebook. Sign up to receive our email newsletter. You can also contact your elected officials (see below).
PARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The undammed free-fl owing North Fork American River from its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Upper Lake Clementine includes accessible deep scenic canyons with a mosaic of diverse, unique foothill plant and wildlife communities. Visitors enjoy fish ing, hiking, swimming, whitewater boating, nature study, recreational gold panning and much more.
Some places are unique and irreplaceable - worthy of protection. California Wild & Scenic designation would help ensure continued funding for the Auburn State Recreation Area while protecting its unique and irreplaceable natural resources.
Dreams can come true. Support PARC so we can work towards making the Wild & Scenic American River a reality. Some ways to support this work are to join PARC or buy our new guidebook. Sign up to receive our email newsletter. You can also contact your elected officials (see below).
PARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Watch PARC's video "Wild & Scenic North Fork American River" below:
For more information on the proposed Auburn Dam, please see
"The Wild American" film below:
"The Wild American" film below:
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Wild & Scenic Proposal, CALIFORNIA WILD & SCENIC RIVERS ACT
California Public Resources Code Division 5. Parks and Monuments Chapter 1.4. California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Section 5093.50 to 5093.70 Download |
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Canyon Losses with an Auburn Dam
River-based Recreation and Tourism in Auburn State Recreation Area What Could Be Lost By Auburn Dam's Reservoir? Download |
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Cover, WILD & SCENIC AMERICAN RIVER
Unlocking the Economic Potential of the Auburn State Recreation Area Download |
CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
Some points you may want to include:
Auburn City Council
Placer County Board of Supervisors
Senator Kamala Harris
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3553
Fax (202) 224-2200
Click here to email Senator
Harris with any comments
or requests.
Senator Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Office 202-228-3954
www.feinstein.senate.gov
Congressman Tom McClintock
428 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Office 202-225-2511
www.mcclintock.house.gov
Some points you may want to include:
- Auburn Dam is not needed to protect Sacramento from American River flooding.
- The New Folsom Dam spillway and levee improvements will exceed Sacramento’s stated goal of 200 year flood protection.
- Auburn Dam would destroy 48 miles of the American River canyons that are enjoyed by
close to 1 million recreational visitors a year. - Auburn Dam would be built on earthquake faults. Water stored behind the dam could trigger a catastrophic quake flooding Sacramento.
- Auburn Dam current estimated construction costs would be $6 to $10 BILLION DOLLARS.
Auburn City Council
Placer County Board of Supervisors
Senator Kamala Harris
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3553
Fax (202) 224-2200
Click here to email Senator
Harris with any comments
or requests.
Senator Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Office 202-228-3954
www.feinstein.senate.gov
Congressman Tom McClintock
428 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Office 202-225-2511
www.mcclintock.house.gov
Read letters to be delivered to California State Resources Agency Secretary John Laird.
Click on links below to see individual letters, or go directly to the letter page to scroll through the letters.
Placer Land Trust
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express Placer Land Trust's strong support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. Placer Land Trust is an Auburn-based pubicly supported nonprofit dedicated to working with willing landowners to protect natural and agricultural land for public benefit. We have deep roots in the foothill communities...more
Bailey-Balwain Family
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express the Bailey family's support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. My father Matthew Bailey was instrumental in obtaining National Wild & Scenic designation for the upper North Fork in the 1970's...more
North Fork American River Alliance (NFARA)
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing on behalf of the North Fork American River Alliance, NFARA. We strongly support designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. We urge you to support this designation as well...more
North Fork Trails
Dear Secretary Laird,
I'm writing to express my support for designation of the North Fork American River from the Colfax - Iowa Hill Bridge at Mineral Bar to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. I urge you to also support this designation as it would be a perfect compliment to the federal and state wild and scenic designations of the upper North Fork American River...more
Lisa C. Thompson, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher and former Fisheries Extension Specialist
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology Department, University of California - Davis
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express my strong support for the designation of the North Fork American River from Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. I have become aware of the incredible value of this resource as a researcher and Extension Specialist...more
Nicholas N. Ewing
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Biological Sciences
Dear Secretary Laird:
I am writing to express my strong support for the designation of the North Fork American River from Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. As a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at CSU, Sacramento I have gained an appreciation for the tremendous biological richness...more
Joseph L. Medeiros, Editor-in-Chief
Sierra College Press
Dear Mr. Laird,
Please let this letter serve as my enthusiastic support for designating a portion of the North Fork American River, between Colfax-Iowa Hill Bridge and Upper Clementine Lake, as a California Wild and Scenic River. I am a botanist and ecologist who taught in the California Community College system for nearly 35 full-time years...more
Juan Peña
Watercolor Artist and Teacher
Colfax, California
Dear Secretary Laird,
I'm writing to express my strong support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. As a Placer County Artist, residing in Colfax near the North Fork, I'm extremely concerned about any changes to the North Fork American River...more
Placer Nature Center
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express the Placer Nature Center's support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. Placer Nature Center has been providing regional nature education opportunities for schools, families and individuals from our site in Christian Valley and from various field locations including the American River for the last 25 years...more
American Whitewater California Stewardship
Dear Secretary Laird,
Some time ago American Whitewater Board of Director members from across the nation had the opportunity to experience the beauty of the North Fork American River firsthand...more
Upper American River Foundation
Dear Secretary Laird,
The Upper American River Foundation (UARF) wants to let you know that we support the expansion of the existing Wild and Scenic River status of the North Fork of the American River near Colfax, CA downstream to include the area...more
Sac-Sierra Trout Unlimited
Dear Secretary Laird,
The Sac-Sierra Chapter of Trout Unlimited (SSTU) wants to let you know that we support the expansion of the existing Wild and Scenic River status of the North Fork of the American River near Colfax, CA downstream to include the area...more
Click on links below to see individual letters, or go directly to the letter page to scroll through the letters.
Placer Land Trust
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express Placer Land Trust's strong support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. Placer Land Trust is an Auburn-based pubicly supported nonprofit dedicated to working with willing landowners to protect natural and agricultural land for public benefit. We have deep roots in the foothill communities...more
Bailey-Balwain Family
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express the Bailey family's support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. My father Matthew Bailey was instrumental in obtaining National Wild & Scenic designation for the upper North Fork in the 1970's...more
North Fork American River Alliance (NFARA)
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing on behalf of the North Fork American River Alliance, NFARA. We strongly support designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. We urge you to support this designation as well...more
North Fork Trails
Dear Secretary Laird,
I'm writing to express my support for designation of the North Fork American River from the Colfax - Iowa Hill Bridge at Mineral Bar to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. I urge you to also support this designation as it would be a perfect compliment to the federal and state wild and scenic designations of the upper North Fork American River...more
Lisa C. Thompson, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher and former Fisheries Extension Specialist
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology Department, University of California - Davis
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express my strong support for the designation of the North Fork American River from Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. I have become aware of the incredible value of this resource as a researcher and Extension Specialist...more
Nicholas N. Ewing
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Biological Sciences
Dear Secretary Laird:
I am writing to express my strong support for the designation of the North Fork American River from Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. As a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at CSU, Sacramento I have gained an appreciation for the tremendous biological richness...more
Joseph L. Medeiros, Editor-in-Chief
Sierra College Press
Dear Mr. Laird,
Please let this letter serve as my enthusiastic support for designating a portion of the North Fork American River, between Colfax-Iowa Hill Bridge and Upper Clementine Lake, as a California Wild and Scenic River. I am a botanist and ecologist who taught in the California Community College system for nearly 35 full-time years...more
Juan Peña
Watercolor Artist and Teacher
Colfax, California
Dear Secretary Laird,
I'm writing to express my strong support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild & Scenic River. As a Placer County Artist, residing in Colfax near the North Fork, I'm extremely concerned about any changes to the North Fork American River...more
Placer Nature Center
Dear Secretary Laird,
I am writing to express the Placer Nature Center's support for designating the North Fork American River from the Colfax Iowa Hill Bridge to Lake Clementine as a California Wild and Scenic River. Placer Nature Center has been providing regional nature education opportunities for schools, families and individuals from our site in Christian Valley and from various field locations including the American River for the last 25 years...more
American Whitewater California Stewardship
Dear Secretary Laird,
Some time ago American Whitewater Board of Director members from across the nation had the opportunity to experience the beauty of the North Fork American River firsthand...more
Upper American River Foundation
Dear Secretary Laird,
The Upper American River Foundation (UARF) wants to let you know that we support the expansion of the existing Wild and Scenic River status of the North Fork of the American River near Colfax, CA downstream to include the area...more
Sac-Sierra Trout Unlimited
Dear Secretary Laird,
The Sac-Sierra Chapter of Trout Unlimited (SSTU) wants to let you know that we support the expansion of the existing Wild and Scenic River status of the North Fork of the American River near Colfax, CA downstream to include the area...more
