ABOUT the almanac
“A watershed is a marvelous thing to consider: this process of rain falling, streams flowing, and oceans evaporating causes every molecule of water on earth to make the complete trip once every two million years. The surface is carved into watersheds - a kind of familial branching, a chart of relationship, and a definition of place. The watershed is the first and last nation whose boundaries, though subtly shifting, are inarguable”
- Gary Snyder “A Practice of the Wild”
The South Yuba River Almanac is a collaborative literary publication
In its final form the almanac will combine art and writing from many different contributors with a backbone of regional phenology and written natural and local history content.
Our print goal is to produce a single publication in Fall of 2026 to distribute at cost.
Our hope is that the Almanac will be accessible to a broad range of people, well distributed, read, and integrated with the ways we are all learning to better love and care for this watershed.
Please reach out to us at yubariveralmanac@gmail.com with any questions, commentary, or compelling inspiration. We are a community based project and would love to hear from you.
Who We Are
Our team includes Ani Kington, Alex Lerch, Bebo Ruiz, Grayson Curtis, Jamie Hunyor, Kale Riley, Lex Cook, Loren O’Hanrahan, and Morgan Street.
We are artists, botanists, forest tenders, earth workers, rock collectors, tree-house builders, fire lighters, writers, big dreamers, tall tale tellers, amateur historians, bakers, place-makers, story weavers, community organizers, river otters, tree climbers, wild blackberry pickers, watershed thinkers, friends, lovers, next door neighbors, mountain climbers, runners, walkers, beaver believers, and climate stewards.
We all love to swim in the South Yuba River.
