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CALIF. RETURNS ANCESTRAL LANDS TO YUROK TRIBE
- The Yurok Tribe regained roughly 73 square miles of ancestral land along the lower Klamath River in northern California in a deal announced Thursday, more than doubling their land holdings.
- The land was taken during the mid-1800s California Gold Rush and later managed by timber companies for over 100 years, severing the tribe's access to these homelands.
- The Yurok plan to manage the returned lands by restoring native prairies, using controlled burns, removing invasive species, planting trees, and restoring salmon habitats to rebuild ecosystem health.
- The $56 million transaction spanned 23 years and was funded by Western Rivers Conservancy through a combination of private investments, low-interest loans, government subsidies, and revenue from carbon offset programs.
- This historic conservation agreement returning Blue Creek to the Yurok Tribe represents the most extensive transfer of land to Indigenous stewardship in California, enhances efforts following the Klamath dam removals, and highlights increasing appreciation for traditional ecological knowledge in promoting environmental resilience.
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Life Only Gets Better for Yurok Tribe Who Follow Historic Dam Removal with Ancestral Land Rights Agreement
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The Yurok tribe of northern California has achieved what once seemed impossible: reclaiming the 19,000-hectare (47,000-acre) watershed of Blue Creek, a cold-water artery vital to salmon survival and tribal identity. This marks the largest land-back conservation deal in California […]
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CALIF. RETURNS ANCESTRAL LANDS TO YUROK TRIBE
ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and hide from security guards just to catch a steelhead trout in Blue Creek amid northwestern California redwoods.
Yurok Tribe Completes Acquisition of 47,000-Acre Swath of Northern California Land in Largest Ever Land Back-Conservation Deal in State - The Registry
Totaling 73 square miles, Blue Creek project marks milestone for Klamath River and Tribal sovereignty, more than doubling Tribe’s land holdings KLAMATH, Calif. (June 5, 2025) — Today, Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), the Yurok Tribe, the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) announce completion of the largest single “land […] The post Yurok Tribe Completes Acquisition of 47,000-Acre Swa…
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