An effort to return 73 square miles of forests to California’s Yurok Tribe has been completed. Organizers say the deal will ...

ABOUT THE DEAL Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), the Yurok Tribe, the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) completed the largest single ...

California's Yurok Tribe Gets Back Ancestral Lands That Were Taken Over 120 Years Ago ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and ...

After 120 years of displacement, the Yurok Tribe of California earned a significant victory—the return of 73 square miles of ...

It's being called the largest land return deal in California's history. Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey tells NPR's Scott Detrow what it means for the Yurok Tribe and for the land.

Chumash descendants raise their long paddles to the sky as they arrive by tomol at Scorpion Anchorage, Limuw (Santa Cruz Island) in December 2014. (Karen ...

This historic transfer, completed in partnership with the Western Rivers Conservancy, includes vital salmon habitats, culturally significant sites and important river tributaries that the Yurok will ...

This photo series capturing efforts to save the Chinook salmon of the Klamath river in the western US won the New Scientist ...

Since time immemorial, his ancestors from the Yurok Tribe had fished, hunted and gathered in this watershed flanked by coastal forests. But for more than 100 years, these lands were owned and managed ...

The Yurok people will now manage these lands and waterways. The tribe's plans include reintroducing fire as a forest management tool, clearing lands for prairie restoration, ...

Yurok Tribe members Tiana Williams-Claussen, left, and Morgan Clayburn make their way to Blue Creek while traveling on the Klamath River, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Humboldt County, Calif ...

Sarah Beesley, fisheries biologist for the Yurok Tribe, hugs a tree located in land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Humboldt County, Calif. (AP Photo ...