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

Kling said the 47,000 acres of land returned to the Yurok Tribe includes redwood forests that help protect against climate change and protect crucial habitat for birds such as the marbled murrelet ...

The Yurok Tribe has regained nearly 189 square kilometres of ancestral forestland along the Klamath River in northern California, more than doubling their land holdings and marking the largest ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid ... communities are coping with and combating climate change.

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

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them. The land-back conservation project along the Klamath River, a partnership ...

The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, suffering massacres and disease from settlers.

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.

___ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a series of on how tribes and Indigenous communities are coping with and combating climate change. ___ Land Back is a global movement seeking the return of ...