The Yurok Tribe has reclaimed ~47,000 acres of ancestral land along Blue Creek and the Klamath River, establishing a salmon sanctuary and community forest to restore ecosystems, revive old-growth forests, and protect cold-water refuge for salmon.
The Yurok tribe have reclaimed Blue Creek, 138 years after it was taken from them
Yurok Tribe’s Ancestral Land Returned (Video)
Largest Ever Land Back-Conservation Deal in California Now Complete
Yurok Tribe acquires 47,000 acres in California's largest land-back deal
After a century of logging, lands along California’s Klamath River returned to tribe
Added 11/16/2025, last updated 11/16/2025 *
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