"In the scrub-brush foothills between the long flat fields of the San Joaquin Valley and the mighty peaks and Sequoia forests of the Sierra Nevada, state leaders and elders from the Tule River Indian Tribe gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to Tule River Indian tribe. Gov. Gavin Newsom's office called it "the largest ancestral land return in the history of the region and a major step in addressing historical wrongs against California Native American tribes.""
"The program has awarded more than $107 million to support the return of tens of thousands of acres of land to California tribes, including 10,000 acres for the Hoopa Valley tribe to acquire the headwaters of Pine Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River. The initiative is part of a state plan to conserve 30% of lands and coastal waters by 2030 and are also part of what the governor's office calls a "first-in-the-nation effort to address historical wrong"
More than 17,000 acres of ancestral land were returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe, enabling conservation projects and species reintroduction. The properties, known as the Hershey Ranch and the Carothers Ranch, include grasslands, oak woodlands and dark evergreen forests adjacent to the Tule River reservation and the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Purchases occurred in 2024 and 2025 with support from private funders, the Conservation Fund, and the California Natural Resources Agency's Tribal Nature-Based Solutions program. The state program has awarded over $107 million to return land to tribes and links to a 30% conservation-by-2030 goal.
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