On July 10, 2025, at approximately 5:52 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Yurok Tribal Police responded ...

An effort to return 73 square miles of forests to California’s Yurok Tribe has been completed. Organizers say the deal will help restore and protect vital habitat for salmon in Blue Creek.

A multi-agency search is underway for a missing person along the Klamath River near Blue Creek. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office public information specialist Hilary Lebow provided the following ...

"Maybe the biggest step of all." Officials celebrate as 'phenomenal' deal transforms key lands for first time in generations: ...

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 ...

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.

The removal of several dams as part of the Klamath River Restoration Project is the largest initiative of its kind in US ...

To augment the fiber optic backbone, Yurok Telecom is constructing nine towers equipped with commercial-grade wireless ...

The Yurok have also been restoring native plants, handsowing 50,000 native trees, grasses and shrubs on the property. "The Tribe will be planting even more native flora in the coming year ...

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. Since time ...

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 ...

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