Yurok Tribe Archives

PRESS RELEASE: US EPA Recognizes Yurok Tribe’s sovereignty over water quality and other environmental standards on tribal lands

July 31, 2025

Press release from the Yurok Tribe: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved the Yurok Tribe Environmental Department’s application for Treatment...

THE REVELATOR: The Trinity River: Lessons in restoration

The Revelator

Ecosystems

July 15, 2025

Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around. By Juliet...

MONGABAY: Yurok Tribe restores sacred lands and salmon in historic conservation deal

Mongabay

Ecosystems

June 10, 2025

By Justin Catanosa, Mongabay The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this...

PRESS RELEASE: Yurok Tribe restores prairie and salmon-spawning stream

Yurok Tribe

Ecosystems

January 24, 2025

Tribe Begins Restoring 60 Acres of Prairie, Two Miles of Lower Blue Creek for Fish and Wildlife Press release from...

PRESS RELEASE: Yurok crew resumes revegetation work behind former Klamath Dams

Yurok Tribe

Ecosystems

October 11, 2024

Tribe Receives $18 Million to Restore Newly Accessible Salmon Spawning Tributaries Press release from the Yurok Tribe Building on the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California completes largest dam removal in US history

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

October 3, 2024

The Klamath River dam removal unblocked nearly 400 miles of waterways in a big win for local Native American tribes....

NOAA FISHERIES: World’s biggest dam removal project to open 420 miles of salmon habitat this fall

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

July 23, 2024

With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat...

UC DAVIS: The salmon diaries: Life before and after Klamath Dam removal

UC Davis

Ecosystems

July 16, 2024

Salmon ‘Tell’ Scientists Their Life Story as Decades-Old Dams Come Down By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis When salmon return from...

CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE: Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs

Guest Contributor

Fish and wildlife

April 24, 2024

By Jim Robbins, California Healthline For decades, concerns about automobile pollution have focused on what comes out of the tailpipe....

THE REVELATOR: ‘Like a Dead Zone’: Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River

The Revelator

Ecosystems Fish and wildlife

December 11, 2023

A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on...

PRESS RELEASE: Yurok Tribal members prep Klamath River reach for post dam removal flows

Yurok Tribe

Ecosystems

September 19, 2023

Tribal Citizens Adversely Impacted by Dams Participate in Historic Decommissioning Project The Yurok Tribe and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation...