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The Yurok Tribe is the largest federally recognized tribe in California. The Tribe has always resided along the lower Klamath River and Pacific coast.

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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Yurok Tribe and Klamath Community Dialogue program to Become a Community Muralist starts next week. Sign up space is still available for a two-week program led by international artist Claudia Bernardi. Class will be weekdays from August 24th to September 5th in Klamath. More details below.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Yurok Tribe and Klamath Community Dialogue want you to Become a Community Muralist. Sign up for a two-week intensive program from Aug 24th-Sept 5th led by international artist Claudia Bernardi. More details below. Register by calling Laura Woods at 707-458-4116.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reminder: The Yurok Tribe's 62nd Annual Salmon Festival Parade is open for applications! The parade date is Saturday, August 15, 2026. All divisions will have 1st Place winner in each category. The deadline to apply is Monday 8/10. Apply today: www.yuroktribe.org/_files/ugd/4...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Allcove Youth Advisory Group is looking for new members. Their mission is to increasing access to youth mental health services and more. Come to the Hoopa Trading Post on its new date, Thursday, August 20th from 5-7pm for more information on how you can become a member.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Dirt and Glitter Youth Art & Adventure Program is back with FREE offerings in August! Classes listed below and take place at the Ada Waukell Charles Community Center in Klamath. No registration needed, simply show up for creative movement with our community.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yurok Tribe's 62nd Annual Salmon Festival Parade Application. Parade date is Saturday, August 15, 2026. All divisions will have 1st Place winner in each category. Apply today: aa66d7ad-ce17-4f18-b261-e08464f615b8.filesusr.com/ugd/427086_8...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Please join the Yurok Tribe as we celebrate the Ground Breaking and Ribbon Cutting of the Yurok Health & Wellness Center Tuesday, July 21st from 1:00 to 1:45pm at 93 Rube Ranch Rd in Weitchpec. Program details below. Together, we honor our ancestors, serve our community and build a healthier future.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
'Woo-le'm 'o laay-ekw "Walking Around the Trails" is a culturally enriched experience through exercise and healthy movement. Sign up to explore trails in Klamath each Monday at 5pm starting June 29. These walks are brought to you by Yurok Parks & Recreation. Call 855-55-YUROK x 6070 for information.
'Woo-le'm 'o laay-ekw "Walking Around the Trails" is a culturally enriched experience through exercise and healthy movement. Come explore local trails in Klamath each Monday at 5pm starting June 29th. These walks are brought to you by Yurok Parks & Recreation. Youth between 13-17 must have parent permission and youth 12 and under require parental supervision. Call 855-55-YUROK x 6070 or email parksandrec@yuroktribe.nsn.us for more information.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Yurok Tribe has a job opening for Associate General Counsel (AGC) with the Yurok Office of the Tribal Attorney. The Associated General Counsel assists the Tribal Council and Tribal Departments in the legal matters related to the business of the Tribe. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/yuro...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This spring, the wildflower bloom in the reach of the former Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs is even more prolific than previous years, painting the banks of the Klamath River in swaths of gold, yellow and green.
Poppies above the Klamath RiverLupine above the Iron Gate reservoir footprintLarge blooms of poppies in the former reservoir footprint.Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Please join us for a community poster-making event to prepare for our upcoming Suicide Awareness Walk. Poster supplies and refreshments will be provided. This event will take place May 29th from 5-7pm at the Libby Nix Community Center in Weitchpec.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Yurok Tribe Head Start schools are hiring! Five open positions listed for different locations on flier below. Apply today at: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/yuroktribe
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
FREE Guided Kayak Tours open to all visitors at the The Yurok Tribe’s Chah-pekw O’ Ket’-toh “Stone Lagoon” Visitor Center Tuesday, 5-26 and Wednesday, 5-27 from 10am-12pm! All equipment is provided. Reserve your spot on a free guided tour by emailing: stonelagoonvisitorcenter@yuroktribe.nsn.us.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The Yurok Tribe’s Chah-pekw O’ Ket’-toh “Stone Lagoon” Visitor Center has free kayak rentals this Friday and Saturday from 9am-4pm for Yurok Tribal members! Each rental includes everything needed to have fun on the lagoon. First come, first serve! Hope to see you on the water!
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A community meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 26 at 5:30pm at the Weitchpec Tribal Office and will help you understand what steps can be taken to help slow the spread of Sudden Oak Death on the Yurok Reservation and beyond. A free dinner will also be served to participants.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Yurok Tribe’s 62nd Annual Klamath Salmon Festival is set for 8-15-26 in Klamath! Please review the tax-deductible sponsorship levels below and see where your business fits in. For more information, contact Maya Mace by Phone: 707-951-0698 or Email: mamace@yuroktribe.nsn.us.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Yurok Tribe’s 62nd Annual Klamath Salmon Festival is set for 8-15-26 in Klamath! Please review the tax-deductible sponsorship levels below and see where your business fits in. For more information, contact Maya Mace by Phone: 707-951-0698 or Email: mamace@yuroktribe.nsn.us.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program information:
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Scientists believe the first condor egg in the Northern California wild in over a century may hatch soon. In this radio interview, NCCRP manager Chris West and Oregon Zoo's Marti Jenkins discuss a condor’s journey from captivity to breeding in the wild. tinyurl.com/4ua4sp76
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Northern California condors suspected to be tending region’s first egg in more than a century
A pair of condors, one of which was bred at the Oregon Zoo, are believed to be tending Northern California's first egg in more than 100 years.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Yurok Tribe Environmental Department’s 25th Annual Klamath River Cleanup is happening on Saturday April 25th, 2026, in Wautec, Weitchpec, and Klamath! We hope to you there rain or shine! Also, there will be a special screening of “Sequoias of the Sea” in Klamath directly after the event!
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Northern California Condor Restoration Program condor B3 (studbook 1193) was recently hanging out with an adult bald eagle and some ravens. It was pretty amazing.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Chris West, Senior Biologist and North Coast Condor Restoration Program Manager, recently talked with Jefferson Public Radio about the discovery that free flying condors are likely incubating an egg. Full story here: www.ijpr.org/podcast/the-...
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For the first time in a century, condors nest on Yurok land
Chris West is a senior biologist with the Yurok Wildlife Department and manages the Northern California Condor Restoration Program. He's tracking a condor couple that is suspected of caring for a nest...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Yurok Tribal Court’s Kee Cha'a-neyr Corporation recently created a community giving pathway that would allow supporters to donate directly, while also highlighting the partnership and community impact on Yurok Telecommunication’s Corporation’s website. For more information, keechaaneyr.org
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Stronger Together | Yurok Telecommunications Corporation
Stronger Together Yurok Telecommunications Corporation is proud to partner with Kee Cha’a-neyr to support programs that strengthen our community from the in ...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“This is a big step, and a necessary step, to seeing (condor) recovery on the North Coast.” - Yurok Wildlife Department Director Tiana Williams-Claussen www.latimes.com/environment/...
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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century
Two condors in far northwestern California appear to be caring for a recently laid egg, a historic moment in an effort to bring the massive raptors back to the Yurok Tribe's historic homeland.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
COMING SOON! The Weitchpec Community Barter Party is open to all community members. Cultural gatherers and crafts people can set up vendor booths to trade. Traditional foods fibers or medicine to trade are encouraged. The Barter Party will have a free meal, music, and prizes. Contact info below.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Don't miss the Decolonizing Sustainability Speaker Series featuring Keith Parker, February 12th from 5-6:30pm! The Speaker Series will be held in the Native American forum (BSS 162) at Cal Poly Humboldt with food to follow. You may also join via Zoom with the QR code below.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Please join us May 5th for the Yurok MMIP Awareness Day & Walk. This event will be held at the Adorni Center in Eureka from 12:30-4:30pm. This will be a powerful day of remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous people with prayer, walk, speakers and dinner. To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek'.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"Through intertribal cooperation and collaboration with state partners, we are working on policy and legislative solutions designed to prevent future MMIP cases and bring justice to countless families affected by this crisis." - Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James www.kcra.com/article/miss...
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4th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit starts Tuesday in Wheatland
Tribes from across California will call attention to cases of missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) and discuss what’s being done to combat the issue at a two-day summit starting on Tuesday in...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
More than 1,000 people attended the 4th Annual MMIP Summit in Sacramento this week. “We have grown since our first annual summit and provided solutions,” said Joseph L. James, the Chairman of the Yurok Tribe. “We're all in this together.” tinyurl.com/34ympbh6
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Tribal council summit tackles missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis, seeks solutions
California's Tribal Policy Summit unites lawmakers and tribal leaders to tackle the ongoing missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis, highlighting progress.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This video produced by the Food Sovereignty Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt highlights the importance of the Klamath River—and salmon in particular—as a food source for the Yurok and other native people, and how the Tribe has always had a duty to protect the river’s health in return.
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Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab & TEK Institute: Our Food Relatives Salmon
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Learn all about Stevens Prairie restoration from Yurok Wildlife Ungulate Specialist Preston Taylor at Science on Tap, Friday, Jan. 30 at Paskenta Mad River Brewery in Blue Lake. Lehlkenoh (We Clear Away the Land) will begin at 6pm. Learn more about the project: tinyurl.com/yz4y9hv3
Science on Tap: Lehlkenoh (We Clear Away the Land), What it takes to restore a prairie. Preston Taylor, Ungulate Specialist, Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department. The Yurok Tribe's Restoration of Stevens Prairie. Friday, January 30th. Paskenta Mad River Brewery. Talk starts at 6 pm.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Reminder: The Yurok Tribe's 4th Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Tribal Policy Summit is happening on February 3rd and 4th at the Hardrock Hotel and Casino at Fire Mountain in Sacramento. To attend the free summit, please register @ tinyurl.com/3krazhxc
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“To see this property come full circle and make this incredible transformation has been amazing.” - Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey, Save the Redwoods League www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/5-years...
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5 years of teamwork revives North Coast salmon haven | Save the Redwoods League
A five-year restoration turned Prairie Creek at ‘O Rew into a vital salmon nursery and cultural gateway on California’s North Coast.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“We talk about what people now are doing as they try to restore the landscape, and what they’re actually trying to restore it back to is a managed landscape." - Rosie Clayburn, Yurok Tribal Heritage Preservation Officer www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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Yurok Revegetation Project Restores Northern California Salmon Stronghold on Klamath Tributary
Yurok Tribe welcomes back salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty to a former lumber mill site in Northern California.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Yurok Tribal Council Member Phillip Williams shares insights into the profound, yet often overlooked long-term benefits that Klamath dam removal & ongoing river restoration efforts promise for the Yurok people. This work will also create positive change for all who love salmon & healthy rivers.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"We are honored to contribute the extensive knowledge and experience we have gained through Klamath River dam removal with our relatives from the Round Valley Indian Tribes." - Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph L. James lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/nov/12/...
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Yurok Tribe, Round Valley Indians Sign Treaty of Friendship in Advance of Potential Eel River Dam Removal
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey talks about the Klamath River’s amazing progress 1 year after the world’s largest dam removal project. This fall, for the first time more than a century, chinook salmon made it to all the major tributaries that were previously blocked
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The tsunami advisories for Del Norte County and the rest of the West Coast have been lifted. Be prepared for future earthquakes and tsunamis rctwg.humboldt.edu
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Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group |
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Tsunami advisory remains in effect for Del Norte County. Stay away from beaches and tidal influence waters. Wave fluctuations ongoing. Updates: tsunami.gov. Tsunami hazard maps: rctwg.humboldt.edu/tsunami-hazard-maps
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U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Tsunami warning for Del Norte County. Please get to high ground immediately and stay away from beaches, and tidal influence waters. The first waves are expected to reach land about 11:50 p.m. Updates: tsunami.gov. Tsunami hazard maps: rctwg.humboldt.edu/tsunami-hazard-maps
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A tsunami watch has been issued for the West Coast to the U.S.-Mexico border. The tsunami is expected to reach the North Coast of California around midnight. Updates: tsunami.gov. Tsunami hazard maps: rctwg.humboldt.edu/tsunami-hazard-maps
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This week, there were hundreds if not thousands of brown pelicans, cormorants and osprey feeding on bait fish in the Klamath River estuary and plume. This is another sign the river is healing in response to dam removal.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Only one week until the Yurok Arts and Crafts Fair! Come out and support tribal artisans selling jewelry, blankets, beadwork, woodwork, jams, jellies and much more! The Fair will take place Tuesday, July 1, 10am-3pm at the Del Norte County Fair. Some vendor spaces available—application attached.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“Blue Creek is a very culturally significant place to the Yurok Tribe. So getting this land back under ownership and control of the tribe is extremely important in that respect.” - Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey/@sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Parcel 3 times the size of Manhattan returned to Northern Calif. tribe
The area is a culturally sacred and ecologically critical watershed.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Happy Friday! Here are some recent pictures of the undammed segment of the Klamath River. To help the river rebound, the Yurok Tribe, under contract with RES, planted several tons of native plant seeds and tens of thousands of native trees along the newly reborn river reach.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“There were times over the past 20 years when we weren’t sure this would happen. But we never gave up hope. We love our river. We love our fish. We love our culture. That’s what Blue Creek means to us.” - Yurok Chair Joseph L. James news.mongabay.com/2025/06/in-a...
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In a big win, Yurok Nation reclaims vital creek and watershed to restore major salmon run
KLAMATH, California — The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this coastal rainforest in northern California. Redwood, Douglas fir and alder disappeared into t...
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Today, the Yurok Tribe is celebrating the return of 47,000 acres of land in the ecologically and culturally invaluable Blue Creek watershed. The Tribe worked with Western Rivers Conservancy for 20 years to make this monumental moment a reality. apnews.com/article/yuro...
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California's Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago
Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Last Friday, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program replaced a few roosts on top of the condor release & management facility. For safety reasons, the work was done during daylight hours. This uncommon disturbance allowed a chance for a photographer to take new pics of the flock.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Last Friday, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program replaced a few roosts on top of the condor release & management facility. For safety reasons, the work was done during daylight hours. This uncommon disturbance allowed a chance for a photographer to take new pics of the flock.
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Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The Yurok Fire Department is featured in PBS’s new series Climate California. In the episode, titled Run Towards the Fire, Yurok Fire Department Division Chief Blaine McKinnon explains how cultural burning is used to reduce fire risk, improve ecosystems & more. pbs.org/video/run-to...
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Climate California | Run Towards the Fire | Episode 5
If we face our fears, we might just rewrite our dream of home - and find a better story.
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