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The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's Meagen Baldy (Hupa from the Hoopa Valley Tribe) recently accepted the nomination to the inaugural U.S. Department of Agriculture Tribal Advisory Committee.
At issue was a controversial contract issued by the Bureau of Reclamation with the Westlands Water District during the Trump administration in 2020.
The Yurok and other tribes tended the Klamath River's resources for centuries, but were pushed off their land and forced to fight to return.
For the Indigenous people who have lived along the Klamath River for centuries, removal of four hydroelectric dams is the start of a long process.
The first of four dams on the Klamath River was removed in summer 2023, a first step toward restoring a place sacred to local tribes.