On Tuesday evening, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Yurok Tribe’s Forestry Department Director Dawn Blake to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
On Wednesday, September 14, Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James informed the US Natural Resources’ Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States about the critical importance of the Yurok lands
On
Tuesday evening, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Yurok
Tribe’s Forestry Department Director Dawn Blake to the State Board
of Forestry and Fire Protection.
North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman on Tuesday introduced legislation known as the "Yurok Lands Act," a bill that seeks clear the way for the transfer.