Yurok

Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them.

It’s the first meeting of its kind in the state to elevate California’s response to the missing and murdered Indigenous persons crisis. The gathering occurred along the North Coast in Humboldt County, home to several Indigenous lands.

The Yurok Tribe has hired California’s first investigator focused solely on missing and murdered Indigenous people. JPR's Jane Vaughn speaks with Julie Oliveira about the new role.

The first documented outbreak of avian flu in California condors in the Southwest is alarming groups trying to reintroduce this critically endangered bird in Humboldt County.

A northern California tribe is pressing the federal government to stop water deliveries for farming in southern Oregon and northern California unless a federal agency can show it’s met all legal requirements for endangered species, including salmon and killer whales.

Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the Klamath Dams come out and reservoirs are drained.

The summit on October 4 will convene dozens of tribal leaders, state and federal lawmakers, and victim advocates for a series of presentations and discussions.

On Thursday, the Yurok Tribe received a $61 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to bring high speed internet to nearly 1,000 homes and 110 businesses on the far northern California coast.

CapRadio host Vicki Gonzalez met with Canoe Captain Julian Markussen, Yurok Cultural Bearer Hop Norris, and Yurok canoe builder David Eric Severns to discuss the tribe’s culture and way of life that goes back centuries.

The annual Salmon Run returns for its 19th year on Thursday.

A pair of California condors were released into Redwood National Park Tuesday, returning to Northern California for the first time in over 100 years.

Critically endangered California condors are being reintroduced to the Redwood National Park for the first time in almost 100 years.