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Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, has been nominated to serve as director of the Indian Health Service. Cruz currently serves as senior advisor to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before taking the role.
A spring wildflower bloom is spreading across the former Iron Gate and Copco reservoir footprints, where the Yurok Tribe says crews have planted millions of native seeds since the removal of four Klamath River dams in 2024. The returning plants are helping stabilize soil, support wildlife and rebuild habitat along the river.
The Klamath Tribes’ Wildland Fire Program is supporting wildfire response efforts across the United States while continuing to strengthen local fire protection and workforce development in the Chiloquin area.
The Yurok Tribe has planted thousands more native species at Prairie Creek as the future ‘O Rew Redwoods Gateway and Restoration Project moves closer to opening to the public.
Federal agencies have awarded $6 million to help tribes and Oregon officials restore spring Chinook salmon in the Klamath Basin through hatchery expansion and remote stream incubation sites.
The Klamath Indigenous Land Trust has acquired 10,000 acres along the Klamath River from PacifiCorp, returning key river lands to Indigenous stewardship for the first time in more than a century.
The U.S. House has passed legislation approving the transfer of 580 acres of federal land in Northeastern California to the Pit River Tribe, returning an area known as the “Four Corners” to tribal stewardship.
