Native American tribe reclaims 900 acres near Yosemite National Park in California

The South Sierra Miwuk Nation has reattained nearly 900 acres bordering Yosemite National Park — 175 years after the tribe ...
Good News Network

900 Acres Bordering Yosemite Returned to Tribe That Was Expelled 175 Years Ago

In addition to re-establishing the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation as the stewards of Henness Ridge, this project will support ...

‘A Sanctuary for Our People’—A Displaced Tribe Just Reclaimed Ancestral Territory Near Yosemite

After 175 years of displacement, the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation has reacquired 900 acres south of Yosemite National Park.

A Graduate Student Drove to a Delaware Forest to Study Native Plants. She Never Made It Out Alive

Jane Marie Prichard was shot and killed at Blackbird State Forest in 1986. Police are still searching for her killer in 2025 ...
Inside Climate News

Fighting for the Native Forest of the Gran Chaco in Argentina

Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back. Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog Old-Growth Forest in New ...
Oregonian

Sunriver summit focuses on Indigenous knowledge of forest health, responsible use of fire

Inside the Homestead Conference Hall at Sunriver Resort on Wednesday, six Native Americans chanted and drummed at decibel levels so high, the windows shook. The powerful performance by the Mountain ...

Native American tribe reclaims land at the edge of Yosemite National Park

Members of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation plan to manage their newly acquired wilderness in keeping with traditional ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Alaska Native Tribes, Businesses, Forest Advocates Intervene to Protect Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...
Mongabay

An Australian state promised to turn native forest into a national koala park. It’s still being logged

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Labor Party of Australia’s New South Wales state made a 2023 campaign promise to establish a Great Koala National Park to protect the iconic ...
PBS

A wildfire in Hawaii has burned native rainforest on Oahu, raising ecological concerns

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island ...
KRDO

The good and bad news for Hawaii’s native birds

HONOLULU (KITV) — Alarming statistics for Hawaii’s native forest bird species: nearly half of them are now extinct. Of the dozens of species left, half are now threatened or endangered. But it is not ...