This drone photo taken on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. The tribe, which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, will get back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. This 125-acre parcel will be transferred to the Tribe, in 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tours a salmon restoration project on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Prairie Creek which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. The tribe which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, will get back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. This 125-acre parcel will be transferred to the Tribe, in 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)
A salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek shown Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. The tribe which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, is getting back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. This 125-acre parcel will be transferred to the Tribe, in 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
FILE - Jamie Holt, lead fisheries technician for the Yurok Tribe, right, and Gilbert Myers count dead chinook salmon pulled from a trap in the lower Klamath River, on June 8, 2021, in Weitchpec, Calif. The Yurok Tribe are helping to lead efforts in the largest damn removal project in U.S. history. The Yurok Tribe hopes the damn removal project will boost the declining salmon population. It is also restoring salmon habitat on land that they will be taking ownership of in 2026, and co-managing with California and the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
FILE - Yurok tribal members lead a redwood canoe tour on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Klamath, Calif. As the salmon of the Klamath have dwindled the Yurok tribe has turned to alternative revenue like eco tourism and canoe tours in an effort to support their people. The Yurok Tribe, which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, is getting back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
FILE - This drone photo taken Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows the site of a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. The tribe which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, will get back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. This 125-acre parcel will be transferred to the Tribe in 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)