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The Yurok Tribe Is Using California’s Carbon Offset Program to Buy Back Its Land
Nick Folkins, a Yurok citizen and a Yurok Fisheries Department technician, captures juvenile salmon for a long-term study on McGarvey Creek, a Klamath River tributary.
Photo from the Yurok Tribe
With income from sequestering carbon in its forests, the tribe has supported youth programming, housing, road improvement, and businesses development.