The California Report Magazine

Indigenous Communities Reclaim Ancestral Lands and Waters

Published: April 3, 2026

Duration: 30:10

This Northern California Tribe is Reclaiming Mendocino Forest For Future Generations

The Potter Valley band of the Pomo people is the first tribe in California to use a Forest Service grant to create a community forest near Fort Bragg, in Mendocino County. It will soon be a place where the tribe can offer youth camps and community events all year round. KQED’s Outdoors reporter Sarah Wright attended a mushroom foraging event on this ancestral land, which will now remain a forest for generations to come.

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