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- 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)
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California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Tue,03/19/24-6:03PM , 196 Reads
California's Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year.
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- Suhail, a male Panda sent by China to Qatar as a gift for the World Cup, eats bamboo in his shelter at the Panda House Garden in Al Khor, near Doha, Qatar, on Oct. 19, 2022. In the U.S., panda enthusiasts can still see giant pandas at the zoo in Atlanta. Around the world, zoos in Berlin, Qatar and Mexico City are among those that have been given pandas by China, the only place where the animal is native. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo, File)
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Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Thu,02/22/24-5:41PM , 1,000 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades.
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- China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic animals on loan to U.S. zoos were returned as relations began to sour between the two nations. (Feb 21) (AP production by Javier Arciga)
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Black and white and adored all over. China pledges pair of pandas for San Diego Zoo
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Wed,02/21/24-10:03PM , 460 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — China for the first time in more than two decades is sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to receive a pair that could include a female descendent of Bai Yun and Gao Gao, two of the zoo's former residents that were among the most reproductively successful panda mates in capt
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- A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
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Marine Corps confirms the worst: All 5 troops killed in helicopter crash in California mountains
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Wed,02/07/24-11:50PM , 558 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The helicopter carrying five Marines that crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego was a CH-53E Super Stallion designed to fly through bad weather, even at night.
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