SF Gate reported
The deal is the largest of its kind in the region’s history.
Tule elk are once again roaming the Sierra Nevada foothills southwest of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks after a historic land return that Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling the largest of its kind in the region’s history.
The 17,030 acres made up of two former ranch properties were recently returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe, the California Natural Resources Agency announced on Wednesday. The tribe’s ancestral lands straddle the foothills of present-day Tulare County.
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