… Now, generations later, 125 acres bordering Redwood National and State Parks will be handed back to the Yuroks. The video player is currently playing an ad. The nonprofit Save the Redwoods League purchased the land in 2013 from an old timber mill, with the original goal of giving it to the National Park Service. … Another forgotten jewel of the ecosystem is salmon. The fish were once so plentiful, they were eaten with most meals. The Yurok word for salmon even translates to “that which we eat.” But the salmon population has dwindled to about one-quarter of what it was 20 years ago, according to a coalition of state and federal agencies. The tribe is working to bolster the fish’s population by building a stream channel, two connected ponds and about 20 acres of floodplain.