SFGate: Tule Elk Reintroduced To Land Recently Returned To The Tule River Tribe

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 tribe’s ancestral lands straddle the foothills of present-day Tulare County. “The historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land echo through the natural worlds of California — ecosystems that lost their first and best stewards,” Newsom said. More DETAILS.