A bid to transfer 18,626 acres of federal forestland to tribe gets Oregon congressional support - The Daily Chronicle

A new Oregon bill would transfer 18,626 acres of national forest to the Grand Ronde tribes; the land would remain open to the public while helping rebuild a reservation lost through federal termination

US News: More than 18,000 acres of federal forest land in Oregon could be transferred into trust for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde under new legislati.

A bid to transfer 18,626 acres of federal forestland to tribe gets Oregon congressional support - The Daily Chronicle

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Andrea Salinas have introduced legislation that would transfer 18,626 acres of federal forestland to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, a federally recognized tribe in western Oregon, amid concerns from conservation groups about the extent of logging and potential impacts to wildlife habitat. The legislation is part of a larger push by tribes across the U.S. to regain ancestral lands. Such land transfers have…