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
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 legislation introduced in the US Congress, in a move the tribe says would help rebuild part of its land base after decades of federal termination.The Grand Ronde Land Transfer Act, introduced…
