
Over 3,000 acres of oak woodland, conifer forest, and grasslands known as The Folsom Ranch are being returned to the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, the Cahto Tribe at Laytonville, and the Potter Valley Tribe, in partnership with The Conservation Fund and Mendocino Land Trust. Located along a tributary to the Eel River in Mendocino County, California, these ancestral lands provide important habitat for wildlife, including tule elk and black-tailed deer, as well as spawning streams for endangered salmon and steelhead. The Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, in collaboration with the Cahto and Potter Valley Tribes, will manage and care for the land. Together they will restore habitat, increase access to traditional foods and materials, and create economic opportunities on the land.