TOH edition: Friday, 16 October 2026 · Planet & Nature
Ancestral Land Could Be Home Again: Congress Backs Returning 1,100 Recovering Elwha Acres to the Klallam
Reported by Good News Network
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Along Washington’s Lower Elwha River, 1,100 acres once submerged beneath a dam’s reservoir are recovering. Both houses of Congress have passed a bill to return the land to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, but the transfer still awaits executive signature.
The recovering landscape shows that environmental damage need not be permanent, while the pending transfer offers a path to restoring the tribe’s connection with ancestral land.
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