Following a resolution by the California State Water Resources Board, the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation is poised to acquire nearly 40,000 acres of ancestral land in the Klamath River Basin. State officials said the transaction would be the second-largest tribal land-back deal in California history and the largest completed in a single transaction in the United States. According to a State Water Resources Control Board news release, the action provides the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation with the means to acquire nearly 40,000 acres of ancestral territory in the Klamath River Basin and restore salmon habitat and water quality across the Scott River watershed. …The board said it will provide a zero‑interest $25 million loan through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to support the purchase and help Quartz Valley establish a salmon sanctuary, protect water quality and restore cultural practices. 

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