Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that more than $128 million in Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program grants have been approved to permanently protect more than 40,000 acres of croplands and rangelands across 24 counties, returning more than 11,000 acres to California Native American tribes, securing farmland for military veterans, and benefiting low-income communities. … Eight projects receiving grants will return 11,316 acres of land to California Native American tribes to support cultural and traditional agriculture uses. 

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