The nonprofit Trust for Public Land is set to return 31,000 acres to Penobscot tribal management. It will be the largest return of its kind to an Indigenous tribe in U.S. history, without any easements or other restrictions. It’s a piece of a bigger shift in conservation thinking; rather than putting a premium on pristine and untouched wilderness, multiple environmental organizations are acknowledging that tribal stewardship benefits the land as well as Indigenous sovereignty.
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