At Sunday’s annual Autumn Harvest Fundraiser at Hacienda Hay & Feed in Carmel Valley, the tribe will invite the public to enjoy music, indigenous food and cultural activities. Families ca… ...

After 250 years, the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County is returning home.. A $4.5-million land deal, brokered by Portland-based environmental group Western Rivers Conservancy, will return a 1,199 ...

The Big Sur Land Trust’s recent acquisition of the 5,105-acre Basin Ranch for $8.68 million more than doubles the land owned and managed directly by the Trust while also allowing it to be in … ...

Western Rivers Conservancy has facilitated the transfer of a 327-acre property to the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County for permanent conservation and stewardship. The property is located at the ...

The Esselen Tribe of Big Sur, Calif., numbered perhaps only a thousand people when Spanish missionaries arrived in the 1700s. They were sent to missions to be converted, where most perished from ...

In a deal rich with historic significance, the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County closed escrow to purchase 1,199 acres in Big Sur as part of a $4.5 million acquisition involving the state and an ...

Jana Nason, Esselen Tribe descendant, visits a stretch of the Little Sur River that flows through the Pico Blanco property that Western Rivers Conservancy has conserved and conveyed to the tribe ...

This week, the Esselen tribe in Northern California completed the acquisition of a 1,200-acre ranch near Big Sur. The $4.5 million purchase, which was facilitated by an Oregon-based environmental ...

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Western Rivers Conservancy has facilitated the transfer of a 327-acre property to the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County for permanent conservation and stewardship.

$4.5 million land deal provides Esselen Tribe of Monterey County 1,199 acres along Little Sur River to restore its history and culture.