Divers taking a hammer to purple urchin is just one piece of the goal to bring back the bull kelp: “We’re still struggling to acquire multi-year funding for restoration work at large.”
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Urchin diver spots another sunflower sea star north of Noyo Harbor
The pycnopodia sighting brought “a bit of hope to a gloomy situation,” as diver Grant Downie said he’s been discouraged by low kelp numbers and not many viable red urchins.
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Mendocino County climate issues to watch in 2023
Six North Coast environmental stories that mattered this year and will shape our future.
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Hope for kelp on the Mendocino Coast: landmark restoration report shows regrowth after urchin removal
Despite a long road ahead and a purple seafloor, nearly two years of hard work and grant money have shown that clearing purple urchin by hand could help bring back Northern California’s bull kelp forests.