The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/purple-urchin/)
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.
“We need to learn to eat what’s bountiful and available, and not always just want that same piece of salmon,” said MendoParks board member Cally Dym after UniFest, a marriage of culinary arts and sustainability education.
Three days of purple urchin related events including meals, expert walks, a film, and more along the coast.
The building previously housing Carine’s Fish Grotto has been purchased to become the third educational facility operated by the center.
A new and powerful tool floating in the middle of Caspar Cove is making it a lot easier to quickly find out local ocean conditions.
