The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/the-nature-conservancy/)
An $8.3 million dollar project meant to transform threatened coho habitat has been recommended for approval by the federal government.
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.”
NOAA’s public comment on the proposed listing of pycnopodia will remain open until May 15.
More than 300 people observed 11 species of sea star up and down the California coastline in December.
A Solstice Sea Star Search will run from Dec. 20-23, a well-timed followup to this “major win.”
