Environment & Natural Resources
Fort Bragg diver spots critically endangered sunflower sea star, “the natural predator we need”
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A Solstice Sea Star Search will run from Dec. 20-23, a well-timed followup to this “major win.”
abalone
Noyo Center opens Slack Tide Café for coffee, pastries, and learning in the harbor
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Try learning about marine life while grabbing a drink against the backdrop of a working harbor: “You can’t get that at Starbucks.”
Bull Kelp
Purple urchin has overrun kelp forests, commercial divers and conservationists have have joined forces to restore the North Coast’s marine ecosystem
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The North Coast has lost more than 90% of it’s bull kelp from the ocean due to climate change and the massive influx of purple urchin. Last Tuesday, kelp restoration efforts got underway when nonprofit Reef Check sent down two divers to collect as many purple urchin as they could from the ocean floor.
