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tattoo artist: Luka Wineberger
https://www.lowbarart.com/
kelp photography: Josie Iselin
https://www.josieiselin.com/the-curious-world-of-seaweed-prints/nereocystis-leutkeana
Ms. Que Banh#bullkelp afloat by a rocky beach.
#Lekwungen #Songhees #CoastSalish #SalishSea #tidal #marine #nature #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #landscape #photography #kelp #barnacles #seaweed #seashore #PacificOcean
#BullKelp on beach.
#nature #MarinePlants #SeaPlants #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #beachfinds #monochrome
Mike Nelson Pedde#photo #photography #YYJ #Victoria #BC #HollandPoint #storm #ocean #bullkelp #notAI
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DoomsdaysCWFight to save #PugetSound #KelpBed underscores NW #habitat challenges
July 25, 2024
"The #WashingtonState Department of Natural Resources and the #SquaxinIslandTribe have announced a partnership to conserve the #SquaxinIsland Kelp Bed, the last major kelp bed in South Puget Sound.
"DNR and the Squaxin Island Tribe will work to surround the kelp bed with a priority habitat zone, try to reduce #environmental stresses to improve the kelp bed’s health, and partner with #PugetSoundRestorationFund on future #restoration projects, according to a news release.
"Since 2013, DNR and Squaxin Island staff have seen a 97% decline in the kelp bed, which holds both ecological and cultural significance. In #Oregon, the #coastline lost more than two-thirds of its canopy of #BullKelp.
"'We recognize how important it is to protect this critical resource,' said #KrisPeters, Squaxin Island Tribe chairman, in a statement. '#Squaxins can’t do it alone; it takes us all coming together as partners. That is why this local inter-governmental agreement is so important and monumental.'
"The Squaxin Island Kelp Bed is the first habitat DNR is prioritizing in its statewide #KelpForest and #Eelgrass Meadow Health and Conservation Plan, which state legislation directed DNR to hatch in response to the loss of bull kelp and eelgrass on the Washington coastline.
"The plan’s goal is to conserve and restore at least 10,000 acres of kelp forest and eelgrass meadow habitat by 2040.
"Restoration efforts will initially focus on three pilot sub-basins: South Puget Sound, the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Grays Harbor. As DNR works toward its 10,000-acre goal, it intends to explore conservation and recovery in all sub-basins, according to DNR’s website.
"'Squaxin people have been stewarding these waters and lands for thousands of years,' Peters said in a statement. '#KelpBeds have also been stewarding these waters for thousands of years, providing nourishment and a critical ecosystem for the many plants, animals, and fish of the #SalishSea.'"
#Northwest #LandBack
#NativeKnowledge #Nature #IndigenousKnowledge #conservation #sustainability #decolonization #PacificNorthwest #PNW #environmental
#IndigenousLedProject
#reclamation #decolonialism #Restoration #Landback #Rewilding #RestoreNature #Salish
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺#Scientists Try a ‘Field of Dreams’ Approach to Restoring #California’s Bull #Kelp Forests https://baynature.org/article/scientists-try-a-field-of-dreams-approach-to-restoring-californias-bull-kelp-forests/
"They're planting lab-grown kelp off the #Sonoma coast, thanks to nearly $9 million from #Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other sources... If the current desertlike #seascape can be reverted into something akin to a #rainforest, #BullKelp will be its foundation—the #canopy. Underneath its stalks... a diverse #understory of smaller #algae will sprout like shrubs and ferns"
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RT @JennMcHenry
This #phycologyfriday I present to you:
✨✨Pedro Pascal as #kelp ✨✨
🧵First up, Pedro as #BullKelp (N. leutkeana). This sp. forms #kelpforests across the NE Pacific & thrives in high energy rocky areas. Its easily spotted by its distinct surface canopy & "mermaids bladder"!
https://twitter.com/JennMcHenry/status/1644408528961155073
Jennifer McHenry, PhD on Twitter
“This #phycologyfriday I present to you: ✨✨Pedro Pascal as #kelp ✨✨ 🧵First up, Pedro as #BullKelp (N. leutkeana). This sp. forms #kelpforests across the NE Pacific & thrives in high energy rocky areas. Its easily spotted by its distinct surface canopy & "mermaids bladder"!”
Christina 🇨🇦Daniel Lapp is such an amazing musician! We saw him (and danced, so fun!) in Smithers, BC, years ago when we lived in Burns Lake. At the time I had no idea he lived in Victoria, where we are now. And apparently, he's added bull kelp to the repertoire of instruments he plays. 😆
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelp-instrument-daniel-lapp-1.6743046
