#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"

A 'Field of Dreams' Approach to California Bull Kelp Forests | Bay Nature

With nearly $9 million to plant baby kelp offshore and cull sea urchins, can scientists defeat the vast urchin hordes and re-kelp California's North Coast? A Wild Billions story.

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