🌿 A unique fact about bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) is that it is one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth 🌏, capable of growing up to 2 feet (60 cm) per day under optimal conditions! 📸: @underwaterpat.bsky.social#kelp#kelpforest#bullkelp#ocean#oregon#pnw
🌿 A new study reveals that kelp thrived off the Northwest Coast over 32 million years ago, long before the emergence of the modern marine mammals, sea urchins, birds, and bivalves that now inhabit these underwater forests. scitechdaily.com/ancient-kelp...#kelp#kelpforest#oregon#marinescience
New research reveals that the Pacific Coast's kelp forests, rich ecosystems supporting diverse marine life, originated over 32 million years ago, much earlier than previously believed. These ancient k...
What a delightful way to start the week! 📸🦦 Check out this new @cnn.comwww.cnn.com/world/galler...#seaotters#seaotter#otters#ocean#kelp#kelpforest
Sea otters were once hunted almost to extinction, but thanks to conservation efforts populations have bounced back.
Did you catch us on the KGW8 News last night?! Don't worry, we've got the full story here for you to watch 🦦👍 #seaotters#seaotter#otters#oregon#oregoncoast#oceanconservation#conservation#kelp#kelpforest#climatechange#urchins
The Elakha Alliance is a nonprofit that’s been working to reintroduce sea otters in Oregon 100 years after they were hunted to local extinction.
Did you catch us on Eugene's @npr.org#seaotters#elakhaalliance#oregon#oregoncoast#seaotter#otters#kelp#kelpforest#NPRwww.klcc.org/podcast/oreg...
A conversation with Jane Bacchieri and Chanel Hason of the Elakha Alliance about the potential to reintroduce sea otters to the Oregon Coast.
Can I promise never to make a title that rhymes ever again? No, because I usually don't know when I do it. "Forest Under the Sea" C. Labrie #art#watercolor#marinelife#kelp#sea#kelpforest
We hear a lot about coral restoration but #kelpforest restoration projects are starting to become more common. This one is in British Columbia. "The four-year project....with researchers teaming up with British Columbia coastal First Nations to grow kelp in nurseries at Bamfield on Barkley Sound."
They are scientists from the University of Victoria who are trying to regrow kelp forests, a crucial part of the marine habitat, amid threats from heat waves, climate change and voracious sea urchins
📣ATTN 📣 The Elakha Alliance is excited to report the sighting of two sea otters at Ecola Point, Cannon Beach on June 28th, 2024. #seaotters#oregon#oregoncoast#seaotter#otters#kelp#kelpforest#elakhaalliance#pnwelakhaalliance.org/two-sea-otters-spotted-in-cannon-beach-oregon/
The Elakha Alliance is excited to report the sighting of two sea otters at Ecola Point, Cannon Beach on June 28th, 2024. This is a significant event as there has […]
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Learn who, what, and why the Elakha Alliance is working to return sea otters back to the Oregon Coast. To learn more, visit www.elakhaalliance.org
Peter Hatch and Chanel Hason from the #ElakhaAlliance#Oregon#seaotters#otters#OregonCoast#Indigenous#kelpforest#ocean
Sea otter reintroduction is reviving the ecology of the kelp forest. Indigenous groups hope it brings back ancestral hunting practices, too.