Dunk your Head : Kelp Forest Ecology and Regeneration in the Cascadia Bioregion of so-called British Columbia

This is a project about kelp forest ecology and regeneration. Despite representing critical habitat and biodiversity, significant ability to cycle nutrients, and stewarded biocultural relationships cared for since time immemorial, kelp forests in the Cascadia bioregion have been devastated by anthropogenic causes. Partnering with two kelp species, Nereocystis luetkeana and Saccharina latissima, this project proposes a two-part pilot strategy aiming to regenerate a kelp forest ecology off Cape Lazo, a “region of massive loss”. It aims to do so in a way that gives space to, and makes tangible, human and more-than-human biocultural relationships between individuals and inter/subtidal ecological systems, so that while encouraging stewardship and reciprocity, ecological and cultural benefits are created for both local and regional systems and communities.