California Has Lost Most of Its Kelp
Our most ambitious programme: youth-led kelp restoration combining hands-on out-planting, long-term ecological monitoring, and the underwater documentation that makes the public care.
kelp lost since 2014
species depend on kelp
miles of California coastline
This Is Happening in Our Backyard
This is not a distant environmental problem. This is happening in the waters off Laguna Beach, Newport, Malibu, and Catalina Island — right now.
Kelp forests are the nurseries of the Southern California coast. When they go, the species that depend on them go with them.
Guardians of the Kelp is our response: restoration measured in years rather than weeks, documented the whole way so the recovery can be seen as clearly as the loss.
Put a Kid in the Ocean
Your donation today funds an expedition, a certification, a mentor, a career — for a young person who never thought the ocean was for them.
EIN 41-4167030 · 100% of net donations fund youth programs. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.