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Urchin Crisis Videos

Help Save Kelp - New!

Underwater photographer and author Marc Shargel explains why keeping kelp forests healthy is important for Monterey's economy and environment. April 2020


Why are sea urchins destroying Monterey's Kelp Forest Ecosystem?

By Keith Rootsaert for the Monterey Shootout 2019


The Invasion - Reef Check diver Camilla Hall's Monterey Shootout 2017 entry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=eBbHi5JpZLM&feature=emb_logo

Urchin Invasion in the News

Sea Urchin Invasion. KSBW Action News 8, Feb. 23, 2018


Kelp Calamity Monterey County Weekly May, 2018 (pdf) Download


Attack of the Purple Sea Urchins: What happens when nature is out of balance. Calif. Diving News, May 2019 (pdf) Download


Critical Monterey Bay kelp threatened by urchins. Monterey Herald June 27, 2019 (pdf) Download 


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Keith Rootsaert Petition 2020-001 Presentations

Deep Discussion: Monterey Urchin Crisis with Keith Rootsaert - New! Presented on June 1, 2020 for Blue Endeavors, this 1:24 min. webinar includes details on the politics involved in  getting Petition 2020 passed by the California Fish and Game Commission. 


At 1:24 Help Save Kelp. Underwater photographer and author Marc Shargel explains why keeping kelp forests healthy is important for Monterey's economy and environment.


San Jose Flipper Dippers April 15, 2020


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Sonoma & Mendocino coast Urchin Removal Projects

Watermen's Alliance Urchin Removal Efforts. Watermen's Alliance is coordinating Urchin Removal Efforts on the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts.

Reef Check North Coast will survey and monitor urchin collection sites.

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Reef Check Volunteers

Hall of Fame

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Threatened Southern Sea Otters

Keystone species in Kelp Forest Ecosystems

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Giant Kelp Forests

Coming soon.

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Art & Image Gallery

Urchin and Kelp Forest Art

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Previous Urchin Removal Efforts in Monterey

2019 Urchin Removal Petition & Report

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3D Mapping Visualization

Reef Check Volunteer Andrew Middleton made an awesome map of the SCP project area and boundary.  This is still a work in progress but it looks really cool and you can actually swim the line between targets just like when surveying.  Hammer not required.  Check it out 

New Dive Plan for Urchin Culling & Kelp Restoration

Dive Plan June 24 submitted (pdf)Download
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