Restore Kelp Forests and Sunflower Sea Stars!

Help us Save California's Kelp!

Enter a custom donation amount and help us turn the tide on climate change.

You can also support this project by purchasing one of our new Kelp Squad T-shirts.

We have partnered with Sunflower Star Laboratory to assist in long-term sustainable conservation sunflower star aquaculture and research into their recovery to aid kelp forest restoration efforts. To learn more about this project, click here. 

With your support, we are able to fund laboratory operating costs during a year of rapid organizational development, enabling Sunflower Star Laboratory to settle and grow Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as Sunflower Stars, and other local echinoderms.

Southern California has lost over half of its kelp cover in the last century, while Northern California has lost over 96% of its kelp cover in the last decade. There is an urgent need to restore ecosystem function to our kelp forest environments by keeping urchin grazing in check through the predation effects of sunflower stars. 

Any contribution you make will help us restore California's critical kelp forests and all those who call them home.

Tax Deductible: SeaTrees is a program of 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf - meaning that planting and restoring SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your donation receipt.

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