By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Early observations from researchers suggest that new bull kelp are growing in Burrard Inlet waters after nearly being wiped out by industrialization. The s\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)\u2019s treaty, lands and resources department worked with the Kelp Rescue Initiative to plant kelp off Whey-Ah-Wichen\/Cates Park in North Vancouver and \u00a0New Brighton Park in Vancouver over the last two years. A scuba mission by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in July revealed bull kelp are growing healthy to a reproductive age. \u201cI think going into this, knowing how restoration has occurred in other areas of the Northeastern Pacific, I was skeptical that we\u2019d find any re-recruitment at all,\u201d said Olivia Rhoades, program co-lead for DFO\u2019s coastal environmental baseline program. \u201cSo that\u2019s really neat.\u201d In… <\/p>\n
By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Early observations from researchers suggest that new bull kelp are growing in Burrard Inlet waters after nearly being wiped out by industrialization. The s\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)\u2019s treaty, lands and resources department worked with the Kelp Rescue Initiative to plant kelp off Whey-Ah-Wichen\/Cates Park in North Vancouver and \u00a0New Brighton Park in Vancouver over the last two years. A scuba mission by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in July revealed bull kelp are growing healthy to a reproductive age. \u201cI think going into this, knowing how restoration has occurred in other areas of the Northeastern Pacific, I was skeptical that we\u2019d find any re-recruitment at all,\u201d said Olivia Rhoades, program co-lead for DFO\u2019s coastal environmental baseline program. \u201cSo that\u2019s really neat.\u201d In... <\/p>\n