Help Restore Kelp Forests on BC’s Coast

Kelp forests are vital to the health of our ocean and the communities that depend on it, yet they're vanishing.

Your support helps us develop and deliver science-backed solutions that strengthen the resilience of these ecosystems.

Every contribution fuels restoration, research and collaboration that turn knowledge into action along British Columbia’s coast.

Kelp forests cycle nutrients and carbon, reduce erosion, create spawning and nursery habitat, support oxygen production and keep food webs stable. They drive biodiversity and productivity across the coast, but warming waters, overgrazing and human-driven changes to ocean conditions are putting many of these forests at risk.

We have completed 7 scientific experiments and 11 restoration projects in Barkley Sound, the North Salish Sea and Burrard Inlet, each building the knowledge needed to restore kelp at scale.

Your support helps restore these underwater forests and strengthen their resilience, improving their chances for a healthy future.

Where Your Support Goes

Science and Restoration

You help fund the research, nursery cultivation and fieldwork that guides effective kelp restoration across the coast. This includes experiments that test scalable restoration approaches, growing kelp through its earliest microscopic stages and supporting sori collection, outplanting and monitoring.

Team and Capacity

Your support strengthens the people, training, equipment and collaboration behind every restoration project. This includes scientific diving, lab and nursery operations and coordinated work across Barkley Sound and the North Salish Sea.

Stewardship and Community

You help build tools and resources for long-term stewardship, support collaboration with First Nations, researchers and coastal communities to share accurate, accessible science through education and outreach.

Your Impact

$25

Can cover two scuba air tank fills needed for collecting reproductive spore-bearing tissue, the first stage of kelp restoration.

$50

Can help purchase the equipment needed to propagate seed stock, like flasks, carboys, red lights and incubators.

$75

Can help cover about one hour of boat time to reach and return from kelp restoration sites.

$160

Can help purchase one ARKEV restoration module, a temporary structure used for outplanting kelp.

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How to Give

Donations are processed through our secure giving portal hosted by the University of Calgary.

The Kelp Rescue Initiative is a project of the Pacific Marine Science Alliance, a non-profit, registered Canadian charity (number 119293041RR0001. Tax receipts are issued through our donation platform. 100% of proceeds go directly to the Kelp Rescue Initiative to fund kelp conservation and restoration.

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Thank You!

Every act of support helps move restoration forward.

We’re deeply grateful to everyone who wants to help kelp and the ecosystems they sustain.

Sincerely,

— The Kelp Rescue Initiative Team