Pollution and climate change have drastically reduced kelp forests in coastal waters.

The south Puget Sound saw an 80% reduction of bull kelp in the past 50 years, according to the Puget Sound Restoration Fund.


Reporter Maddie Smith 360-416-2139, msmith@skagitpublishing.com, Twitter: @Maddie_SVH

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