Cascade PBS<p><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kelp</span></a> has long been an important part of the <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Samish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samish</span></a> diet and culture. The Samish Indian Nation's Department of Natural Resources dive team, formed in 2021, was created to gain a better understanding of the health of kelp forests, after elders noticed they weren't finding kelp fronds, which are traditionally used to wrap salmon. </p><p>📝: Luna Reyna<br>📸: Genna Martin/Crosscut</p><p><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/kelpforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kelpforest</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/SalishSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSea</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/05/within-salish-sea-samish-divers-research-kelp-forests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crosscut.com/environment/2023/</span><span class="invisible">05/within-salish-sea-samish-divers-research-kelp-forests</span></a></p>