Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.

Help Our Kelp Act” would authorize $5 million a year in a new grant program to fund conservation, restoration, and management ...

Lawmakers in Olympia are now taking a deep dive into an often-overlooked issue: the protection of bull kelp. House Bill 1631 aims to safeguard crucial habitats for salmon and other species by ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to bull kelp, which faces grave threats from climate change and coastal development. The ...