Topic: Key’-Ween We’ Chey-Gel’ / Spring Seaweed Adaptation Strategies

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Yurok Tribe

Use tribal knowledge to monitor any noticeable shifts to quality, quantity, growth, timing, and location of key’-ween we’ chey-gel’.

Yurok Tribe

Continue to test seaweed for toxins on a regular basis.

Yurok Tribe

Consider alternative sites for key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ harvesting based on sea level rise scenarios.

Yurok Tribe

Continue and enhance co-management and harvest access agreements with Redwood National and State Parks.

Yurok Tribe

Collaborate and partner with agencies to manage and protect habitat.

Yurok Tribe

Partner with technical experts to map extent of key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ via aerial canopy and diver-based estimates.

Yurok Tribe

Partner with researchers to better understand thermal optima and tolerance limits for key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ life history stages.

Yurok Tribe

Promote inter-departmental collaboration to utilize the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) to map out effects of sea level rise...

Yurok Tribe

Conduct public outreach about sustainable key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ harvesting practices.

Yurok Tribe

Identify locations that historically had key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ (spring seaweed) but are in need of restoration.

Yurok Tribe

Develop community clam gardens at a Yurok significant site to increase clam productivity and enhance ecosystem health to support all...

Yurok Tribe

Create a Nori-like aquaculture to supply key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ and economic opportunities to the community.