{"id":41,"date":"2014-11-23T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T23:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/acryforkelp\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2014-11-24T21:14:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T04:14:27","slug":"about-the-reintroduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/acryforkelp\/about-the-reintroduction\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Reintroduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Reintroduction in B.C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between 1969 and 1972, a total of 89 sea otters were reintroduced to British Columbia from Alaska. Interestingly, the area from which otters were reintroduced happened to be a site for nuclear testing<\/a> (this event lead to the creation of Greenpeace international). Since the reintroduction the population has steadily been growing and their range\u00a0has been increasing. Currently there are almost 5,000 sea otters in B.C!<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.canadiangeographic.ca\/magazine\/dec13\/resurgence-of-sea-otter.asp<\/p><\/div>\n

In areas where sea otters have been reintroduced, there have been major environmental changes. For example, in otter habitats there are now less urchins and more kelp. The ecosystem has also returned to a healthy and natural state as was seen in B.C before the sea otters were killed off.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/santamonicabaykeeper\/7416849358\/<\/p><\/div>\n

More\u00a0benefits from kelp include:<\/p>\n