Seatrees has partnered with Seals Watersports and the grassroots volunteer group P.U.R.P. (Purple Urchin Removal Project) to restore the kelp forests of Stillwater Cove, located along the scenic Northern California coastline. Once teeming with underwater life, this cove has suffered from the overpopulation of purple sea urchins - voracious grazers that have wiped out vast areas of kelp, leaving the local ecosystem on the brink.

This community-led effort is powered by a network of divers, freedivers, and ocean lovers who remove invasive urchins by hand - without funding or formal scientific support. Now, with help from Seatrees, this restoration movement is scaling up.