Name: The Return of the Sunflower Sea Stars: A Path to Recovery
Start: 2026-03-19T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-19T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

The Return of the Sunflower Sea Stars: A Path to Recovery

Friends of the Salish Sea

Discover how scientists are solving sea star wasting and restoring sunflower stars to kelp forests.

Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

Once a common sight along the Pacific Coast, sunflower sea stars have been pushed to the brink by sea star wasting disease - triggering cascading impacts on kelp forests as unchecked purple urchins move in. Dr. Jason Hodin of Friday Harbor Laboratories is leading groundbreaking research to understand what went wrong and how recovery might be possible. In this talk, he’ll share the detective work behind identifying the disease, the challenges and successes of raising sunflower sea stars in captivity, and how restoring this important predator could help heal entire coastal ecosystems.

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