For thousands of years, prolific Kelp Beds have spanned across the Northern California coastline, providing some of the most beautiful and biologically diverse and productive ecosystems on earth. Between 2014 and 2018, a series of prolonged environmental stressors and imbalances led to the loss of over 90% of kelp forests between San Francisco and Oregon.

 

The Last Forests Project is a grassroots visual journey through the causes and effects of this ecosystem collapse, as well as the scientific and community efforts in place to help bring back our kelp forests. This educational film bridges the gap between the science and the public, aiming to be the eyes and voice for the forests that we cannot see fall. We hope to inspire change in our coastal communities, and create a legacy of ocean activism.

 

Thank you to all who donated in 2020 to help make this project happen. This film is our gift to the community and our ocean, all further donations have been and will be directed back into kelp forest restoration.

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A Film by: Marco Mazza, Steve Page, and Abbey Dias