Chiixuu Tll IInasdll
Nurturing Seafood to Grow
The Haida Nation holds close relationships with the land, sea and air of Haida Gwaii that span millennia. Now the traditional knowledge of the Haida Nation is helping restore kelp forests in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site in British Columbia, Canada.
Gwaii Haanas is cooperatively managed by the Council of the Haida Nation, Parks Canada, and Fisheries and Ocean Canada via a cooperative, consensus-based body called the Archipelago Management Board. The project Chiixuu Tll iinasdll translates as ‘Nurturing Seafood to Grow’ and is mimicking sea otter predation on sea urchins for kelp forest restoration. The Haida Nation and Parks Canada co-lead this and many other ecological conservation and restoration projects for and by local communities. Past Gwaii Haanas projects include restoring old growth forests and streams on land to support the return of salmon to their ancestral spawning grounds. Learn more here.
