Melinda is part of the award-winning Operation Crayweed team, which is one way her team uses cutting-edge genetic information to pioneer transformative restoration methods that will allow kelp forests to persist under climate change. Another is the Green Gravel Action Group, that has pioneered a technique for seeding small rocks or line with kelp propagules, rearing them in the lab and then out-planting them into the field. More at greengravel.org and operationcrayweed.com.