Once hunted nearly to extinction, the hardy swimmer and eater of sea urchin still inhabits only 13% of its historic range
efore the fur trade drove them to near extinction, sea otters once roamed the waters of North America from Alaska to Baja
attorney in the oceans program at the Center for Biological Diversity. “They are really important to coastal ecosystems but they are just missing from a huge chunk of our coastline.”Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP “Bringing the sea otter back to the broader west coast would be an unparalleled conservation success story,” Kristin Carden, a former senior scientist at the center, said in a statement. “Not only would the sea otters thrive, but they would also help restore vital kelp forest and seagrass ecosystems.”
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