It’s awesome reading a traditional medicine book from an Acadian ethnographer and having Acadian french names for specific local herbs, plants and trees (can use those names in my practice and build localized correspondences) AND checking to see their current conservation status and DFO laws that impact my harvesting them. There’s also local initiatives in partnerships between universities and the Mi’kmaq people to grow and protect eelgrass meadows. Protect common eelgrass!
The Community Eelgrass Restoration Initiative (CERI) is a community-led, climate-smart, and knowledge-based conservation project.
I know they have a booth on Oceans Day by the waterfront every year and they sometimes give out little bits of eelgrass. I’ll wait until then.
