Returning Sunflower Sea Stars to the Wild - Ashley Kidd

Ashley Kidd, co-founder and conservation program manager of the Sunflower Star Laboratory in California, drew upon her experiences with public aquariums to explore the feasibility of restoration of the Sunflower Sea Star, a critically endangered marine creature. In 2021, she met Vince Christian, who wanted to start a Sunflower Star Initiative.  Within a few months, the Sunflower Star Laboratory was born. It has become a source of hope that sea stars and the kelp forests that depend upon them will once again be a key feature of the nearshore community in the waters off the West Coast.