Organization Type:
The Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance is an association of people whose livelihood depends on the harvesting of wild seaweeds along the coast of Mendocino County, California.
Mission:
To protect wild sea vegetables and their natural habitat.
To maintain access to wild sea vegetables for harvesting.
To have wild crafted sea vegetables available for healing and nutritional use.
To protect and enhance aboriginal Native American seaweed harvesting practices.
To support each other as we strive to live and work in harmony with our human community and the natural environment.
We are hand harvesters of wild seaweed, and are opposed to mechanical harvesting of wild seaweed in Mendocino County.
Contact:
John Lewallen
Mendocino Seaweed Stewardship Alliance
P. O. Box 455
Philo, CA 95466
Phone: (707) 895-2996
kombuko@mcn.org
Geographical Focus:
Local
Counties Served:
Mendocino
Activities:
Research, Education, Advocacy, Resource Management, Protecting wild sea vegetables and their natural habitat
Educational Resources:
On-Site Programs, Speaker and/or Lecture Series
Target Audiences:
General Public
