KelpConnect

The coast this platform runs on

Satellite view, centered on the Sonoma–Mendocino coast where most of this project's data comes from. Zoom out and the state opens up — suppliers and restoration work exist beyond these two counties too.

Supplier pins are placed at approximate town-level coordinates for this prototype, not verified facility addresses. Restoration zone rings are illustrative approximations, not official boundaries or precise KRMP shapefiles — shown more prominently here because zone alignment is an actual scoring criterion, but the shape itself is not authoritative. See the Ground Truth Document for the underlying KRMP and KelpWatch sources. Satellite imagery © Esri and its data providers; map framework by Leaflet.

Official NOAA map of Sonoma County kelp restoration research and restoration sites
For comparison: NOAA's own official map of the four Greater Farallones restoration/research sites along the Sonoma Coast Map: Sage Tezak / NOAA →