Orca Keeps Circling Boat, Then A Passenger Sees What’s On Its Back

Torn appart

But the machinery was not the worst part. What stopped Tom’s breath was the kelp forest, or what was left of it. The thick, tangled underwater canopy that had once spread through this entire cove had been torn apart by the dredging.

Strands of kelp floated loose on the surface in long drifting lines, and the shallows were choked with sediment.