Researchers in Dalhousie University’s Future of Marine Ecosystems Lab incorporate Mi’kmaw best practices in their methodologies, particularly through working with Mi’kmaw community harvesters and knowledge holders in the documentation of eelgrass species and identifying ideal planting locations that might result in highest survivorship rates for the eelgrass. Researchers from the lab have also collaboratively planted eelgrass sods and shoots with Mi’kmaw land users. Beginning in the late 1990s, Cree land users noted large declines in the once-abundant eelgrass beds in the James Bay region. Canada geese, which are a source of food and cultural significance to the Cree, rely heavily on eelgrass, so…