This California Invasive Species Action Week, let’s dive into caulerpa! In this video, CDFW Senior Environmental Scientist Amanda VanDiggelen shows how CDFW is working to remove this destructive invasive algae to protect our coastline. Caulerpa is considered a “living pollutant” because it spreads quickly and can cause significant and expensive damage to coastal waters in California. This species group has also had extensive impacts elsewhere, including throughout the Mediterranean. Caulerpa can