Louis Druehl, Ph.D. ’65, S.F.U. professor emeritus, received a 2015 British Columbia Community Achievement Award for his contributions to the village of Bamfield. He dedicated his academic life to the study of kelp for which he had the honour of having a kelp genus named after him: Druehlia fistulosa, the dragoon kelp. He has concentrated on writing in his retirement years: the Canadian best seller Pacific Seaweeds (2000, Harbour) and most recently Cedar, Salmon and Weed (2015, Granville Island): A tale of the 1970’s Bamfield with its Biologists, Hippies, Fishermen, Natives, and End-of-the-Roaders, Minimal sex and violence, some piracy, dealing, marine science and loitering. Louis lives in Bamfield where he produces the local newspaper, The New Bamfielder, and runs a sea vegetable business with his wife, Rae Hopkins.