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2008

Articles/Living shoreline.pdf
Yucatán a la mano - tu casa lejos de casa
CNN Heroes - Special Reports from CNN.com
Man-made oyster reefs in Va. seem to be thriving - State News - inRich.com
Scientists Hope to Re-introduce Young Corals - Science - redOrbit
From Balls of Concrete To Habitats for Sea Life - WSJ.com
La Opinión A Coruña - Mar - Cofradías coruñesas proponen crear el mayor arrecife artificial de Europa
The Block Island Times
Beliefnet- News - Current News On Beliefnet
Fish flocking to reef balls - CBC.bb
Coral Reef Sailing Adventure
Dirty Jobs features Sarasota reef program - Local & State News - Tampa Bay's 10 - tampabays10.com
'Green' Burials Try To Preserve Cycle of Life - washingtonpost.com
'Green' Burials Try To Preserve Cycle of Life - washingtonpost.com
New reefs to foster fish stocks - Environment - smh.com.au
BBC NEWS | Science-Nature | Catching corals' spectacular moment
Development Company Creates Artificial Marine Ecosystem With 'Reef Balls' | Columbia Spectator
Long-time visitor restores reef ecosystems
3-29-2008 Outdoors Notebook- Virginia's artificial reefs getting a few upgrades | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
2007
11/2007 East Bay Wetland and Water Quality Protection Project Receives GULF GUARDIAN AWARD | Newsroom | US EPA
Articles/4H NewsletterSept-Oct07.pdf
Chesapeake Bay Journal- Watery grave awaits cemeteries near shorelines as sea level rises - October 2007
NavQuest.com Partners with Reef Ball Foundation to Reef Ball Marine Maps, August 28,2007
Reef work makes teen an eco-hero - 08-19-2007 - MiamiHerald.com
The Brunei Times, 12-Aug-07, Anglers Call For Greater Ban on Fishing, advise using Reef Balls
The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.Reef ball placement helps oysters, July 3 2007
WAVY TV 10 - News, Weather, Traffic, Sports for Hampton Roads, Virginia - North Eastern North Carolina - Oyster restoration goes orbital- concrete orbs offer a biosphere June 30, 2007
June 29, 2007 Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration plan has a concrete base (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com-PilotOnline.com)
News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES Some finding eternal peace in the sea 5/6/2007
Amherst Bulletin | Girl Scouts earn 'Silver Award' for efforts
Marriott exceeds expectations
April 2007 The Borneo Post Online » Print » Sanctuary for marine life
Scotchtown Hills gets a little bit greener on Arbor Day April 26, 2007
The Peninsula On-line- Qatar's leading English Daily, "Qafco completes artificial reef ball installation" 4/15/2007
March 6, 2007, ecorazzi.com -- celebrities caught green-handed Â» Rachel McAdams Wants A Green, Eco-Friendly Burial
March 5, 2007 Quality News Network, "American Back On Track" Interview with Reef Ball Chairman, Todd Barber by Tony Seton. [MP3 file audio only] About 7 minutes of audio
March 2, 2007, Last circle now finished, BCNG Portals Page
HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Outdoor notebookArtificial reefs hold real promise for bay anglers March 2007
Feb 28, 2007 Cover Story DailyProgress.com | Oysters ON THE HELP SHELL
Feb 28, 2007 Cover Story Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Reef ball project under way
Feb 20 2007, Sleep with the fish- Marlborough man plans burial reef - New Zealand's source for oddstuff - strange, weird & bizarre news on Stuff.co.nz
Feb 16, 2007 Reef burial plan raises concern - The Marlborough Express- local, national & world news from Marlborough's daily newspaper
Feb 8, 2007 Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Special Report Reef Balls on the Oculina Banks
Bradenton Herald | 02-08-2007 | Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs shoots segment in Sarasota County
Feb 6, 2007.Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Interest growing in mangrove restoration project
Environment - newsjournalonline.com Revamp of Chicken Island could make it a model, Feb 4, 2007
www.newszap.com, "Buying a ton for the Bay" Eastern Shore of Maryland : Feb 02, 2007
Cayman Net News- Governor supports mangrove project Thursday, January 25, 2007
The ChronicleHerald.ca, (Clawed) Lobster don’t take to condo life
January 15, 2007
MiamiHerald.com | 01-01-2007 | Want to become a reef ball? Put it in will

2006
Fish given experimental dome homes Dec 14, 2006
MiamiHerald.com | Nov-29-2006 | Girls get taste for value of sea life
Eternal Reefs help families say goodbye St augustine.com- the oldest city's home on the Net Nov 7, 2006
October 23, 2006 HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - 'Reef balls' providing homes for marine life
Oct 20, 2006 wjz.com - 'Reef Balls' Helping Restore Native Bay Oysters
Oct 20, 2006 (Version with Embedded Video) wjz.com - 'Reef Balls' Helping Restore Native Bay Oysters
Aug 02 2006 "Sunken Treasure" BCNG Portals Page
July 26 2006 Reef Balls Are Rolling"BCNG Portals Page
Monday, June 26, 2006 The Daily News- Reef balls give fish artificial homes to live in (Bedford, Canada)
June 22, 2006 HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Anglers create reef balls for underwater habitat
Saying goodbye at Dare's Reef June 11, 2006The Daily News, Jacksonville NC
MiamiHerald.com | 06-04-2006 | Teens become reef builders
May 18, 2006 newsobserver.com | From the depths, artificial reefs provide concrete results
May 13, 2006 Alaska gets artificial reef at busy port
Alaska gets its first artificial reef at busy port(updated 03:39 p.m.) 2006/5/13 WHITTIER, Alaska (AP)
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 04-25-2006 | Students square off in Lego contest
Sunday, April 09, 2006 Treasure Coast school news
4/15/2006 The My Hero Project - Reef Ball Foundation
April 06 2006 New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online, "Ban on fin use in marine parks"
04/06/06 "Raising the Reef", North East Booster
Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Newspaper, A Pulitzer Prize Winning Newspaper, Virgin Islands Guide, Virgin Islands "Info: Rest in (underwater) Peace Artificial sea habitats offer an opportunity for loved ones to 'live on' through sea life By LYNN FREEHILL
Monday, March 20th 2006
March 20, 2006 (Malaysian) Rotarians offer help in project
Eternal Reefs: Not Quite Reefs, Not Quite Eternal, But Maybe As Close As Any Of Us Will Come To Either In This…Lifetime? Strata | Miscellany | Pulse
March 1, 2006, BC's Fish Go Blog Crazy - PR.com
Feb. 13, 2006, Sidney, B.C., "AGutsy Move For Former Volunteers"
Barbadians to see coral reefs up close
Web Posted - Tue Feb 14 2006, Advocate
newtimesbpb.com | News | Dead in the Water To Be A Reef, Feb 9, 2006
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online , February 06, 2006, "Flagler joins list of reef memorial sites"
2/1/2006, Cayman Island Marriott Beach Resort-- Travel Weekly - The National Newspaper of the Travel Industry --
THE REEF BALL PROJECT IN SARAWAK Article to be published by Indian Ocean and South China Sea Marine Turtles Working Group in Jan. or Feb 2006. Advanced Copy.
Jan 30, 2006 Florida Sportsman, "New Graveyard Reef Announced"
Martin County Brochure2006.pdf
Bonaire Reporter by Frank Hyman19 jan 2006.pdf
Gatra Magazine, January 2006, Special Edition. (In Indonesian) Story is regarding the very good recovery of fish in reef ball area, base on Sam Ratulangi University survey on September 2005. Titled ‘Dedication Newmont to Indonesian sea’. PDF Page 1 PDF Page 2
Reef Ball Foundation Tech Award Profile

2005
December 21, 2005, Pocono Record - Debate over what oil to use in cars
Dec 1, 2005, "Reef Balls Make A Safer Deposit" Bay Weekly- Earth Talk
CattleNetwork.com
Topsail Island Info Article by- PSA, Topsail Island Turtle News for December 2005
December 15th 2005 "Turning the Tide: Tsunami Volunteers" The Travel Channel (Video)
December 14th, 2005, CattleNetwork.com, "Marlene Strickland Named “ Woman Of The Year In Agriculture” For 2005 after working on a Reef Ball project
December 10th, 2005 Citrus County Reef Balls- Don't shun the winter sheepshead
Ash You Like It- The Times of India
Conservation - Reef Balls in Phuket
November 27, 2005, Reef memorializes 'Little Joe' Shuford (Charleston, SC) The Post and Courier | Charleston.net | News | Charleston, SC
November 25th, 2005 200 reef balls to restore corals Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia -- News Headlines
November 25th, 2005 "Reef ball project to boost marine life" New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online
November 24, 2005, New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online 200 reef balls to rehabilitate marine life in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park
OnlineAthens.com | Business | Reef Ball Foundation earns global award 11-13-05
Bradenton Herald | 11-03-2005 | Reefs keep businesses afloat
NOAA Ocean Explorer-Islands in the Stream
articles/rbfawardpressrelease.doc
Spanish-grafiken-inhalt_aware-news-0036_ReefBall_001.jpg
BCNG Portals Page, October 21, "Philippines Reefs Restored in Fundraiser"
The Capital Times Doug Moe:Bikers ashes find last rest stop October, 17, 2005
El gusano de luz, Rescatando Arrecifes, (In Spanish) Sept 29, 2005
New attempts to repair Ivan damaged shallow reefs, Sept 29, 2005
Reef-balls attract Ralmax's interest Sept 28. 2005. Sidney, BC, Canada (see http://www.artificialreefstructures.com/ for more)
Cayman Net News- Cabinet focuses on Sister Islands with news of housing and new projects Sept 27th 2005
[ eChannelLine Canada ]Tech Museum of Innovation announces 2005 winners
Seniority- Taking control, through the end, Sept 27, 2005
Tech Museum awards 25 global Laureates - 2005-09-21
"Green" Burials Offer Unique, Less Costly Goodbyes Sept 9, 2005
Richard Field Monitoring & News Report, Oman Reef Balls Sept. 2005. (Fantastic natural coral reef growth)
Sept 2 2005 Conservation - Reef Balls in Phuket, Thailand
August 19 2005 Gulf Daily News ,"Reef Balls a Success in Bahrain"
Eternal Reefs, The Living Legacy, Issue 1, August 2005
Reef Ball deployment feature on Fox 5 WTTG, Maryland August 3, 2005 (video not yet available)
PHUKET, THAILAND PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 2, 2005
August 1, 2005 The Ledger- Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, "Fishermen are hooked on artificial reefs in lake Pontchartrain."
The News-Press- Local & State - Mote calls for divers to help clean artificial reefs, July 27, 2005, Sarasota, Florida
TCPalm- Local News, July 27 2005, "Reef Balls Finally Hit the Sea Floor" Indian River County, Florida
Trying to locate artificial reefs? Depth finder, GPS and live bait are a must (Lake Ponchartrain, Lousianna)
July 27, 2005, Press Release from Barbados Marine Trust on first year of monitoring Reef Balls
Chesapeake Bay Journal- Elementary students having a ball participating in reef project - July-August 2005
July 12, 2005 More Roads, Bridges End Up Swimming With the Fishes
July, 2005, Fresh & Marine Aquarium Magazine, "The Marine Aquarium Hobby Helps Build Coral Reefs", by John Walch
Breathtaking View, Wearing Reality, Washington Post, June 16, 2005 (Reef Ball Erosion Control Project in Maryland)
The Daily News, Jacksonville NC, June 14th, 2005, "Reef ball contains remains of longtime hospital patient"
The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Flagler, "Artificial reef coming to life" June 11, 2005
The Sun News | 06-03-2005 | Back-to-back fishing trips net deep-sea excitement
Malaysian National News Agency -- BERNAMA "The Reef Balls Way To Turtle Conservation In Sarawak" June 2, 2005
The Sun News | 05-27-2005 | NMB fishing event, fund-raiser begins
WCCO- Funerals Become More Personalized. 5/25/05
The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Flagler, May 13, 2005 "County plans to create artificial reef"
May 8, 2005, Oyster Reef Balls Placed Off Bayshore - from TBO.com
MRT Project, St. Marteen, May 5th, 2005 (Newsletter)
May 2005 WCCO- Funerals Become More Personalized
April 24, 2005 Baltimoresun.com - Hammond a 'Green School'
April 21th, 2005 “Dare’s Reef” to Become First Sea Turtle Memorial Reef in United States
April 20th, 2005 baltimoresun.com - Anne Arundel Datebook Reef Balls on Earth Day
April 20th, 2005 articles/WECT TV6 & WECT_com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - Sea turtle to be memorialized.htm
Xinhua - English, "Manmade reef gives Mother Nature a helping hand"
Betonske krogle rešujejo tajske koralne grebene, 12. april 2005, (Dutch)
The Daily News, Jacksonville NC, Turtle rescuers lose a friend
Bangkokpost.pdf (Reef Ball Thailand Project) April 20, 2005
12 April 2005 Manmade reef gives Mother Nature a helping hand Earthdive News
Apr 12, 2005 Dive News - The Reef Ball Foundation Begins Project in Thailand
Asia Times Online -- Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, April 8, 2005
April 6, 2005, "Copying nature in Thailand, one artificial reef at a time" Channel News Asia
MRT in St. Marteen Page 1, Page 2
DOWN TO EARTH DAY Flyer.pdf April 8, 2005
TSUNAMI-IMPACT- Coral Reef Rescue Underway in Thailand, April 8, 2005
April 6, 2005 News & Media (WBCSD) Copying nature in Thailand, one artificial reef at a time, Thailand
"Reef Ball Foundation Aids in Tsunami Relief", March 23, 2005 What's Up Atlanta Daybook
GoodWork Listing · Coral Reef Restoration, Expert Volunteers, Reef Ball Fdn., Thailand, Mar 15 deadline
Mar 8, 2005 MIRA COSTA SOPHOMORE
COMPLETES ‘EAGLE SCOUT’ SERVICE PROJECT
Turner Inflight Services, CNN Kuwait, March 2005
HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Outdoors- Numbers game puzzles bay fishermen
Reef Ball News, Jan 29, 2005, MSSA Maryland, Bill Huppert
Jan, 2005. Press Release, Australia Evolutionary step in Canal Design

2004
December 20, 2004, Times of Oman, Reef balls deployed at Al Fahal"
"Reef balls to promote marine habitat", Monday, 27 December 2004 Mandurah.Your Guide
John Walch - The Marine Aquarium Hobby Helps Build Coral Reefs - December 6, 2004
Eternal Reefs provides return to the sea, 12/2/2004 Marco Island Sun Times
Underwater photography 101 12/4/04 The Star Online- Lifestyle
November 27th, The Globe and Mail- Preserving paradise, St. Marteen
AP Wire | 11-07-2004 | South Wire- Artificial reef as final resting place helps habitat
The WBAL Channel.com - News - Reef Balls Lowered Into Choptank River
Valley Morning Star Online Edition-Buried at Sea
Sept. 27, 2004 bookofjoe- 'After all, we all come from the sea' - Kathy Yard, commenting on why she was delighted to pay $2,000 to have her mother's ashes put into a concrete reef ball
HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Environmental Center to serve as model for bay cleanup
heraldtribune.com- Southwest Florida's Information Leader-Reef Ball
CNN.com - Relatives mix loved one's ashes with artificial reef - Nov 8, 2004
Maryland DNR Press Release, Nov. 5, 2004, Governor Ehrlich Announces Establishment of Bay Restoration Demonstration Site
Bradenton Herald | 10-24-2004 | ManaTEENS dive in to clean reef
The Signal, How to Really Make an Ash of Oneself 10/23/2004
Diana Sevanian Signal Staff Writer
TCPalm- Local News Reef project put on hold after hurricanes [But Not the Reef Balls!] October 27, 2004
PRESS RELEASE- 5 Texans Buried in Reefs Nov. 8, 2004
HoustonChronicle.com - New home for eternity- sea floor memorial, Oct 2, 2004
Action For Nature - International Young Eco-Hero Awards - 2004 Winners: T.J. Tullo (aged 16) Staten Island, New York, USA Scientific Discovery: Improving Marine Life
Maryland Environmental Service, Volunteers Needed for Reef Ball Events, Sept. 30, 2004
Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs - September 30, 2004
'Reef balls' - Houstonian - USA & World Sept 28, 2004
Citizen's Online, Company gives new way to remember loved ones Sept 27, 2004
CBS News | The Odd Truth, Sept. 27, 2004 | September 28, 2004 13-41-02
www.delawareonline.com - The News Journal - LOCAL - Loved ones' ashes can give back to nature Sept 27, 2004
wnbc.com - News - 'Reef Balls' Enable Loved Ones' Remains To Sleep With The Fishes, Sept 27, 2004
Star - Tribute to dearly departed finds concrete expression
KIROTV.com - Weird Headlines - Human Remains Used In Artificial Reefs
The Star, IOL- A Step Beyond Sept 27, 2004
The News-Press- Lifestyles - Under the sea Sept 26, 2004
Northwest Indiana News- nwitimes.com - News- 'Reef balls' enable loved ones' remains to sleep with the fishes Sept 26, 2004
RedNova News- Human Remains Used in Artificial Ocean Reefs Sept. 26, 2004
The Sun News | 09-26-2004 | Mixing ashes in concrete picks up as burial option
CNN.com - Transcripts, Headline News Sept. 25, 2004 OR

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Bangkok's Independent Newspaper AROUND THAILAND:Reef Ball at Koh Racha Sep 25, 2004
International Harold Tribune- Remains become part of sea Sept 25, 2004
PennLive.com Sept. 25, 2004 Human remains used in artificial reefs
Dive Operators Club Thailand - Phuket Chapter Sept. 25, 2004
Newsday.com - AP Regional Sept 25, 2004
News - Oddly Enough - Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs (AP) Sept. 25, 2004
New Courier Online For some, ocean is eternal Sept 22, 2004
ENN- Environmental News Network [Eternal Reefs Announces 2004 Memorial Reef Locations] Sept 20, 2004
The Star Democrat Volunteers make reef balls at Bay environmental center 9/22/04
TravelDailyNews Artificial coral reef in Thailand: Phuket hotel pours Bt2 million into artificial reef Monday, September 20, 2004
CNN's "Global Challenges" Reef Ball Segment (Audio.mp3) Video broadcast Aug 29, 2004. Videos: Medium Resolution (7 Megs Windows Media) Low Resolution (2 Megs Windows Media)
ECOCLUB, International Ecotourism Monthly, Issue 62 Aug 2004, "Focus on Coral Reefs: Ecoclub Interview with Todd Barber, Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation"
August 18, 2004 Human ashes in concrete become marine habitats, Courier Post Online (New Jersey)
CNN.com - Transcripts August 15, 2004 (Global Challenges Reef Ball)
EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Civic-Nonprofit Organization - 2nd Place August 13, 2004
Press Release Reef Ball 7 Jun 04 Indonesia, Newmont Project
Kansas City Star | 08-02-2004 | Nurturing nature, even in death
EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Youth Education Category - 3rd Place- Press Release (July 30, 2004)
July 20,2004, Guardian Of The Reef Sculpture Series & Reef Ball Project Press Release
Okinawa Declaration on Conservation and Restoration of Endangered Coral Reefs of the World 17 July 2004
Capital City Weekly, July 13, 2004, "Reef Balls Planned for Alaska"
July 13, 2004, WECT TV6 & WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - A look under the sea
CNN July 5th, Global Challenges, Kuwait Picture Links 1 2 3 4
July 5th, Al Anba Kuwait (In Arabic)
July 5th Arab Times: CNN Shots Reef Ball Project (In English)
July 5th 2004, Kuwait Times,
The Reef Is Growing, Tidelines, July 2004 (Maryland Saltwater Sportsmen's Association Newsletter)
July 8th, 2004 "Eco – Enhancing Marine Projects", by John Walch
July 5th 2004, St. Maarten - The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean, "The (Reef Ball) Project at Maho Starts"
The Star Online- June 27, 2004 "Surprise offer for quilts...to fund Reef Balls"
Artificial reefs are on state tour, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - Jun 17, 2004
... Also, the reef ball program, which allows school children to make small reefs and deploy them in the river, has been successful, she said.
Mas Protegidos, Empaca, Dominican Republic, (En Espanol / In Spanish) June 16, 2004
June 14, 2004, Herald Tribune.com- Parrot Heads by the hundreds live to be Buffetted
Part II
June 12, 2004 The News-Press- Local & State - "Lee bounces into Reef Ball project with sinking off Sanibel"
June 12th, 2004, baltimoresun.com - Manufacturer of ocean reefs offers a grave in eternal sea
TC Palm June 11, 2004, The Day In Pictures,
June 11, 2004, STUFF - TRAVEL - IN NEW ZEALAND - STORY - New Zealand's leading news and information website,
Miningindo.com - News Sectio,,Tuesday, June 08, 2004, PTNNT conserves coral reefs with 2000 reef ball
PTNNT Article Scan (Jpeg) June 4, 2004
First Article, June 1, 2004, PTTNT (Jpeg)
May 28, 2004 Malaysia Today "Reef balls bring back marine life to our waters, says minister "
May 27th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "St. Lucie dropping artificial reef balls off Bear Point"
Annandale High School, Virginia Freshman Biology Class Reef Ball Project May 27, 2004
May 27, 2004, Artificial reef project hopes to forge a habitat in Indian River Lagoon- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The Sportsman's Guide May 26, 2004 The Outdoor News Hound -- Dearly Departed Create Fish Habitat
May 19th, 2004, mandurah.yourguide, "Reef balls an Australian first"
May 12th 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida
May 12th, 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida
May 8th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "Artificial reef work to begin soon
Strict enforcement needed to stop turtle-slaughter (Harga Daging Dan Ikan Tidak Dikawal) May 8th New Sabah Times
May 2, 2004. TCPalm- Local News, "Martin County's 'green' schools to receive recognition"
The Newsroom, Halifax, Canada, Tuesday, April 27, 2004 "Reef Balls in Harbor Tonic"
April 27, 2004 "Company burying dead in manmade reefs off Fort Lauderdale beach"
April 27, 2004, The Halifax Herald Limited, Reef Balls (Photo and Caption)
April 25th, 2004, Costa Rica Insert Picture
N acion.com - Nacionales April 24, 2004, Costa Rica, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol/ In Spanish)
April 21th, nacion.com - Nacionales, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol)
Barbados Advocate, April 21, 2003, "Barbados Marine Trust implements project to protect South Coast"
Bradenton Herald, April 18, 2004, "Class takes spirit into Gulf water"
TCPalm- Outdoors-fishing, April 18, 2004, Jim Hardee, "The Reef Balls are Coming"
April 9, 2004 Sea burial: Ashes to ashes, dust to reef, Houston Chronicle
Harlee Middle School, Sarasota, FL Wins Environmental Excellence Award from the Nature Conservancy and Busch Gardens for Reef Ball Project!, March 30, 2004
March 30, 2004 "18 laid to rest within 'reef balls' off Lido Key" Sarasota, FL
March 23, 2003 PADI Project in Holland (in German)
March 21, 2004 Harlee Middle School Project
Reef Fishes of the Red Sea -March 19 2004, Oman (Great coral growth reef shots)
Ask Captain Paul, March 2004, Louisiana Sportsman Magazin, "Where are the Reef Balls in Lake Ponchartrain?
March 19, 2004 TCPalm- Students form homes for fish
March 19, 2004 Tampa Bay's 10 Tampa Bay Watch's Reef Ball Project at MacDill Air Force Base
"Building Esteem" Sarasota Herald March 18, 2004
Tampa Tribune, FL - Mar 13, 2004
... HELPING HANDS: Also on Saturday, the Coastal Conservation Association and local neighborhood associations join to install more oyster Reef Balls reefs at Ballast Point
March 10, 2004, Launching of Pahang Royal Reef
The New Bern Sun Journal, "Eternal Reefs offers aquatic resting place"
March 08,2004
Feb 29, 2004 "Quilting Helps Save Marine Life" The Star Online- Lifestyle
KRT Wire Feb-20-2004 Budget Cuts Force North Carolina Officials Seek New Ways to Ease Beach Erosion.
Feb. 17, 2004, Anna Maria Island News, "Reefball seeding proceeding in Tampa, Sarasota bays"
Feb 15, 2004 ENN News - Over 7,000 Red Mangroves used in Maiden Island Mangrove Restoration
Stuart News events calendar: Sebastian Sun, FL - 6 Feb 2004
... Good Nature Series: Environmental Studies Center, John Wakeman, "Build A Reef Ball,"
10:15-11:45 am and 12:15-1:45 pm, 2900 Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach
Eternal Reefs Offers a New Resting Place, March 8, 2004
Harlee (Middle School) Offers Many Opportunities
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 1/21/2004

2003
Dec 31st 2003 Dive News - Reef Balls Gaining Popularity Through Unique Applications
Reefball Asia "BRATS at Mabul Build their own reef to commemorate their 10th Anniversary" 12/23/2003
Teens launch new reef balls Dec 13, 2003
Marine biology and conservation are very good fields for young people to venture into as, unlike other fields, they are relatively new. ... (The Star, Malaysia)
ENN News Dec 5, 2003 Maiden Island Restoration
Maiden Island Antigua Total Reef Restoration Project Press Release, December 1, 2003. 2003 Winner in all Project of the Year categories of Reef Ball Foundation. Project included Coral Propagation, Coral Rescue, Mangrove Planting, Live Rock Stabilization, Submerged Breakwater, Fish spawning Pinnacles, Snorkel and Diving trails, Sea Urchin transplanting, 'Layer Cake' Reef Balls, Engineered Anchoring, Local and International volunteers....and MUCH MUCH MORE. This is a must see to believe click.
Lake Pontchartrain reefs completed Thursday November 06, 2003 The Times-Picayune
AP Wire | 11-03-2003 | Cremated remains turned into living monument in artificial reefs
DeeperBlue.net - Reef Ball Foundation Announces Largest Coral Transplant by Francesca Koe (October 10, 2003)
Brudirect.com - News Updates Launching of Pahang Royal Reef Oct. 2, 2003
The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean Reef balls placed in Great Bay, coral transplant soon Oct. 1st, 2003
Reef work aims to reel in fishers [600 Reef Balls to be deployed] (Lake Pontchartain, Louisiana) September 2, 2003
The Star Democrat, MSSA Project September 2, 2003 Maryland (Dorchester group deep into reef building project)
August 22, 2003, Pensacola NewsJournal. "Reefs turn into final resting place"
August 15, 2003 "Dorchester group deep into reef building project"
August 15, 2003 "Planting reefballs at Mataking by the Jaycees"
August 11, 2003 "Up the Creek" Star Democrat "MSSA Project"
Cement Reef Balls to be placed in Lake Pontchartrain August 3, 2003
July 25th "Money earmarked for Treasure Coast water projects"
Charleston.Net- Local News- 8 Reef Ball memorial reefs placed at sea 07-22-03
July 8, 2003 Group authorized to develop reefs (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana )
June 26, 2003, "Delight at Cruise Line's Coral Reef Restoration Plans"
June 26, 2003, The Tribune - Nassau, Bahamas article on Reef Ball Project - Coco Cay (Article Scan)
June 20, 2003, Nachrichten, "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds Bahamas Coral" Reef
June 20, 2003 "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds the Reef"
June 10, 2003 Editorial: Having a ball, Stuart News, FL
Ocean Surface Topography from Space-Education
Pier Party-North Carolina Sportsman
June 7, 2003, Kids rule at making reef balls Stuart News, FL
Candus Thomson - - On the Outdoors Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 1, 2003
Helping Mother Nature South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - May 26, 2003
Stuart News, FL - May 21, 2003 "Camps will compete to build best reef balls"
Atlanta Group Programs - Sierra Club (Planned June 2003 Meetings)
May 2003 "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"-Oman Update
May 16, 2003 "Florida finds innovative ways to meet the demand for new artificial reefs."
Bradenton Herald | 05-14-2003 | Lending fish a helping hand
May 13, 2003 "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs" By Andy Hahn
NOAA Ocean Explorer Reef ball at Sebastian's Reef 600-800 feet deep! May 2, 2003
New Jersey Artificial Reefs, Web of Life Graphic With Reef Balls May 2003 (and more from NJScuba.com)
Environmental Protection Agency's April 2003 - Issue 13.2 > Sarasota Bay NEP Restores Reef Habitat
Fisherman's remains join's Bay's reef April 30, 2003
Grayson Rogers' legacy lives on - Eastern Shore News - delmarvanow.com April 30, 2003
AccessNorthGa.com - Your Online Local Newspaper April 30, 2003
Tampa Bay Estuary Program - Give A Day For The Bay - Bayshore Boulevard Reef Installation
ARTIFICIAL REEFS in Thai Diver Magazine, 3/11/2003
The New Bern Sun Journal
MSSA "Tidelines" March/April 2003 "Reef Ball Project"
"A reef is born" Friday, March 21, 2003
Underwater Rebuilding, Tampa Tribune, March 16, 2003
Bayshore Made Beautiful Project of Tampa Bay Watch March 15, 2003
MSSA "Tidelines" Jan/Feb 2003 "Reef Ball Project"
Feb 13, 2003 HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish
Star Telegram | 02-09-2003 | UNDER The Sea
Articles/MEXICOBEACHSTAR22003.txt
Feb 7, 2003 Reef sites become an integral part of our offshore ecosystem - - delmarvanow.com
HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish Feb 2003
Ocean lovers' burials at sea yield environmental benefits Jan 16, 2003
January 16, 2003 Minahasa Reef Ball Project (PT Newmont)
Reef Ball Asia, Malaysia, Port Dickson Rotary Club Reef Ball Deployment Jan. 2003
Sandefjord DykkerKlubb, Jan. 28 2003, Reef Balls
Articles/MSSA Reef Ball Youth Involvement.pdf Jan 2003
Leven Scuba Club Newsletter, Jan 2003
Naples News, January 8, 2003 "State approves Bonita's plan to replace sea wall near Old 41 bridge"
January 8, 2003, "Oyster Reef Ball Workshop", Burtonsville Elementary School, Burtonsville, MD. (4-6 pm) by Bill Huppert of the Maryland Saltwater Fisherman's Association
Gulf Construction - Online Edition - Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group (Reef Balls in Bahrain) January 2003

2002
December 30, 2002, Ventura County Star National, "Departed can become home for fish"
Reef Balls St. Marteen
marine environment - footprint in the sand Malaysian Reef Balls in Pulau Dayang, off the coast of Johor in Malaysia.
Dec 21, 2002 , New Zealand, Invitation to Reef Ball Deployment, OPAPE MARAE, Beach Road Opape
Dec 2002, The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reefball Project
Dec 15, 2002, New Bern Sun Journal (North Carolina) "(Long Bay) Artificial reef association receives grant"
Dec 13th, Press Release from Eternal Reefs, "Eternal Reefs To Appear on Discovery Channel"
St. Petersburg Times, "Base seeks artificial reef to curb erosion", Dec 6, 2002
Dec 8, 2003 The Brownsville Herald (Texas) Coastal waters soon to offer final resting place
The Daily Herald News, St. Marteen, "Nature Foundation starts project for artificial reef" Dec 1, 2002
The (Barbados) Advocate, Local organization proposes solution to reef problems Wed Nov 27 2002
Eastern Shore News, Nov 27, 2002, "Eastern Shore Personalities - Continuing a love of fishing Remains of popular angler Grayson Rogers will be used in unique bayside artificial reef"
The Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 22, 2002 Man who loved bay memorialized in reef ball
Fulfilling a Wish, Nov. 22, 2002
Nov. 11, 2002. "NJ Environmental Dept using prison labor on fisheries project"
UMCES Helps State to Fill Memorial Stadium with "Marylanders" Once More
November 2002, Barbados Marine Trust "Reef Ball Molds Have Arrived"
November, 2002, At The School, by Brianna Frederick, Photo by Steve Ruark "Perry Hall Pupils on the ball to help bay oysters"
October 21, 2002, Waterfront news "Memorials to be placed off Ft. Lauderdale" PDF Format , Page 1, Page 2
Oct. 10, 2002, "World's best responsible-ecotourism holidays Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa", Responsible Travel
October 10, 2002, Sportfishing Magazine, "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs"
October 7, 2002, Künstliches Riff soll toten Uferstreifen beleben (In German and PDF Format)
The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reef ball Project Oct 2, 2002, Malaysia
Broward County News, "New Burial Options combines human remains with Reef Balls" Oct. 2002
October, 7 2002, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)
October 7, 2002, THUNERSEE-RIFF: ERFOLGREICHE WASSERUNG, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)
October 7, 2002, Der Bund, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee (In German and PDF Format)
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Summer/Fall 2002
October 6, The Star Democrat, Outdoor Datebook
October 4, 2002, The Star Democrat, "Up The Creek"
"A day in pictures" Oct. 3rd 2002, Sunspot
ZEITUNG IM ESPACE MITTELLAND / MITTWOCH, 2. OKTOBER 2002, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee" PDF Format (In German)
"Coral blossoms with the secret of eternal life" By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor, September 29 2002
Sept 26, 2002, Pelican Press, Lifestyle Section Page 11A "Praise for County Reefs"
St. Augustine High School Pictorial
Sept. 20 2002, The Gulf News (the voice of Bahrain), "Artificial reef balls new home for fish" By DALAL AL ALAWI
Marco Island Sun Times, Sept. 19, 2002, "Reef Balls Deployed, A Memorial Made"
September 1, 2002 Oyster Days Flyer (Maryland Environmental Service, PDF Format)
Charlotte Harbor Reef Association, Summer/ Fall 2002
Frost77, "Why are Reef Balls better than other artificial reefs?"
September 2002, Dive Training Magazine, Pg.91-94 "Guppy Gulch, Pennsylvania" Reef Ball Photo
SI News - Marine ecology meets webcam for postgraduate media study, "Reef Ball Wave Attenuation Study"
Sept. 18, 2002, South Africa Star, "Concrete Solution to Lost Coral Reefs" (jpg)
Sept 2002, Environmental Programme at Asta Beach Resort, Barbados
September 2002, PADI Project Aware Italy, Progresso Update, Lake Como (In Italian)
BREEF ongoing projects, Bahamas Environmental Foundation
A Watered-Down Memorial Stadium Rubble to Become Oyster-Growing Reef in Bay By Anita Huslin, Washington Post Staff Writer,Monday, September 16, 2002; Page B01, The Washington Post.
Key West Marine Park, Reef Relief, Snorkeling Trail with Reef Balls 2002
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds (Eternal Reefs), Wired Magazine, Sept. 2002
Shell in the Middle East, "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"l
The Macon Telegraph | 08-05-2002 | Decatur business using cremated remains to repair, create coral reefs
August 2002, "Kabbelaarsrif"
"Footprints #3, Snorkeling Trail at Playa Portomari"
Mandarin High School Page
September 2002, PT Newmont "Minahasa Marine Habitat Enhancement Program" report
September 2002, Atlanta Reef Dwellers Newsletter, Reef Ball Foundation & Eternal Reefs Articles PDF Format
PADI Project Aware in Italy (Italian)
PADI Project Aware in Italy (Spanish)
August 2002 Sea Explorer Project, St. Augustine, Florida monitoring photos
August 21, 2002, The Minahasa Marine Habitat Enhancement Program (A Reef Ball Project by P.T. Newmount in Indonesia) is showcased in in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
August 17th, 2002, Diario Yucatan, "Playas Recuperadas Mediante ese sistema; Ha despertado mucho interes el proyecto construir un arrecife artificial en Progreso" (En Espanol)
August 17th, 2002, Diario Yucatan, "Combate a la erosion e 'encubadora' pesquera; Tres arrecifes artificiales, con diferente objetive, se colocaran de manera experimental en la costa" (En Espanol)
August 7th, 2002, Marco Island Eagle, Ashes interred on reef in Gulf off of Marco Island
August 7th 2002, Naples Daily News, "Family members bid farewell to loved ones at artificial reef"
Environmental News Service, August 2,2002, "Eternal Reef Offers Alternative to Cremation Urn "
CDNN Scuba News - "Female Diver Becomes Artificial Reef", July 25, 2002
July 24 2002, Naples Daily News, Angler's Outlook: Weather, bait lure more, bigger catches
Marco Island Eagle, July 24, 2002, Volunteers sought to help with growth of artificial reef
July 2002, Southern Boating, "Life Support for Ailing Reefs" by Jan Gerner
Articles/southernboatinglifesupportforailingreefsjuly2002.htm
July 7, 2002, Campeche State Project, Yucatan, Mexico (En Espanol)
July 2, 2002 Letter to Reef Ball Foundation by The University of Georgia President.
South Jersey Reefs Receive Reef Ball Habitats, from Jersey Coast Anglers Association July 2002 Newsletter
June 23, 2002, National Geographic ," Sea Stories: Save The Wave"
Produced and Written by ERIC STANGE
June 2002, Florida Scuba News, "Environmental News: Bay County Reef Report"
2002 Issue of Prism Magazine
Wrightsville Beach, NC King Mackerel Tournament and Artificial Reef Project
June 12, 2002 SOUTH JERSEY REEFS RECEIVE REEF BALL HABITATS, Press Release from New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
June 7, 2002, Reef Ball Asia Pulau Dayang in the state of Johore, Peninsular Malaysia and Planet Scuba Project.
New Zealand Cement & Limestone, Case Study, Reef Balls.
Unofficial Long Beach Pier Page, "The Pier with Balls"
May 10th, 2002, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: Programs and Projects - ...Artificial Reef Project by Vincent Malkoski
April 8, 2002 UGA Magazine Reef Balls
April 2, 2002, ÖKO-BEGRÄBNIS,"Tote ruhen im Riff", Eine US-Firma bietet eine extravagante Variante der Seebestattung an: Aus Beton und Leichenasche werden Kugeln geformt, die als Wohnung für Korallen dienen.
April 2002, Demand for 'Eternally Environmental' Options on the Rise, By George Frankel CEO, Eternal Reefs, Inc.
Tide Magazine, the official bimonthly magazine of the Coastal Conservation Association, "Concrete Condos, May 2002
The Sportfishing Report, by Tony Beers, "The Making of A Reef"
A North American Practitioners Workshop for Marine Reef Research and Monitoring by Volunteer divers, 20 and 22nd of June, Sidney, British Columbia (PDF Format)
Fortune Magazine, Monday, May 13, 2002 by Susan Q. Stranahan May 2002, "Sleeping with the fishes"
Barbados Marine Trust Project, May 2002
Growth and Survivorship of Stony Coral Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment: A Work in Progress. (May 2002) E.A. Glynn, T.P. Quinn, D.P. Fahy, R.E. Dodge, D.S. Gilliam, and R.E. Spieler National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Repairing coral reef systems with eco-friendly concrete balls submitted by: Institute for Social Inventions
Hypothesis-based Restoration Study For Mitigation of a Damaged SE Florida Coral Reef A Work in Progress (May 2002), T.P. Quinn¹, E.A. Glynn¹, R.E. Dodge¹, K. Banks², L. Fisher², R.E. Spieler¹National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Hammerheads Dive Club, May 22, 2002, "Reef Balls have been deployed...", "Army of Corps of Engineers team up with Hammerheads for an Oyster Restoration Project using Reef Balls!"
Popular Science, May, 2002, Pg. 35, "Leave Your Bones With Davy Jones, You pay, you die, and they'll do the rest"
Experimental Oculina Marine Reserve
RMC Group, "Environmental Products Design"
Islander, April 24, 2002, "Oyster Bars Coming to a Seawall Near You"
UGA Columns, April 8, 2002, "Life's a ~~Beach~~ Reef"
FreeVibes, April, 2002, "Earth Day 2002: Let's Clean Up Our Act"
Sunspot.net, April 19, 2002, Memorial Stadium & Reef Balls
The Star (Malaysia), April 11, 2002, Sec 2, Page 2, "Heavenly niche burials"
April 2002, Plantages Portomari, "Volunteers with a Passion", Interview with Marjo van den Bulck and Maryke Kolenousky.
Lexington Herald Tue, Apr. 02, 2002, "Alternative burial sites are gaining ground"
Fishbelly, March 30, 2002, "Reef Ball Progress"
Delaware Valley Divers Newsletter, March 2002 "Artificial Reef Presentation at Feb. Meeting" (PDF Format)
Progetto Reef Balls, Lake Como (Italian), March 2002
Islands Alive, Journal of students at the Island School, Bahamas, The Art of Rolling Reef Balls By Bailey Clear
Martin County Florida Community Information, March 26, 2002, "Joint Application for Environmental Resource Permit Artificial Reef Habitat Adjacent to the Dock at Indian Riverside Park"
St. Petersburg Times, March 29, 2002, "Step right up to the Oyster Bar"
Sarasota Herald Tribune, March 23, 2002, "Retirees here have great impact, even when they're leaving for good". (Cover B Section)
Ashes to ashes, but forget the dust March 21, 2002
The Salt Lake Tribune, March 21, 2002 -- For Burial at Sea You Need Not Be a Sailor
Cover Story Eternal Reefs, Washington Post March 20, 2002
and Page 2 Story, My Green Heaven
Delaware Divers Newsletter, March 2002, "Artificial Reef Presentation"
Jan, 2002, Neubausiedlung am Meeresgrund New living-space under the sea (German & English)
Emagazine.com Jan/Feb 2002, IN BRIEF Green Burial at Sea?
By Jason G. Daley
Lamash Artificial Reef Project
Spotlight on Virginia Beach
Mundosurf.com (Portuguese)
January 2002, Experimental Oculina Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Jan. 2002 Deep Water Oculina Project
DIE ZEIT "The Time"- Neubausiedlung am Meeresgrund 12/02 (German and English)
January 2002 Newsletter: Maryland Environmental Service Oyster Project
-Page 1 (PDF Format) -Page 2 (PDF Format)
Marco Island Eagle (January 23, 2002)
Marco Island Eagle (January 16, 2002)
redjellyfish.com (Feburary 2002)
Florida Gulf Coast University, Marine Ecosystems Subject Guide
Collier County Naples
Tauchsportservice Potsdam - Ein Projekt zum Bau künstlicher Korallenriffe im Oman (In German) Date of translation Unknown

2001
Gerco Online, 2001, Projeto Recifes Artificiais Marinhos Do Espirito Santo (Portuguse)
Artificial Reef Research Project in Long Bay New Zealand, 2001.
Scharendijke, 2001 (Dutch)
Sport Fish Magazine, King of the Capes, Longbay N.C. Reef Balls
Christopher Kri U (2001) Colonisation and growth of marine animals on artificial reefs at Batu Penyu, Talang-Satang National Park, Malaysia. Hornbill 5:nn-nn
HENK VAN NOORT ERE LID, "Kunstriffen maken het Grevelingenmeer mooier"
November 18, 2001 Taucher_Net - Reef Balls in der Ostsee (In German)
11/16/2001 Tauchen Sie ein- Tauchen mit TauchSport in Ägypten, tauchen auf den Malediven und der Karibik
Het kroost van de zeedonderpad duiken de snotolf, "De Reefballs veranderen"
The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Volume 6, The Seas, page 111, "Artificial Reefs"
Project PADI Aware, Italy, Pre-deployment Report for Progresso, Lake Como (In Italian & translated English)
Otto Progett, e il Comune si fa verda (In Italian)
Florida Concrete, November 2001, "Concrete Preserves the Environment by Air, Land and Sea
Kiplinger's Retirement Report - Smoothing the Road for Retiree Rollovers - October 2001
Project Reef ball (Dutch?)
Sept. 23, 2001 Eternal Reefs: Not Quite Reefs, Not Quite Eternal, But Maybe As Close As Any Of Us Will Come To Either In This…Lifetime?
Waitomo's Naiper New Zealand Photos
Aug/Sept 2001 Hammerhead Scrapbook
Palmicus News, (In French & Translated English) "Projet Récif artificiel Villeneuve- VD REEF BALL" Sept 1, 2001
Canadian Residents Abroad Magazine, Fall, 2001, Farming Coral Striving to Revive the “Underwater Rainforest, PDF Format (Jpeg)
Förde Taucher (In German & Translated to English) "Das sind wir - die ..." Sept. 2001
Jacksonville.com - First Coast Community- Reef balls restore marine life 08-22-01
Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 22, 2001, "Idea floated for memorial at sea, Atlanta firm proposes creating a man-made reef that would honor victims of terrorist attack"
Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 22, 2001, "Idea floated for memorial at sea, Atlanta firm proposes creating a man-made reef that would honor victims of terrorist attack" with pictures
The Oak Ridge, October 4, 2001, "Cremated remains become part of memorial reef created off Charleston"
Kiplinger's Retirement Report -Estate Planning Off the Beaten Path, October, 2001
Pasco County River Ridge Middle-High School Early Days of Reef Balls
August 25, 2001 MBARA Kingfish Tournament, "Coastal Reef Builders, Inc. Please Support your Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association!"
Aug 22, 2001 / jacksonville.com: "Reef balls restore marine life"
Scuba Diving with Melissa Rodriguez , 7/12/01, "Redefine your limits, an interview with world champion free diver Tanya Streeter"
July Environmental Magazine, "Specially engineered 'reef balls'"
Mandarin High School Project Description
The Herald, June 20, 2001, "Helping Marine Life"
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS, June 2001 Update
June 16, 2001 / Kieler Nachrichten (German): "Neue Riffs sollen mehr Fische locken"
June 16, 2001 / Kieler Nachrichten, (English) "Yesterday, the company "MariLim - Technik & Service" from Kiel has built its first artificial reef with Reef Balls at the former swimming baths in Holtenau"
Starbanner.com "Under the Sea I'd Like to be", June 15, 2001
AUT Navigator - The quarterly newsletter of the Auckland University of Technology June 2001
Florida Scuba News, Vol. 18, No 6, June 2001, "Reef Ball Program Readies for Expansion"
June 9, 2001 / Bass N Edge: "Lake Okeechobee gets blessed with Reef Balls"
Manatee Herald-Tribune, Monday, June 4, 2001, "Going out with a Splash"
Kunstrif herstelt orkaanschade (PortMari Project, in Dutch)
"Ashes of dearly departed fine purpose in reefs" May 30 2001
May 29, 2001 / Orlando Sentinel: "Ashes of dearly departed find purpose in reef"
May 4, 2001 / Ancestry, Life, Legacy: "WZ-ard Realm Is Chosen Site Of The Day"
Spheres of Influences! May 2001 (Reef Ball Project in New Zealand) (Project Kaimoana)
Associated Press, "Wave of Future Habitats, Reef Balls..."
May 4 & 5th Cape Eleuthera Island School Science Research Presentations
Aviles, 11, March 2001, "Un "oasis" en la mar y frente a Penas" (A oasis in the sea and home for fish)
"Sarawak's Reef Relief", Article courtesy of The Sarawak Tribune
Maritime Institute of Malaysia, "Role of Artificial Reef In Conservation" Feb 26, 2001
St. Pete Times, Feb 12, 2001, "Manmade Oyster reefs help filter bay"
Feb 12, 2001 / PADI Today: "Project AWARE Reef Ball Contest"
Feb 11, 2001, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, "Patent Place, Reef Ball Patent No US5836265"
St. Petersburg Times, South Pinellas, Environmental group plants oyster reefs that filter bay by JON WILSON Feb 11, 2001
NOVA Southwestern Reef Restoration Project of USS Memphis Grounding, Jan 2001
Jan 4, 2001 / Cherokee Life: "Woodstock office helps save world's coral reefs" (PDF file - Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view)
Jan 2001 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reefball Update: For Ecology Minded Mortals, New "Memorial Reefs" Are An Environmentally Nurturing Final Resting Place"
Footprints, Jan 2001, "Reefballs, A first for Curaçao"

2000
REEF RELIEF,Turks and Cacios Island Magazine Feature Story By: Marsha Pardee Woodring,Updated Story with additional Photos
REEF RELIEF,Story By: Marsha Pardee Woodring, Issue: Winter 2000/2001
The Funeral Directory - Octopus Garden
Dec 8, 2000 / ABCNews.com: "Replacing Reefs"
Dec 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reefball Update: Why Marine Reserves?"
Dec 6, 2000 / New Brunswick News: "Sea will get a hand from inland pupils"
Dec 1 & 2, 2000 / Cape Eleuthera Island School: "Science Research Presentations"
Sea World 2000 Environmental Project of the Year Award, Kirbo Memorial Reef Project
United Nations Development Program, Slackchwe Habitat Enhancement Project
November, 2000; Recycling News, Rubber Rock Gets Fishy Treatment
Island News, Winter '00, "Artificial Reef Project Update"
Dec 2000 / National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI): "Hypothesis-based restoration study for mitigation of a S.E. Florida U.S.A. coral reef damaged by the grounding of a nuclear submarine"
Nov 30, 2000 / Mandarin High School (letter)
Nov 18, 2000 / The Herald: "Scientists hope 'reef balls' repair damage done by sub"
Florida Scuba News (www.scubanews.com): "Turning your dearly departed into a Living Reef"
Nov 26, 2000 / Tallahassee Democrat: "Reef balls to restore 'ocean's rainforest'
Nov 19, 2000 / New Brunswick News: "Sea will get a hand from inland pupils"
Nov 18, 2000 / Sun Sentinel: "Nova University's Oceanographic Center aims to create nests for baby coral"
Nov 18, 2000 / Miami Herald: "Scientists hope 'reef balls' repair damage done by submarine"
Nov 8, 2000 / The Florida Times-Union: "Having a ball for the sea"
Nov 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
Sept. 28, 2000, Pelican Press "A reef at your dock?"
Oct 26, 2000 / Mandarin News & St. Johns Pilot: "MHS students making more reef balls"
Monroe County School System, "Artificial Reef Habitat", "Wolfe Reef"
Reef Ball Recipe, Monroe County K-12 School System
Coral Reef Sailing Adventure
Oct 2000 / Marilim - aquatic research: "What are Reef Balls?"
Oct 4, 2000 / The Islander: "Anna Maria considers artificial reef under city pier"
Oct 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
Sept 28, 2000 / Pelican Press - Lifestyles: "A Reef Under Your Dock?"
Sept 20, 2000 / Maldives: "Sindbad Artificial Reefs"
Sept 12, 2000 / The Virginian-Pilot: "Man-made Marine Habitat"
Sept 12, 2000 / The Coastland Times: "Environmental Thinking"
Sept 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "New technology allows coral revitalization without damage to existing reefs"
Sept 2000, Senior Something presents burial alternatives
Autumn 2000 / NZ Professional Skipper: "Reefballs - instant reef, just add water and fish"
August 30, 2000 / Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: "TTMB Reef Enhancement Project Proposal"
Sept, 2000 / PADI Today: "First ever artificial reef is 'sunk' in Europe by Project A.W.A.R.E.-Updated Version with Photos"
Aug 19, 2000 / PADI Today: "First ever artificial reef is 'sunk' in Europe by Project A.W.A.R.E."
Aug 19, 2000 / WorldwideAngler.com: "Wal-Mart FLW Tour, FishAmerica Announce Conservation Partnership
Aug 8, 2000, Coral Shores High School Project, Monroe County, Florida.
Aug 7, 2000 / Pago Pago: "American Samoa Coral Mining Workshop"
North Vilano Beach,Florida, "Reef Ball For Temporary Erosion Control Pictures"
Aug 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
Coral reef research yields good results - Oman Observer, July 27, 2000
July 19, 2000 / South Tampa News: "'Reef Balls' dock in South Tampa"
July 12, 2000 / Florida Times-Union, jacksonville.com: "Sea life thrives in new reefs"
July 8, 2000 / Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel: "Scientists look for key to rebuilding coral reef"
The Urn Store.com: "The Eternal Reefs Story"
July 2000 / Tampa Baywatch: "Seawall Enhancement Features in Residential Canals - Tampa Bay, Florida"
July 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
Summer 2000 / The Island School, Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas: "Artificial Reef Research, Reef Balls"
June 6th, 2000 / Jacksonville Times Union: "New Digs for Sea Creatures, (Charles H. Kirbo Memorial Reef)"
June 5, 2000 / Florida Today: "High School Class Builds Reef"
World Wide Angler, June 1, 2000, "FL: Charles H. Kirbo Memorial Reef",
Summer 2000, Charlotte Harbor NEP Reef Ball Program (PDF Format)
June 2000 / Sea Stats: "Artificial Reefs"
Jacksonville Business Journal, June 2000, "Sea-ing is Believing" ,
June 2000 / (in Dutch): "Kunstrif herstelt orkaanschade"
June 2000 / Boating New Zealand: "Big Balls in Napier"
June 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Models!"
2000 Annual Edition / NJ Reef News: "Designed Habitats on the Reefs", "How the Reef Habitat Works", "Adopt-A-Reef Habitat"
May - June 2000 / Scientrific: "Playing Reef Ball"
May 2000-Sarasota Herald Tribune: "You can fool Mother Nature"
Naples Daily News, "High school students diving into this Florida Keys subject", Wednesday, May 31, 2000
May 31, 2000 / School Board of Sarasota County: "Classroom on Wheels"
May 13, 2000, St Augustine Record, "What in the world is that?
It’s a reef ball, but, of course"
Summer 2000 / Florida Sea Base: "Scuba Adventure 2000"
May 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
May 2000 / Island Ecosystems: "Environmental studies opportunity in the Caribbean"
April 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"
April 8, 2000,Times Union Riverbend "The New Zealand Reef Ball Experience: Fate-Beyond Serendipity"
Spring 2000 / Earth Island Institute, Earth Island Journal - Positive Notes: "Reef Balls revitalize"
March 2000, SMMA News, "Snorkeling Trails and Reef Balls"
2 - The Havelock North Village Press,Thursday March 23, 2000
Mar 23, 2000 / The Haveland North Village Press (New Zealand): "Reefballs, a positive payback"
Southwest Florida Fishing News, March. 2000, "Eternal Reefs"
Feb 24, 2000 / Environmental News Network: "Reef Balls - Rebuilding the ocean's rain forests"
Feb 4, 2000 / The Coral Reef Alliance: "Dive In To Earth Day 2000!"
FLORIDA TODAY Explore the Space Coast, "Reef Balls to form Lake Okeechobee reefs" Feb 4, 2000
Tribune, "What are Reef Balls"
Environmental News Networks, Feb 24, 2000, Chat Transcript with Todd Barber
Feb 2000 / EPA Report: "Punta Gorda Waterfront Juvenile Fisheries Habitat Project"
Southwest Florida Fishing News, Feb. 2000, "On Your Next Vacation Help Save a Reef"
Coastlines Feb 2000, "Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program....Reef Ball Under Docks"
Sarawak Reef Ball Project Pictures
San Pedro Sun, Feb 2000, Reef Brief - by Ann Hayden - Reef Balls - Repairing the Coral Reef Ecosystem
Dominica Artificial Reefs
The Beaufort Gazette, Jan. 28 2000, " Reef-balls plan needs review permits to continue,"
Carolina Morning News, Low Country, Jan. 21, 2000, "Reef balls could bring more life to May River"
Salter's Point Reef "Creating A Home for Marine Life"
New Jersey Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jan 11, 2000, "Division Deploys 700 Reef Balls,
Jan 2000 Sport Diver Magazine: "Help rebuild reef on Earth Day dive trip"
Southwest Florida Fishing News, January 2000, "Reef Ball Monitoring Dives"
New Jersey DNR "Reef news, 1999 Excerpts"

1999
Dec 17, 1999 / About.com - Scuba Diving: "What are artificial reefs and why do we need them?"
Dec 9, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "Teamwork plays on the Reef Ball Project"
Southwest Florida Fishing News, Dec. 1999, "What are Reef Balls"
Dec 1999 The Star, Charting migration path of marine turtles; Wong :Research will be successful (Kuching, Malaysia)
SPARS in the Media-Nov. 20, 1999
St. Johns River Paper, Oct. 28, 1999, PG 14 Sec 2, "MHS students work to build reef", by Jennifer Knoechel
Oct 27, 1999 / Shorelines (www.jacksonville.com): "Making concrete fish bait"
Oct 25, 1999 / The Jacksonville Business Journal: "Developer helps environment"
Fall 1999 / Underwater Magazine: "Reef Balls helping to save natural reefs"
Al-Fehal, Aug 1999, "Welcome to the Ball"
-Page 2
Compressed Air Magazine: "Underwater World of High Adventure by Derick Schermerhorn (Boy Scouts of America)
July 30, 1999 / Sarasota Bay: "4-H Club Does It's Part for Marine Life"
July 8, 1999 / Pelican Press: "Rednecks help make fishing better"
June 30, 1999 / Newsweek.com: "Rest in Reefs"
Periscope: Rest in Reefs
Carrabelle Times, June 6, 1999, "Reef Balls Best for the Bay"
Aquarium Frontiers Media Review: "Catching up on periodicals" June 1999
June 27, 1999 / The Inquirer (philly.com): "Prison work rehabilitates from the ocean floor on up"
June 27, 1999 / Philadelphia Inquirer: "NJ Environmental Department using prison labor on fisheries project"
June 19, 1999 / Wired News: "Deep-Sixing Your Ashes"
May 13, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "105 down and (maybe) 9,395 to go"
San Pedro Sun - Reef Brief: "Reef Balls - Repairing the Coral Reef Ecosystem (Reef Briefs, Green Reef, Ambergris Caye, Belize)
Marine Wildlife Research, Reef Ball Turtle Project, Sarawak, Malaysia
April 29, 1999 / Waterline: "What's Up with the Reef Balls?"
April 22, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "What's up with the Reef Balls?"
News Letter No. 31. S&T Popularization Department,, April 1999, "Cooling It"
Mar 21, 1999 / St. Petersburg Times Online: "Artificial reefs need not be big to make impact"
Sarasota Herald, "4-H Club does it's part for the bay marine life"
-Page 2
Pacific Daily News, March 3, 1999, "CMNI to use concrete balls to expand reefs"
Provo Divers, "Smith's Reef, Great Snorkeling & Reef Ball Snorkel Trail"
Mar 1999 / Engineers Australia Online: "Miner launches community help
scheme in Sulawesi"
A new technology for the artificial reef construction besides Atlantic, Cynthia Warzecha, 1999-Article in French (Version Française)
A new technology for the artificial reef construction besides Atlantic, Cynthia Warzecha, 1999-English
Reef Lines, Spring 1999, "Green Turtle Cay"
Feb 26, 1999 / U.S. Department of the Interior: "OIA Makes Technical Assistance Grant To Help Preserve the CNMI's Coral Reefs"
Tribune, Feb 21, 1999, "Volunteers find way to give back to the sea"
Herald Tribune, Feb 21, 1999, "Volunteers Create Reef Balls for Fish"
Jan 16, 1999 / CORAL Press Release: "An open letter to the dive industry"
1999 / NJ Reef News - Annual Edition: "Reef Balls, a new direction for the Reef Program
American Oceans Campaign, Jan 16, 1999 Press Release
Superinteressante, Jan. 1999 "Condominio Para Os Peixes" (Condominums for fish) in Portuguese with many color photos. -Page 2 -Page 3 -Page 4 -Page 5 -Page 6

1998
EN411 Student Project, "Reef Balls"
Reef Ball Hong Kong Project
Nov 1998 / Scientific American Presents: "Exploring the Ocean Planet - Links
Environmental Quality: Individual: Colonel Frank Intini-1998
Oct 14, 1998 / Flagpole: "An Antidote to Reefer Madness"
Fly Rod & Reel, Sept/Oct 1998, "Artificial Reefs"
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Sept 1998 / The Concrete Producer: "Help for the homeless sea creatures"
Sept 1998 / Wired 6.09 - Electric Word: "Reefer Madness"
Pelican Press, Sept. 24, 1998, "Reef Balls will enhance fishing at downtown pier"
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sept. 6, 1998, "R for Reef Balls"
AP Wire Release-"Citrus County plans concrete reef in Gulf"
Scientific American, August, 1998, Exploring the Ocean Planet
Citrus County Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1998, "Reef Ball Project Becomes 'nightmare'"
Citrus County Chronicle, Fate of Reefballs in DEP's hands
Florida Magazine, Aug. 9, 1998, "These soccer balls aren't for kicking"
1998 Sharing Success Program Descriptions
Pelican Press, July 16, 1998, 12A "Reef Balls sinking ever faster"
The Tampa Tribune, July 12, 1998, "Reef Relief"
San Diego Earth Times, July, 1998, "Reef Balls Coming To An Ocean Near You?"
July 1998 / al-Fahal: "Concrete 'reef ball' project to shed light on coral growth" -Version In Arabic
Sarasota Herald Tribune, June 26, 1998, "Reef To Order"
June 1998, "Unique Project Gives Sea Turtles New Lease Of Life
June 18, 1998 / The Borneo Post / "Reef Ball project to protect turtles"
June 18, 1998, "Reef Balls To the Rescue of Turtles"
June 18, 1998 / Sarawak Tribune: "Sarawak scores Asian First in marine life conservation"
Kadar Pinjaman...
Malaysian Sarawak Reef Ball Stories
June 18, 1998 / Sarawak Tribune: "Drastic Drop In Turtle Landings"
Citrus County Chronicle, June 16, 1998, "DEP pledges help with Reefball site"
June 14, 1998 / SavannahNOW - Savannah Morning News: "DNR hopes deep-water reef draws fish"
Education's Unsung Heros, Kenneth R. Weemhoff, Spanish River Community High School Boca Raton, Florida Fall, 1998
May - June 1998 / Mother Jones: "Reviving the Reefs"
Sarasota Herald Tribune, May 22, 1998, "Reef-er madness"
Pelican Press, May 21, 1998, "Is it a marker or a sign for fish?"
Boca Raton News, May 20, 1998, "New life under the sea" "Spanish River students make habitats for the ocean floor"
Reef Balls, An Introduction (Oman)
RAM Tecnica (Portuguese), Reef Balls in Brazil
Ridding the World of Excess Carbon Dioxide -The Daily Revolution - Tech Talk Tuesday - May 26, 1998 - News for the Third Millennium
Sun Sentinel, May 20, 1998
Boca Raton, Habitats From Humanity, "Spanish River Students Provide Artificial Reef"
Atlantic Coast Watch, 4/98 PDF Format, scroll down to Reef Ball Article, Page 4
April 24, 1998 / The News Herald: "A brief look at what's biting what, and where"
April 23, 1998 / Waterline: "Reef Balls aweigh"
4/13/98, Arabic News, "Qatar to build artificial reef"
Sarasota Herald Tribune, Business Weekly, April 6, 1998, "Turning over a new reef"
Sarasota Herald Tribune, Business Weekly, April 6, 1998, "Reef Encounters"
Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 6, 1998, "Reef balls could add bounce to Manatee firm"
April 5, 1998 / The Herald Tribune: "You can fool Mother Nature"
March 22, 1998 / TCPalm (www.TCPalm.com): "Private artificial reef may be in your fishing future"
March 17, 1998 / Dominican Republic One Daily News: "Building hotels for tropical fish"
Boca Raton News, March 10, 1998, Front Page, "Reef Project Surfaces for TV"
The Cornerstone, A publication of the City of Punta Gorda, Vol II, No. 3, Spring 1998, "Artificial reefs provide underwater refuge"
Feb 1998 / PDO News: "Reefballs: A promising sign for coral reefs"
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 18, 1998, "Partners Seek to Turn the Gulf Into a Set of Private Fishing Holes"
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1998 / AQUA Magazine: "A whole new ballgame"

1997
1997 / Occidental Petroleum Corporation Annual Report: "Qatar"
Sun Sentinel, December 27, 1997, "Under the sea students learning science lessons"
New Jersey Star-Ledger, Dec. 23, 1997, "Something Fishy Here...Concrete condos are the latest sea habitat"
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Palm Beach Post, Dec 20, 1997, "Students build artificial reef to give fish relief"
Suburban Lifestyles, Dec. 18, 1997, "Artificial Reefs Offer Fish Refuse at Local Lake"
Wilmington Morning Star, Dec. 16, 1997, "Reef Balls"
Wilmington Morning Star, Dec. 4, 1997, "Brunswick to get new kind of reefs...About Reef Balls"
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Doha College News, Nov. 19 1997
Times Colonist, Nov. 13, 1997, "Concrete may be haven for reef life"
Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, "Reef Ball Artificial Reefs" (En En Espanol/ In Spanish
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Boca Raton News, Oct. 8, 1997, "Students Working For A New Reef"
Naples Daily News, Sept. 27, 1997 "Reef In the Round"
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Newsday, "Away We Go! Reef Balls Into the Bay" (by Helicopter) Aug. 21, 1997
New York Newsday, Aug 17, 1997, "In South Bay, Have Ball, Build Reef"
The Fisherman, July 23, 1997 "Fisherman's Reef Ball Reef"
Sunday Standard Times, July 6, 1997,"There's no place like reefs, Marine life find a home in Dartmouth"
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News Standard, July 6, 1997, Reef madness: Up to 100 man-made homes for marine life to be deployed off South Dartmouth
July/August 1997 / Scuba Diver: "Reef Balls Down Under"
The Standard Times (Mass.): "Creating a home for marine life" July, 23 1997
Boca Raton News, June 22, 1997, "River students hard work goes out to sea"
Sun Sentinel, June 22, 1997, "Student project sinks to ocean floor, biology class creates artificial reef, home for sea creatures"
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Charlotte Harbor Reef Association Newsletter, Summer, 1997, "What is a Reef Ball"
June 19, 1997 / The News Herald: "New reef balls make big splash"
Peninsula, May 26, 1997, "Reef Balls to protect marine life in Qatar"
May 12th, ARABIC Article (Qatar Scientific Club)
Royal British Columbia Museum, May 8, 1997, "Scientists have first peek at artificial reef newcomers"
Sidney Beachcomber, May 7, 1997, "Sun-Sational"
Peninsula News, May 7, 1997, "Life abounds off Bevan Pier"
The Province, May 4, 1997, "Reef Balls support fish and scientists"
Times Colonist, May 4, 1997, "Discovering new life in the sea"..."after five months, reef life abounds"
-Color Photo
"After 5 months,Reef life abounds", Sidney Times, May 1997
OFMAS Artificial Reef Assessment Dive Team, Broward County , April 24, 1997.
Sidney Beachcomber, March 26, 1997, "Reef Ball project more in depth than visible on surface"
Sarasota Herald, March 7, 1997 Fishing Weather Hot Spots,
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Discovery Magazine: "Having a ball"-March 2, 1997
www.scubaworld.com - Virtual Expeditions: "Sleeping Shark Expedition, Pictures Feb. 19, 1997
ALL At SEA, St. Martin, Jan 22, 1997, "Reef Balls- a scientific approach to building artificial reefs"
-HTML Format
St Martin Release "Reef Balls- a scientific approach to building artificial reefs"
Jan - March 1997 / DMF News (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries): "A Buzzards Bay Reef - by Design"

1996
The News, Dec. 21, 1996, "Coming Out of Its Shell"
Times Colonist, Nov. 13, 1996, "Concrete balls may be have for marine life"
The Oakland Press, Nov. 4, 1996, "Artificial reefs offer fish refuge, room to grow
Oct 22, 1996, The Environment, "Students work to weed out pesky plant life"
Oct 1996, Environment, "Volunteers extend precious life"
October 21, 1996 / The Detroit News: "Businessman gives back to nature"
Oct 21, 1996 / The Detroit News: "Artificial reefs enter uncharted waters: Experiment may spur growth of freshwater habitat"
Sun Sentinel, Oct. 12 1996, "Students create reef balls for fish"
The News, Oct. 9, 1996, "Mangrove Project Good Lesson"
"Students Gather Seedlings for Project, Mangroves integral to Boca Class Reef"
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Oct. 3, 1996, "Reef Balls"
NAUI Driftlines, Oct, 1996, "Reef Ball Project"
Reef Line, FALL '96, "CORALations Kick-off", Page 4
Resource Watch, Summer/Fall 1996, "Innovative artificial reef projects give marine habitat a boost"
Pelican Press, Sept. 26, 1996, Page 11 "Bay Reef Improvements"
Aug/Sept 1996, Volume 1, Number 3 / Carolina Environmental News: "South Carolina busy with reef revival"
Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Divers get the artificial reef ball rolling"
Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Friendship Reef"
Sarasota Herald, July 10, 1996, "Habitat Restoration"
Bradenton Herald, July 10, 1996, "Scientists try to coax fish to reef"
Pensacola News Journal, July 8, 1996, 6D, "Rebuilding underwater reefs"
July 1996, "In July of 1996 Project 98 was born and fund raising began to deploy 400 "Reef Balls"
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 4, 1996, "What's Hot on the Internet"
The Greenville News, Feb. 18, 1996, Outdoors, "Greenville club gets $20,000 grant for reef project"
Feb. 14th, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Letter of support from Henry Ansley RE: monitoring of Reef Balls.
January 10, 1996, House of Representatives, John Linder Letter of Support.
Sarasota Herald Tribune, Jan. 7, 1996, "New Artificial Reef"
Pelican Press, Jan 4, 1996, Page 13, "Placing Reef Balls in the Gulf" "New Fishing Reefs Down"

1995
Winter 1995 / Georgia Business (Terry College of Business University of Georgia: "Environmental Reef Balls"
Gainesville Sun, Nov. 29, 1995, "Students go reef ball tossin'"
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Hernando Times/ St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 22, 1995, "Dropping ball lets marine life score"
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Nov 1995 / Florida Scuba News: "4 to Build Artificial Reef"
DePrimera, Sept/Oct 1995, In Flight Magazine, "Concrete Reefs" (Spanish and English)
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CCES Newsletter, "Barber Brothers"
Hernando Reef Explorers, Nov. 1995, "Listen Up Reefers...forget baseball, let's play Reef Ball"
"On Campus" Florida Institute of Technology Newsletter, FALL 1995 "University Helps Build Unique Artificial Reef", "Reef Balls awaiting deployment"
Sept/Oct '95, Rinker On-Site, "Build the reefs and the fish will come"
Diving Equipment and Marketing Assn. Industry Update, "Reef Ball in the Web" Oct. 20, 1995, Issue 95009
St. Petersburg Times, Oct 12, 1995, "Great Balls of Reef"
The Tampa Tribune, Oct. 13, 1995, "Marine Motel"
The Tampa Tribune, Oct 18, 1995, "Reef Relief"
Port Weekend Offshore Tournament, Sept. 23, 1995 "$10 of Entry Fee donated to Reef Ball Project", "Reef Ball, Put Something Back!!"
Atlanta Reef Dwellers Divers Log, Sept. 1995, "September Speaker Todd Barber of Reef Balls"
State and Federally Funded Artificial Reefs of Florida, 1985-1995
Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club October, 1995, Vol. 3 # 10, "Fishing the Internet II"
August 9, 1995, Dixie County Advocate,
"New Artificial Reef Technology Coming to Dixie"
Dive Training Magazine, August 1995, Pg. 23, "Reef Balls", "Artificial Reefs, Can Science save the world's oceans and create dive sites in the process?"
The Herald, July 21, 1995, "Port Canaveral reef gets addition today"
Dixie County Advocate, "Reef Project, DCHS Students Get Involved with Dixie's Environment."
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Florida Keys Magazine, April 1995 "Reefs Around the Nation Program" pg 22.
Keys Currents, April 1995 "Boy Scout Reef Ball Reef"
AQVA, April, 1995, "Visti Al DEMA Reef Artificiale" (Italian)
2nd Quarter 1995 Dive Log Asia, "Artificial reefs sink in the States"
1st Quarter, 1995 Project A.W.A.R.E. Notebook, "Reef Balls Around the Nation Program"
First Quarter, 1995, South Carolina Weekly, "Fish attractors Tested off S.C. Coast" pg 56.
NAUI Newsletter "Artificial Reef Project Meets All Goals"
A Preliminary Study of Fish Recruitment to "Reef Ball" Artificial Reefs in Shallow and Deep Water, Nova Southwestern, Dr. Richard E. Spieler.
Florida Fish and Wildlife, Artificial Reef Program Newsletter, June, 1995 "Stability of Reef Balls", "Dixie County", "Broward County", "Hollywood Reef"
July 1995,Dive Training, "Artificial Reefs, Can science save the world's oceans and create dive sites in the process?"
Saltwater News, Volume 5 Issue 4, June 1995,
"Reef Ball Deployment: The beginning of a new and environmentally friendly Artificial Reef Program for East Central Florida" -Page 2 -Page 3
Flagpole Magazine Online: "An Antidote to Reefer Madness"
Florida Sport Fishing Association, 27th Annual Offshore Tournament, June 10, 1995, Port Canaveral, Florida, "Get Involved with Reef Balls"
Aug 1995 / Dive Training: "Reef Balls"
NAUI Driftlines, June 1995, "Larry Beggs Award"
NAUI Driftlines, May, 1995, "Artificial Reef Update"
April 29, 1995 Beau Franklin Memorial Dolphin Tournament, "Reef Ball Project off Port Canaveral"
The Orlando Sentinel, April 23, 1995, "Beau Franklin Dolphin event is scheduled for Canaveral"
Dive Travel Magazine, Soundings, April, 1995, "Reef Rehab in the Round"
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Saltwater News, April 1995, Vol 8/Issue 3, "Support the Reef Ball Project"
March 23, 1995, The Defuniak Herald, "County Receives $25,000 Reef grant"
Gainesville Sun, March 12, 1995, "Reef Balls Could Boost Fishing off Dixie County"
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March 10, 1995 Atlantis Submarines, "Reef Balls Performance in Atlantis Submarines Cancun Operation."

1994

Saltwater News, Central Florida Offshore Anglers, "The Reef Ball is in Your Court"
USA Today, Dec 24, 1994 "Underwater habitats do desert like sea bottom...artificial reefs offer fish rooms, ocean view"
Saltwater News, Nov/Dec 1994, "Artificial Reef Project, Reef Balls
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Florida Scuba News, Sept, 1994,
"Boy Scouts Build Artificial Reef at Florida Sea Base"
Fall 1994 South Carolina Natural Resources Newspaper, "Reef Program Participating in National Project"
Hernando News, Oct.. 30, 1994, "Group wants artificial reefs to foster sea life"...Tanks, Reef Balls wanted to boost sea life"
The Sportfisherman, Oct. 1994 "Reef Balls Coming Your Way"
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Charleston News and Courier, "Experimental attractors going to Kiawah Reef"
NAUI Driftlines "Reflecting on 1994"
Environment, October 1994, "Homeless Fish?"
NAUI Driftlines, Oct. 1994 "Artificial Reef Project"
1994-War Reliics place in marine haven (Moray Coast between Findhorn and Burghead).
Saltwater Sportsman, Sept. 1994,
"Artificial Reef Innovations"
Athens Observer, Thur, Sept. 29, 1994 "Reef Ball Poured"
July 1994 / Popular Science: "Instant Reef"
The Palm Beach Post, Sat. July 21, 1994
"Divers Drop Artificial Reef Balls in Intracoastal"
Scuba World No. 66, June 1994 "Reef Ball Mania"
Florida's FishNews May, 1994, "Artificial Reefs-Key to Future?"
May/June 1994 Sport Diver "Reef Balls Artificial Reefs"
Palm Beach Post, Thur. June 30, 1994, Outdoors Notebook,
"Reef help deployed"
Diver Magazine-Reefs are Recreated
March 16, 1994 "Stopping Live Rock Harvesting"
YMCA Buddy Lines, March/April 1994,
"Reef Ball Proven Effective!"
Scuba Times, Feb. 1994 "Reef Balls"
Underwater USA "Atlanta Research Team Creates New Artificial Reef Structure off Fla.
News "Concrete makes homes sweeter for sea creatures" Feb. 21, 1994
2B Boca Raton The News, Wed. Feb 16, 1994
"Having a Ball at Gumbo Limbo"
Palm Beach Post, Floating Reefs Designed to Bring Back Marine Life Feb. 15 1994
1B Boca Raton The News, Mon. Feb 14, 1994
"Gumbo Limbo reef balls offer marine habitats" and related article "Open Wide"
Scuba Times, Feb. 1994, "Reef Balls"
Consultant Plunges Into Artificial Reef Venture
-Sun Sen. Feb 19. 1994
The Miami Herald, Feb, 14, 1994, "New artificial reef idea is bounced around"
January 1994 Reef Research Sparks Design "Breakthrough"
The Fisherman, Jan 12, 1994, "Build a reef fund, let's help ourselves"
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1993

USA Today, "Underwater Habitats dot desert like ocean floor"
Couple hopes invention revives coral reefs Dec. 1999 Atlanta Journal
Florida Scuba News, October 1993, Page 58, News Briefs "Atlanta Creates New Artificial Reefs"
Waterfront News, Sept 1993, "Reef Balls to help fledgling fish populations"
Reef Balls to help fledgling fish populations Sept. 1993
Underwater USA, Oct 1993, "Atlanta Reef Research Team Creates New Artificial Reef Structure off Florida"
Underwater USA, Aug. 1993, "Reef Research Sparks Design Breakthrough"
YMCA Buddy Lines, Oct/Nov. 1993,"Research on Artificial Reef Building Leads to Reef Ball Design Breakthrough"
Reef Balls have County OK, July 1999

Dates Unnown
Leatherback Turtles Seen Landing In Sarawak
Marine Parks of Malaysia - Reefballs at Pulau Paya

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