2007

1. NavQuest.com Partners with Reef Ball Foundation to Reef Ball Marine Maps, August 28,2007
   

2. Reef work makes teen an eco-hero - 08-19-2007 - MiamiHerald.com
   

3. The Brunei Times, 12-Aug-07, Anglers Call For Greater Ban on Fishing, advise using Reef Balls
   

4. The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.Reef ball placement helps oysters, July 3 2007
   

5. 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
   
   

6. June 29, 2007  Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration plan has a concrete base (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com-PilotOnline.com)
   

7. News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES Some finding eternal peace in the sea 5/6/2007
   

8. Amherst Bulletin | Girl Scouts earn 'Silver Award' for efforts
   

9. Marriott exceeds expectations
   

11. Scotchtown Hills gets a little bit greener on Arbor Day April 26, 2007
    

12. The Peninsula On-line- Qatar's leading English Daily, "Qafco completes artificial reef ball installation" 4/15/2007
    

13. March 6, 2007, ecorazzi.com -- celebrities caught green-handed » Rachel McAdams Wants A Green, Eco-Friendly Burial
    
    

14. 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
    
    

15. March 2, 2007, Last circle now finished, BCNG Portals Page
    
    

16. HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Outdoor notebookArtificial reefs hold real promise for bay anglers March 2007
    
    

17. Feb 28, 2007 Cover Story DailyProgress.com | Oysters ON THE HELP SHELL
    
    

18. Feb 28, 2007 Cover Story Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Reef ball project under way
    
    

19. 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
    
    

20. Feb 16, 2007 Reef burial plan raises concern - The Marlborough Express- local, national & world news from Marlborough's daily newspaper
    
    

21. Feb 8, 2007 Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Special Report Reef Balls on the Oculina Banks
    
    

22.   Bradenton Herald | 02-08-2007 | Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs shoots segment in Sarasota County
    
    

23. Feb 6, 2007.Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Interest growing in mangrove restoration project
    
    

24. Environment - newsjournalonline.com Revamp of Chicken Island could make it a model, Feb 4, 2007
    

25. www.newszap.com, "Buying a ton for the Bay" Eastern Shore of Maryland : Feb 02, 2007
    

26. Cayman Net News- Governor supports mangrove project Thursday, January 25, 2007
    

27. The ChronicleHerald.ca, (Clawed) Lobster don’t take to condo life
    January 15, 2007
    

28. MiamiHerald.com | 01-01-2007 | Want to become a reef ball? Put it in will
    
    2006 
    

29. Fish given experimental dome homes Dec 14, 2006
    

30. MiamiHerald.com | Nov-29-2006 | Girls get taste for value of sea life
    

31. Eternal Reefs help families say goodbye St augustine.com- the oldest city's home on the Net Nov 7, 2006
    

32. October 23, 2006 HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - 'Reef balls' providing homes for marine life
    

33. Oct 20, 2006 wjz.com - 'Reef Balls' Helping Restore Native Bay Oysters
    

34. Oct 20, 2006 (Version with Embedded Video) wjz.com - 'Reef Balls' Helping Restore Native Bay Oysters
    

35. Aug 02 2006 "Sunken Treasure" BCNG Portals Page
    

36. July 26 2006 Reef Balls Are Rolling"BCNG Portals Page
    

37. Monday, June 26, 2006 The Daily News- Reef balls give fish artificial homes to live in (Bedford, Canada)
    

38. June 22, 2006 HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Anglers create reef balls for underwater habitat
    

39. Saying goodbye at Dare's Reef June 11, 2006The Daily News, Jacksonville NC
    

40. MiamiHerald.com | 06-04-2006 | Teens become reef builders
    
    

41. May 18, 2006 newsobserver.com | From the depths, artificial reefs provide concrete results
    

42. May 13, 2006 Alaska gets artificial reef at busy port
    

43. Alaska gets its first artificial reef at busy port(updated 03:39 p.m.) 2006/5/13 WHITTIER, Alaska (AP)
    

44. St. Paul Pioneer Press | 04-25-2006 | Students square off in Lego contest
    

45. Sunday, April 09, 2006 Treasure Coast school news
    

46. 4/15/2006 The My Hero Project - Reef Ball Foundation
    

47. April 06 2006 New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online, "Ban on fin use in marine parks"
    
    

48. 04/06/06 "Raising the Reef", North East Booster
    

49. 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
    

50. March 20, 2006 (Malaysian) Rotarians offer help in project
    

51. 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
    

52. March 1, 2006, BC's Fish Go Blog Crazy - PR.com
    

53.  Feb. 13, 2006, Sidney, B.C., "AGutsy Move For Former Volunteers"
    
    

54. Barbadians to see coral reefs up close
    Web Posted - Tue Feb 14 2006, Advocate
    

55. newtimesbpb.com | News | Dead in the Water To Be A Reef, Feb 9, 2006
    
    

56. Daytona Beach News-Journal Online, February 06, 2006, "Flagler joins list of reef memorial sites"
    
    

57. 2/1/2006, Cayman Island Marriott Beach Resort-- Travel Weekly - The National Newspaper of the Travel Industry --
    
    

58. 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.
    

59. Jan 30, 2006 Florida Sportsman, "New Graveyard Reef Announced"
    

60. Martin County Brochure2006.pdf
    

61. Bonaire Reporter by Frank Hyman19 jan 2006.pdf
    

62. 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
    

63. Reef Ball Foundation Tech Award Profile
    
    2005

64.  December 21, 2005, Pocono Record - Debate over what oil to use in cars

65. Dec 1, 2005, "Reef Balls Make A Safer Deposit" Bay Weekly- Earth Talk
    

66. CattleNetwork.com

67. Topsail Island Info Article by- PSA, Topsail Island Turtle News for December 2005

68. December 15th 2005 "Turning the Tide: Tsunami Volunteers" The Travel Channel (Video)

69. December 14th, 2005, CattleNetwork.com, "Marlene Strickland Named “ Woman Of The Year In Agriculture” For 2005 after working on a Reef Ball project

70. December 10th, 2005 Citrus County Reef Balls- Don't shun the winter sheepshead

71. Ash You Like It- The Times of India

72. Conservation - Reef Balls in Phuket

73. November 27, 2005, Reef memorializes 'Little Joe' Shuford (Charleston, SC) The Post and Courier | Charleston.net | News | Charleston, SC

74. November 25th, 2005 200 reef balls to restore corals Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia -- News Headlines

75. November 25th, 2005 "Reef ball project to boost marine life" New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online

76. November 24, 2005, New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online 200 reef balls to rehabilitate marine life in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park 
    

77. OnlineAthens.com | Business | Reef Ball Foundation earns global award 11-13-05

78. Bradenton Herald | 11-03-2005 | Reefs keep businesses afloat

79. NOAA Ocean Explorer-Islands in the Stream

80. articles/rbfawardpressrelease.doc

81. Spanish-grafiken-inhalt_aware-news-0036_ReefBall_001.jpg

82. BCNG Portals Page, October 21, "Philippines Reefs Restored in Fundraiser"
    

83. The Capital Times Doug Moe:Bikers ashes find last rest stop October, 17, 2005
    

84. El gusano de luz, Rescatando Arrecifes, (In Spanish) Sept 29, 2005
    

85. New attempts to repair Ivan damaged shallow reefs, Sept 29, 2005
    

86. Reef-balls attract Ralmax's interest Sept 28. 2005. Sidney, BC, Canada (see http://www.artificialreefstructures.com/ for more)
    

87. Cayman Net News- Cabinet focuses on Sister Islands with news of housing and new projects Sept 27th 2005

88. [ eChannelLine Canada ]Tech Museum of Innovation announces 2005 winners

89. Seniority- Taking control, through the end, Sept 27, 2005

90. Tech Museum awards 25 global Laureates - 2005-09-21

91. "Green" Burials Offer Unique, Less Costly Goodbyes Sept 9, 2005

92. Richard Field Monitoring & News Report, Oman Reef Balls Sept. 2005.  (Fantastic natural coral reef growth)

93. Sept 2 2005 Conservation - Reef Balls in Phuket, Thailand

94. August 19 2005 Gulf Daily News ,"Reef Balls a Success in Bahrain"

95. Eternal Reefs, The Living Legacy, Issue 1, August 2005

96. Reef Ball deployment feature on Fox 5 WTTG, Maryland August 3, 2005 (video not yet available)

97. PHUKET, THAILAND PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 2, 2005

98. August 1, 2005 The Ledger- Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, "Fishermen are hooked on artificial reefs in lake Pontchartrain."

99. The News-Press- Local & State - Mote calls for divers to help clean artificial reefs, July 27, 2005, Sarasota, Florida

100. TCPalm- Local News, July 27 2005, "Reef Balls Finally Hit the Sea Floor" Indian River County, Florida

101. Trying to locate artificial reefs? Depth finder, GPS and live bait are a must (Lake Ponchartrain, Lousianna)

102. July 27, 2005, Press Release from Barbados Marine Trust on first year of monitoring Reef Balls

103. Chesapeake Bay Journal- Elementary students having a ball participating in reef project - July-August 2005

104. July 12, 2005 More Roads, Bridges End Up Swimming With the Fishes

105. July, 2005, Fresh & Marine Aquarium Magazine, "The Marine Aquarium Hobby Helps Build Coral Reefs", by John Walch

106. Breathtaking View, Wearing Reality, Washington Post, June 16, 2005 (Reef Ball Erosion Control Project in Maryland)

107. The Daily News, Jacksonville NC, June 14th, 2005, "Reef ball contains remains of longtime hospital patient"

108. The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Flagler, "Artificial reef coming to life" June 11, 2005

109. The Sun News | 06-03-2005 | Back-to-back fishing trips net deep-sea excitement
     

110. Malaysian National News Agency -- BERNAMA "The Reef Balls Way To Turtle Conservation In Sarawak" June 2, 2005
     

111. The Sun News | 05-27-2005 | NMB fishing event, fund-raiser begins
     

112. WCCO- Funerals Become More Personalized. 5/25/05
     

113. The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Flagler, May 13, 2005  "County plans to create artificial reef" 
     

114. May 8, 2005, Oyster Reef Balls Placed Off Bayshore - from TBO.com
     
     

115. MRT Project, St. Marteen, May 5th, 2005 (Newsletter)
     

116. May 2005 WCCO- Funerals Become More Personalized
     
     

117. April 24, 2005 Baltimoresun.com - Hammond a 'Green School'
     

118. April 21th, 2005 “Dare’s Reef” to Become First Sea Turtle Memorial Reef in United States
     

119. April 20th, 2005 baltimoresun.com - Anne Arundel Datebook Reef Balls on Earth Day
     
     

120. April 20th, 2005 articles/WECT TV6 & WECT_com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - Sea turtle to be memorialized.htm
     

121. Xinhua - English, "Manmade reef gives Mother Nature a helping hand"
     

122.  Betonske krogle rešujejo tajske koralne grebene, 12. april 2005, (Dutch)
     
     

123. The Daily News, Jacksonville NC, Turtle rescuers lose a friend
     
     

124. Bangkokpost.pdf (Reef Ball Thailand Project) April 20, 2005
     
     

125. 12 April 2005 Manmade reef gives Mother Nature a helping hand Earthdive News
     

126. Apr 12, 2005 Dive News - The Reef Ball Foundation Begins Project in Thailand
     

127. Asia Times Online -- Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, April 8, 2005
     

128. April 6, 2005, "Copying nature in Thailand, one artificial reef at a time" Channel News Asia
     

129. MRT in St. Marteen Page 1, Page 2
     
     

130. DOWN TO EARTH DAY Flyer.pdf April 8, 2005
     
     

131. TSUNAMI-IMPACT- Coral Reef Rescue Underway in Thailand, April 8, 2005
     
     

132. April 6, 2005 News & Media (WBCSD) Copying nature in Thailand, one artificial reef at a time, Thailand
     
     
     

133. "Reef Ball Foundation Aids in Tsunami Relief", March 23, 2005 What's Up Atlanta Daybook
     
     

134. GoodWork Listing · Coral Reef Restoration, Expert Volunteers, Reef Ball Fdn., Thailand, Mar 15 deadline
     
     

135. Mar 8, 2005 MIRA COSTA SOPHOMORE
     COMPLETES ‘EAGLE SCOUT’ SERVICE PROJECT
     
     

136. Turner Inflight Services, CNN Kuwait, March 2005
     
     
     

137. HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Outdoors- Numbers game puzzles bay fishermen
     

138. Reef Ball News, Jan 29, 2005, MSSA Maryland, Bill Huppert
     

139. Jan, 2005.  Press Release, Australia Evolutionary step in Canal Design
     
     
     2004
     

140. December 20, 2004, Times of Oman, Reef balls deployed at Al Fahal"
     
     

141. "Reef balls to promote marine habitat", Monday, 27 December 2004 Mandurah.Your Guide
     
     

142.  John Walch - The Marine Aquarium Hobby Helps Build Coral Reefs - December 6, 2004
     
     
     

143. Eternal Reefs provides return to the sea, 12/2/2004 Marco Island Sun Times
     
     

144. Underwater photography 101 12/4/04 The Star Online- Lifestyle
     
     

145. November 27th, The Globe and Mail- Preserving paradise, St. Marteen
     
     

146. AP Wire | 11-07-2004 | South Wire- Artificial reef as final resting place helps habitat
     
     

147. The WBAL Channel.com - News - Reef Balls Lowered Into Choptank River
     
     

148. Valley Morning Star Online Edition-Buried at Sea
     
     

149. 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
     
     

150. HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Environmental Center to serve as model for bay cleanup
     
     

151. heraldtribune.com- Southwest Florida's Information Leader-Reef Ball
     
     

152. CNN.com - Relatives mix loved one's ashes with artificial reef - Nov 8, 2004
     
     
     

153. Maryland DNR Press Release, Nov. 5, 2004, Governor Ehrlich Announces Establishment of Bay Restoration Demonstration Site
     
     

154. Bradenton Herald | 10-24-2004 | ManaTEENS dive in to clean reef
     

155. The Signal,  How to Really Make an Ash of Oneself 10/23/2004
     Diana Sevanian Signal Staff Writer
     

156. TCPalm- Local News Reef project put on hold after hurricanes [But Not the Reef Balls!] October 27, 2004
     
     

157. PRESS RELEASE- 5 Texans Buried in Reefs Nov. 8, 2004
     
     

158. HoustonChronicle.com - New home for eternity- sea floor memorial, Oct 2, 2004
     
     

159. 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
     
     

160. Maryland Environmental Service, Volunteers Needed for Reef Ball Events, Sept. 30, 2004
     
     

161. Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs - September 30, 2004
     
     

162. 'Reef balls' - Houstonian - USA & World Sept 28, 2004
     
     

163. Citizen's Online, Company gives new way to remember loved ones Sept 27, 2004
     
     

164. CBS News | The Odd Truth, Sept. 27, 2004 | September 28, 2004 13-41-02
     
     

165. www.delawareonline.com - The News Journal - LOCAL - Loved ones' ashes can give back to nature Sept 27, 2004
     
     

166. wnbc.com - News - 'Reef Balls' Enable Loved Ones' Remains To Sleep With The Fishes, Sept 27, 2004
     
     

167. Star - Tribute to dearly departed finds concrete expression
     
     

168. KIROTV.com - Weird Headlines - Human Remains Used In Artificial Reefs
     
     

169. The Star, IOL- A Step Beyond Sept 27, 2004
     
     

170. The News-Press- Lifestyles - Under the sea Sept 26, 2004
     
     

171. Northwest Indiana News- nwitimes.com - News- 'Reef balls' enable loved ones' remains to sleep with the fishes Sept 26, 2004
     
     

172. RedNova News- Human Remains Used in Artificial Ocean Reefs Sept. 26, 2004
     
     

173. The Sun News | 09-26-2004 | Mixing ashes in concrete picks up as burial option
     
     

174. CNN.com - Transcripts, Headline News Sept. 25, 2004 OR
     
     View Video (7 megs)
     
     

175. Bangkok's Independent Newspaper AROUND THAILAND:Reef Ball at Koh Racha  Sep 25, 2004
     
     

176. International Harold Tribune- Remains become part of sea Sept 25, 2004
     
     

177. PennLive.com Sept. 25, 2004 Human remains used in artificial reefs
     
     

178. Dive Operators Club Thailand - Phuket Chapter Sept. 25, 2004
     
     

179. Newsday.com - AP Regional Sept 25, 2004
     
     

180. News - Oddly Enough - Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs (AP) Sept. 25, 2004
     
     

181. New Courier Online For some, ocean is eternal Sept 22, 2004
     
     

182. ENN- Environmental News Network [Eternal Reefs Announces 2004 Memorial Reef Locations] Sept 20, 2004
     
     

183. The Star Democrat Volunteers make reef balls at Bay environmental center 9/22/04
     
     

184. TravelDailyNews Artificial coral reef in Thailand: Phuket hotel pours Bt2 million into artificial reef Monday, September 20, 2004
     
     

185. 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)
     
     

186. ECOCLUB, International Ecotourism Monthly, Issue 62 Aug 2004, "Focus on Coral Reefs: Ecoclub Interview with Todd Barber, Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation"
     
     

187. August 18, 2004 Human ashes in concrete become marine habitats, Courier Post Online (New Jersey)
     
     

188. CNN.com - Transcripts August 15, 2004 (Global Challenges Reef Ball)
     
     

189. EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Civic-Nonprofit Organization - 2nd Place August 13, 2004
     

190. Press Release Reef Ball 7 Jun 04 Indonesia, Newmont Project
     
     

191. Kansas City Star | 08-02-2004 | Nurturing nature, even in death
     
     

192. EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Youth Education Category - 3rd Place- Press Release (July 30, 2004)
     
     

193. July 20,2004, Guardian Of The Reef Sculpture Series & Reef Ball Project Press Release
     
     

194. Okinawa Declaration on Conservation and Restoration of Endangered Coral Reefs of the World 17 July 2004
     
     

195. Capital City Weekly, July 13, 2004, "Reef Balls Planned for Alaska"
     
     

196. July 13, 2004, WECT TV6 & WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - A look under the sea
     
     

197. CNN July 5th, Global Challenges, Kuwait Picture Links 1 2 3 4 
     
     

198. July 5th, Al Anba Kuwait (In Arabic)
     
     

199. July 5th Arab Times: CNN Shots Reef Ball Project (In English)
     
     

200. July 5th 2004, Kuwait Times, 
     
     

201. The Reef Is Growing, Tidelines, July 2004 (Maryland Saltwater Sportsmen's Association Newsletter)
     
     

202. July 8th, 2004 "Eco – Enhancing Marine Projects", by John Walch
     
     

203. July 5th 2004, St. Maarten - The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean, "The (Reef Ball) Project at Maho Starts"
     
     

204. The Star Online- June 27, 2004 "Surprise offer for quilts...to fund Reef Balls"
     
     

205. 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.
     
     

206. Mas Protegidos, Empaca, Dominican Republic, (En Espanol / In Spanish) June 16, 2004
     
     

207. June 14, 2004, Herald Tribune.com- Parrot Heads by the hundreds live to be Buffetted  
     Part II
     
     

208. June 12, 2004 The News-Press- Local & State - "Lee bounces into Reef Ball project with sinking off Sanibel"
     
     

209. June 12th, 2004, baltimoresun.com - Manufacturer of ocean reefs offers a grave in eternal sea
     
     

210. TC Palm June 11, 2004, The Day In Pictures,
     
     

211. June 11, 2004, STUFF - TRAVEL - IN NEW ZEALAND - STORY - New Zealand's leading news and information website,
     
     

212. Miningindo.com - News Sectio,,Tuesday, June 08, 2004, PTNNT conserves coral reefs with 2000 reef ball
     

213. PTNNT Article Scan (Jpeg) June 4, 2004
     

214. First Article, June 1, 2004, PTTNT (Jpeg)
     
       

215. May 28, 2004 Malaysia Today "Reef balls bring back marine life to our waters, says minister "
     
     

216. May 27th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "St. Lucie dropping artificial reef balls off Bear Point"
     
     

217. Annandale High School, Virginia Freshman Biology Class Reef Ball Project May 27, 2004
     
     

218. May 27, 2004, Artificial reef project hopes to forge a habitat in Indian River Lagoon- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
     
     

219. The Sportsman's Guide May 26, 2004 The Outdoor News Hound -- Dearly Departed Create Fish Habitat
     
     

220. May 19th, 2004, mandurah.yourguide, "Reef balls an Australian first"
     
     

221. May 12th 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida
     
     

222. May 12th, 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida
     
     

223. May 8th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "Artificial reef work to begin soon
     

224. Strict enforcement needed to stop turtle-slaughter (Harga Daging Dan Ikan Tidak Dikawal) May 8th New Sabah Times
     
     

225. May 2, 2004. TCPalm- Local News, "Martin County's 'green' schools to receive recognition"
     
     
     

226. The Newsroom, Halifax, Canada, Tuesday, April 27, 2004 "Reef Balls in Harbor Tonic"
     
     

227. April 27, 2004 "Company burying dead in manmade reefs off Fort Lauderdale beach"
     
     

228. April 27, 2004, The Halifax Herald Limited, Reef Balls (Photo and Caption)
     
     

229. April 25th, 2004, Costa Rica Insert Picture
     
     

230. Nacion.com - Nacionales April 24, 2004, Costa Rica, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol/ In Spanish)
     
     

231. April 21th, nacion.com - Nacionales, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol)
     
     
     

232. Barbados Advocate, April 21, 2003, "Barbados Marine Trust implements project to protect South Coast"
     
     

233. Bradenton Herald, April 18, 2004, "Class takes spirit into Gulf water"
     
     

234. TCPalm- Outdoors-fishing, April 18, 2004, Jim Hardee, "The Reef Balls are Coming"
     
     

235. April 9, 2004 Sea burial: Ashes to ashes, dust to reef, Houston Chronicle   
     

236. Harlee Middle School, Sarasota, FL Wins Environmental Excellence Award from the Nature Conservancy and Busch Gardens for Reef Ball Project!, March 30, 2004
     
     

237. March  30, 2004 "18 laid to rest within 'reef balls' off Lido Key" Sarasota, FL
     
     

238. March 23, 2003 PADI Project in Holland (in German)
     
     

239. March 21, 2004 Harlee Middle School Project
     
     

240. Reef Fishes of the Red Sea -March 19 2004, Oman (Great coral growth reef shots)
     
     

241. Ask Captain Paul, March 2004, Louisiana Sportsman Magazin, "Where are the Reef Balls in Lake Ponchartrain?
     
     

242. March 19, 2004 TCPalm- Students form homes for fish
     
     
     

243. March 19, 2004 Tampa Bay's 10 Tampa Bay Watch's Reef Ball Project at MacDill Air Force Base
     
     

244. "Building Esteem" Sarasota Herald March 18, 2004 
     

245. 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
     
     

246. March 10, 2004, Launching of Pahang Royal Reef
     
     

247. The New Bern Sun Journal, "Eternal Reefs offers aquatic resting place"
     March 08,2004
     
     

248. Feb 29, 2004 "Quilting Helps Save Marine Life" The Star Online- Lifestyle
     
     

249. KRT Wire Feb-20-2004 Budget Cuts Force North Carolina Officials Seek New Ways to Ease Beach Erosion.
     
     

250. Feb. 17, 2004, Anna Maria Island News, "Reefball seeding proceeding in Tampa, Sarasota bays"
     
     

251. Feb 15, 2004 ENN News - Over 7,000 Red Mangroves used in Maiden Island Mangrove Restoration
     
     

252. 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
     
     

253. Eternal Reefs Offers a New Resting Place, March 8, 2004
     
     

254. Harlee (Middle School) Offers Many Opportunities
     

255. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 1/21/2004
     
     
     2003
     

256. Dec 31st 2003 Dive News - Reef Balls Gaining Popularity Through Unique Applications
     
     

257. Reefball Asia "BRATS at Mabul Build their own reef to commemorate their 10th Anniversary" 12/23/2003
     

258. 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)
     

259. ENN News Dec 5, 2003 Maiden Island Restoration
     
     

260. 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.
     
     

261. Lake Pontchartrain reefs completed Thursday November 06, 2003 The Times-Picayune 

262. AP Wire | 11-03-2003 | Cremated remains turned into living monument in artificial reefs

263. DeeperBlue.net - Reef Ball Foundation Announces Largest Coral Transplant by Francesca Koe (October 10, 2003)

264. Brudirect.com - News Updates Launching of Pahang Royal Reef Oct. 2, 2003 

265. The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean Reef balls placed in Great Bay, coral transplant soon Oct. 1st, 2003

266. Reef work aims to reel in fishers [600 Reef Balls to be deployed] (Lake Pontchartain, Louisiana) September 2, 2003

267. The Star Democrat, MSSA Project September 2, 2003 Maryland (Dorchester group deep into reef building project)

268. August 22, 2003, Pensacola NewsJournal. "Reefs turn into final resting place"

269. August 15, 2003 "Dorchester group deep into reef building project"
     

270. August 15, 2003 "Planting reefballs at Mataking by the Jaycees"

271. August 11, 2003 "Up the Creek" Star Democrat "MSSA Project"

272. Cement Reef Balls to be placed in Lake Pontchartrain August 3, 2003

273. July 25th "Money earmarked for Treasure Coast water projects"

274. Charleston.Net- Local News- 8 Reef Ball memorial reefs placed at sea 07-22-03

275. July 8, 2003 Group authorized to develop reefs (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana )

276. June 26, 2003, "Delight at Cruise Line's Coral Reef Restoration Plans"

277. June 26, 2003, The Tribune - Nassau, Bahamas article on Reef Ball Project - Coco Cay (Article Scan)

278. June 20, 2003, Nachrichten,  "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds Bahamas Coral" Reef

279. June 20, 2003 "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds the Reef"

280. June 10, 2003 Editorial: Having a ball,  Stuart News, FL

281. Ocean Surface Topography from Space-Education

282. Pier Party-North Carolina Sportsman

283. June 7, 2003, Kids rule at making reef balls Stuart News, FL

284. Candus Thomson - - On the Outdoors Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 1, 2003

285. Helping Mother Nature South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - May 26, 2003

286. Stuart News, FL - May 21, 2003 "Camps will compete to build best reef balls"

287. Atlanta Group Programs - Sierra Club (Planned June 2003 Meetings)

288. May 2003 "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"-Oman Update

289. May 16, 2003 "Florida finds innovative ways to meet the demand for new artificial reefs."

290. Bradenton Herald | 05-14-2003 | Lending fish a helping hand

291. May 13, 2003 "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs" By Andy Hahn

292. NOAA Ocean Explorer Reef ball at Sebastian's Reef 600-800 feet deep! May 2, 2003

293. New Jersey Artificial Reefs, Web of Life Graphic With Reef Balls May 2003 (and more from NJScuba.com)

294. Environmental Protection Agency's  April 2003 - Issue 13.2 > Sarasota Bay NEP Restores Reef Habitat

295. Fisherman's remains join's Bay's reef April 30, 2003

296. Grayson Rogers' legacy lives on - Eastern Shore News - delmarvanow.com April 30, 2003

297. AccessNorthGa.com - Your Online Local Newspaper April 30, 2003

298. Tampa Bay Estuary Program - Give A Day For The Bay - Bayshore Boulevard Reef Installation

299. ARTIFICIAL REEFS in Thai Diver Magazine, 3/11/2003

300. The New Bern Sun Journal

301. MSSA "Tidelines" March/April 2003 "Reef Ball Project"

302. "A reef is born" Friday, March 21, 2003

303. Underwater Rebuilding, Tampa Tribune, March 16, 2003

304. Bayshore Made Beautiful Project of Tampa Bay Watch March 15, 2003

305. MSSA "Tidelines" Jan/Feb 2003 "Reef Ball Project"

306. Feb 13, 2003 HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish

307. Star Telegram | 02-09-2003 | UNDER The Sea

308. Articles/MEXICOBEACHSTAR22003.txt

309. Feb 7, 2003 Reef sites become an integral part of our offshore ecosystem - - delmarvanow.com

310. HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish Feb 2003

311. Ocean lovers' burials at sea yield environmental benefits  Jan 16, 2003

312. January 16, 2003 Minahasa Reef Ball Project (PT Newmont)

313. Reef Ball Asia, Malaysia, Port Dickson Rotary Club Reef  Ball Deployment Jan. 2003

314. Sandefjord DykkerKlubb, Jan. 28 2003, Reef Balls

315. Articles/MSSA Reef Ball Youth Involvement.pdf Jan 2003

316. Leven Scuba Club Newsletter, Jan 2003

317. Naples News, January 8, 2003 "State approves Bonita's plan to replace sea wall near Old 41 bridge"

318. 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

319. Gulf Construction - Online Edition - Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group (Reef Balls in Bahrain) January 2003

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320. December 30, 2002, Ventura County Star National, "Departed can become home for fish"

321. Reef Balls St. Marteen

322. marine environment - footprint in the sand Malaysian Reef Balls in Pulau Dayang, off the coast of Johor in Malaysia.

323. Dec 21, 2002 , New Zealand, Invitation to Reef Ball Deployment, OPAPE MARAE, Beach Road Opape

324. Dec 2002, The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reefball Project

325. Dec 15, 2002, New Bern Sun Journal (North Carolina) "(Long Bay) Artificial reef association receives grant"

326. Dec 13th, Press Release from Eternal Reefs, "Eternal Reefs To Appear on Discovery Channel"

327. St. Petersburg Times, "Base seeks artificial reef to curb erosion", Dec 6, 2002

328. Dec 8, 2003 The Brownsville Herald (Texas) Coastal waters soon to offer final resting place

329. The Daily Herald News, St. Marteen, "Nature Foundation starts project for artificial reef" Dec 1, 2002

330. The (Barbados) Advocate, Local organization proposes solution to reef problems   Wed Nov 27 2002

331. 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"

332. The Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 22, 2002 Man who loved bay memorialized in reef ball

333. Fulfilling a Wish, Nov. 22, 2002

334. Nov. 11, 2002. "NJ Environmental Dept using prison labor on fisheries project"

335. UMCES Helps State to Fill Memorial Stadium with "Marylanders" Once More

336. November 2002, Barbados Marine Trust "Reef Ball Molds Have Arrived"

337. November, 2002, At The School, by Brianna Frederick, Photo by Steve Ruark "Perry Hall Pupils on the ball to help bay oysters"

338. October 21, 2002, Waterfront news "Memorials to be placed off Ft. Lauderdale" PDF Format , Page 1, Page 2

339. Oct. 10, 2002, "World's best responsible-ecotourism holidays Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa", Responsible Travel

340. October 10, 2002, Sportfishing Magazine, "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs"

341. October 7, 2002, Künstliches Riff soll toten Uferstreifen beleben (In German and PDF Format) 

342. The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reef ball Project Oct 2, 2002, Malaysia

343. Broward County News, "New Burial Options combines human remains with Reef Balls" Oct. 2002

344. October, 7 2002, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)

345. October 7, 2002, THUNERSEE-RIFF: ERFOLGREICHE WASSERUNG, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)

346. October 7, 2002, Der Bund, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee (In German and PDF Format)

347. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Summer/Fall 2002

348. October 6,  The Star Democrat, Outdoor Datebook

349. October 4, 2002, The Star Democrat, "Up The Creek"

350. "A day in pictures" Oct. 3rd 2002, Sunspot

351.  ZEITUNG IM ESPACE MITTELLAND / MITTWOCH, 2. OKTOBER 2002, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee" PDF Format (In German)

352. "Coral blossoms with the secret of eternal life" By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor,  September 29 2002

353.  Sept 26, 2002, Pelican Press, Lifestyle Section Page 11A "Praise for County Reefs"

354. St. Augustine High School Pictorial

355. Sept. 20 2002, The Gulf News (the voice of Bahrain), "Artificial reef balls new home for fish" By DALAL AL ALAWI

356. Marco Island Sun Times, Sept. 19, 2002, "Reef Balls Deployed, A Memorial Made"

357. September 1, 2002 Oyster Days Flyer (Maryland Environmental Service, PDF Format)

358. Charlotte Harbor Reef Association, Summer/ Fall 2002

359. Frost77, "Why are Reef Balls better than other artificial reefs?"

360. September 2002, Dive Training Magazine, Pg.91-94 "Guppy Gulch, Pennsylvania" Reef Ball Photo

361. SI News - Marine ecology meets webcam for postgraduate media study, "Reef Ball Wave Attenuation Study"

362. Sept. 18, 2002, South Africa Star, "Concrete Solution to Lost Coral Reefs" (jpg)

363. Sept 2002, Environmental Programme at Asta Beach Resort, Barbados

364. September 2002, PADI Project Aware Italy, Progresso Update, Lake Como (In Italian)

365. BREEF ongoing projects, Bahamas Environmental Foundation

366. 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.

367. Key West Marine Park, Reef Relief, Snorkeling Trail with Reef Balls 2002

368. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds (Eternal Reefs), Wired Magazine, Sept. 2002

369. Shell in the Middle East, "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"l

370. The Macon Telegraph | 08-05-2002 | Decatur business using cremated remains to repair, create coral reefs

371. August 2002, "Kabbelaarsrif" 

372. "Footprints #3, Snorkeling Trail at Playa Portomari"

373. Mandarin High School Page

374. September 2002, PT Newmont "Minahasa Marine Habitat Enhancement Program" report

375. September 2002, Atlanta Reef Dwellers Newsletter, Reef Ball Foundation & Eternal Reefs Articles PDF Format

376. PADI Project Aware in Italy (Italian)

377. PADI Project Aware in Italy (Spanish)

378. August 2002 Sea Explorer Project, St. Augustine, Florida monitoring photos

379. 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.

380. August 17th, 2002, Diario Yucatan, "Playas Recuperadas Mediante ese sistema; Ha despertado mucho interes el proyecto construir un arrecife artificial en Progreso" (En Espanol)

381. 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)

382. August 7th, 2002, Marco Island Eagle, Ashes interred on reef in Gulf off of Marco Island

383. August 7th 2002, Naples Daily News, "Family members bid farewell to loved ones at artificial reef"

384. Environmental News Service, August 2,2002, "Eternal Reef Offers Alternative to Cremation Urn"

385. CDNN Scuba News - "Female Diver Becomes Artificial Reef", July 25, 2002

386. July 24 2002, Naples Daily News, Angler's Outlook: Weather, bait lure more, bigger catches

387. Marco Island Eagle, July 24, 2002, Volunteers sought to help with growth of artificial reef

388. July 2002, Southern Boating, "Life Support for Ailing Reefs" by Jan Gerner

389. Articles/southernboatinglifesupportforailingreefsjuly2002.htm

390. July 7, 2002, Campeche State Project, Yucatan, Mexico (En Espanol)

391. July 2, 2002 Letter to Reef Ball Foundation by The University of Georgia President.

392. South Jersey Reefs Receive Reef Ball Habitats, from Jersey Coast Anglers Association July 2002 Newsletter

393. June 23, 2002, National Geographic ," Sea Stories: Save The Wave" 
     Produced and Written by ERIC STANGE

394. June 2002, Florida Scuba News, "Environmental News: Bay County Reef Report"

395. 2002 Issue of Prism Magazine

396. Wrightsville Beach, NC  King Mackerel Tournament and Artificial Reef Project 

397. June 12, 2002 SOUTH JERSEY REEFS RECEIVE REEF BALL HABITATS, Press Release from New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

398. June 7, 2002, Reef Ball Asia Pulau Dayang in the state of Johore, Peninsular Malaysia and Planet Scuba Project.

399. New Zealand Cement & Limestone, Case Study, Reef Balls.

400. Unofficial Long Beach Pier Page, "The Pier with Balls"

401. May 10th, 2002, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: Programs and Projects - ...Artificial Reef Project by Vincent Malkoski

402. April 8, 2002 UGA Magazine Reef Balls

403. 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.

404. April 2002, Demand for 'Eternally Environmental' Options on the Rise,  By George Frankel CEO, Eternal Reefs, Inc.

405. Tide Magazine, the official bimonthly magazine of the Coastal Conservation Association, "Concrete Condos, May 2002

406. The Sportfishing Report, by Tony Beers, "The Making of A Reef"

407. A North American Practitioners Workshop for Marine Reef Research and Monitoring by Volunteer divers, 20 and 22nd of June, Sidney, British Columbia (PDF Format)

408. Fortune Magazine, Monday,  May 13,  2002 by Susan Q. Stranahan May 2002, "Sleeping with the fishes"

409. Barbados Marine Trust Project, May 2002 

410. 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

411. Repairing coral reef systems with eco-friendly concrete balls submitted by: Institute for Social Inventions

412. 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

413. 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!"

414. Popular Science, May, 2002, Pg. 35, "Leave Your Bones With Davy Jones, You pay, you die, and they'll do the rest"

415. Experimental Oculina Marine Reserve

416. RMC Group, "Environmental Products Design"

417. Islander, April 24, 2002, "Oyster Bars Coming to a Seawall Near You"

418. UGA Columns, April 8, 2002, "Life's a Beach Reef"

419. FreeVibes, April, 2002, "Earth Day 2002: Let's Clean Up Our Act"

420. Sunspot.net, April 19, 2002, Memorial Stadium & Reef Balls

421. The Star (Malaysia), April 11, 2002, Sec 2, Page 2, "Heavenly niche burials"

422. April 2002, Plantages Portomari, "Volunteers with a Passion", Interview with Marjo van den Bulck and Maryke Kolenousky.

423. Lexington Herald  Tue, Apr. 02, 2002, "Alternative burial sites are gaining ground"

424. Fishbelly, March 30, 2002, "Reef Ball Progress"

425. Delaware Valley Divers Newsletter, March 2002 "Artificial Reef Presentation at Feb. Meeting" (PDF Format)

426. Progetto Reef Balls, Lake Como (Italian), March 2002

427. Islands Alive, Journal of students at the Island School, Bahamas, The Art of Rolling Reef Balls By Bailey Clear

428. 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"

429. St. Petersburg Times, March 29, 2002, "Step right up to the Oyster Bar"

430. Sarasota Herald Tribune, March 23, 2002, "Retirees here have great impact, even when they're leaving for good". (Cover B Section)

431. Ashes to ashes, but forget the dust  March 21, 2002

432. The Salt Lake Tribune, March 21, 2002 -- For Burial at Sea You Need Not Be a Sailor

433. Cover Story Eternal Reefs, Washington Post March 20, 2002 
     and Page 2 Story, My Green Heaven

434. Delaware Divers Newsletter, March 2002, "Artificial Reef Presentation"

435. Jan, 2002, Neubausiedlung am Meeresgrund New living-space under the sea  (German & English)

436. Emagazine.com Jan/Feb 2002, IN BRIEF Green Burial at Sea?
     By Jason G. Daley

437. Lamash Artificial Reef Project

438. Spotlight on Virginia Beach

439. Mundosurf.com (Portuguese)  

440. January 2002, Experimental Oculina Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

441. Jan. 2002 Deep Water Oculina Project

442. DIE ZEIT "The Time"- Neubausiedlung am Meeresgrund 12/02 (German and English)

443. January 2002 Newsletter: Maryland Environmental Service Oyster Project
     -Page 1 (PDF Format) -Page 2 (PDF Format)

444. Marco Island Eagle (January 23, 2002)

445. Marco Island Eagle (January 16, 2002)