Palm Beach Reef Ball Project(s)

• West Palm Guided Picture Tour--Reef Balls Underwater
• Palm Beach Post, Dec 20, 1997, "Students build artificial reef to give fish relief"

• The Palm Beach Post, Sat. July 21, 1994
  "Divers Drop Artificial Reef Balls in Intracoastal"

• Palm Beach Post, Thur. June 30, 1994, Outdoors Notebook,
  "Reef help deployed"

• 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"

• Reef Ball DG Ltd. Testing Reef 31060.0/62040.1 or 26'-45'.005 80'-02'.575
• Junior League Boca Raton Reef Ball (Photo)
• West Palm Guided Picture Tour--Reef Balls Underwater
• 1998 Sharing Success Program Descriptions
• In 1997, The Palm Beach County Reef Research Dive Team picked up two Pallet Balls and one Bay Ball to display at the Palm Beach County Fairgrounds. This year's fair theme is saving the oceans. After display, the units were be added to the Reef Ball research reef near Peanut Island.
• Education's Unsung Heros, Kenneth R. Weemhoff, Spanish River Community High School Boca Raton, Florida Fall, 1998
• Boca Raton News, May 20, 1998, "New life under the sea" "Spanish River students make habitats for the ocean floor"
• Sun Sentinel, May 20, 1998
• Boca Raton, Habitats From Humanity, "Spanish River Students Provide Artificial Reef"
• Boca Raton News, March 10, 1998, Front Page, "Reef Project Surfaces for TV"
• Sun Sentinel, December 27, 1997, "Under the sea students learning science lessons"
• Palm Beach Post, Dec 20, 1997, "Students build artificial reef to give fish relief"
• Boca Raton News, Oct. 8, 1997, "Students Working For A New Reef"
• 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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• The News, Dec. 21, 1996, "Coming Out of Its Shell" 

• Sun Sentinel, Oct. 12 1996, "Students create reef balls for fish"

• Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Divers get the artificial reef ball rolling"

• Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Friendship Reef"

• Kenny Flournoy and his family built a Reef Ball memorial reef for Bobby Flournoy 7/94.  It was deployed in Worth Lake.

• The Palm Beach Post, Sat. July 21, 1994
  "Divers Drop Artificial Reef Balls in Intracoastal"

• 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"

• Consultant Plunges Into Artificial Reef Venture
  -Sun Sen. Feb 19. 1994

• The Miami Herald, Feb, 14, 1994, "New artificial reef idea is bounced around"

• Reef Balls to help fledgling fish populations Sept. 1993

• Underwater USA, Oct 1993, "Atlanta Reef Research Team Creates New Artificial Reef Structure off Florida"

• Reef Balls have County OK, July 1993
• Spanish River High School Reef Ball Project Page
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  First Reef Ball every made, July 1993. (2 photos)

   

• RBF	Spanish River High School Video. This award winning project was completed entirely by High School students! If you are a teacher, here's your model! (2.7mb, 7 minutes)

RBDG	Greg Meyer Reports Six Months after the 1st Reef Balls. Also an old news clip from our video archives.
RBDG	Gumbo Limbo Channel 5 & 25 New Clip. Old, from 1993 and early 1994, some of the first public Reefs RBDG built. News clips from the early days of Reef Balls.
RBDG	Channel 25, 1st Reef Balls OLD! Here is way back to the very first public Reef Balls...even before we had mold systems! Just here for history buffs.

Reef Ball Foundation Awarded in 1998 Best Primary Educational Project - Spanish River High School Reef Ball Project (Boca Raton, FL)

(Jr. League Reef Ball In Boca Raton)

Mold Owners

Spanish River High School, 5100 Jog Road, Boca Raton, FL, 33496 (Ken Weemhoff) was loaned molds by the Reefs Around the World Program starting 09/17/1996.  Molds were licensed for unlimited use by the School for school projects. Molds were returned 09/19/1997.

Artificial Reef Coordinators

http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/erm/divisions/enhancement/habitat/artificial_reef/reefs.htm

Ben Harkanson 
bharkanson@adelphia.net

http://www.wadespage.com/PBCRRT.shtml

Coordinates for Reef Balls in the Area

Reef Ball DG Ltd. Testing Reef 31060.0/62040.1 or 26'-45'.005 80'-02'.575

(Original Reef Ball placed in 1993 in Lake Worth at the Testing Reef Site)

Authorized Contractors for the Area

Reef Innovations, Inc.

Reef Innovations, Inc. (RI) is a worldwide mobile, authorized, licensed and insured Reef Ball Contractor providing turnkey construction and delivery of Reef Ball products worldwide. RI also offers Reef Ball mold training and finished module inspection services. Check our Website for more information.

Reef Innovations
2415 McMichael Road
St. Cloud, Fl 34771

larry@reefball.com 
Cell: (941)650-2519
Home: (407) 957-5821

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