Maryland
Foundation to begin new reef construction
May 11, 2012
www.oceancitytoday.net
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure — or another fish’s treasure, as it may be.
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Retired Destroyer About To Become Artificial Reef
July 8, 2010
www.mdcoastdispatch.com
It now appears a target window, if not a firm date, has been established for the sinking of a retired U.S. Navy destroyer as part of a three-state artificial reef system just 30 miles from the Ocean City Inlet.
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Nonprofit blasts plan to sink USS Arthur W. Radford for artificial reef
Dec 13, 2010
www.pressofatlanticcity.com
Next spring’s sinking of the
USS Arthur W. Radford will pollute the ocean with toxic waste, cost Americans jobs and hurt marine life by attracting fish to one area where they will be over-harvested, according to a report by the Basel Action Network, a national nonprofit group that focuses on environmental and trade issues.
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here.
USS Radford deployment most likely delayed
Nov 26, 2010
www.app.com
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said this week that the reefing of the USS Radford will most likely take place in April, 2011.
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here.
Maryland Partnership Adds to Dominion Reef at the Gooses
Nov 22, 2010
www.chesapeake-bay.org
In November, the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative (MARI) added additional concrete material to Dominion Reef at the Gooses, its second major construction operation at this site this year.
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here.
Navy destroyer USS Radford is readied to be sunk as part of an artificial reef off Cape May County
Sept 17, 2010
www.pressofatlanticcity.com
Glenn Arthur looked at the massive ship next to him and figured it just might put Cape May on the scuba diving map.
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here.
Preparations for ex-USS Arthur W. Radford sinking under way
June 8, 2010
www.coastalsussex.com
The transfer agreement giving title of the ex-USS Arthur W. Radford to Delaware for sinking as an artificial reef was formalized this week when the US Navy issued a “Notice to proceed” to move the former destroyer to dry dock in the Philadelphia Naval Yard.
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Asian oysters not part of plan to revive stocks in Bay
April 7, 2009
hamptonroads.com
Virginia, Maryland and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a new
strategy Monday for restoring oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, a 10-year
plan costing $500 million that excludes any use of exotic Asian oysters.
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here.
Recycled Army Tanks, Bridges, and Subway Cars
January 30, 2009
greenupgrader.com
What can you do with entire army tanks left over from the Vietnam War,
NYC subway cars, and entire bridges? Strip ?em, clean ?em, and sink ?em!
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here.
Third Batch Of Subway Cars Will Be Sunk Soon
Shawn J. Soper
January 16, 2009
The Dispatch
Less than two months after the last batch of retired New York City
subway cars were dropped on Ocean City?s growing artificial reef
system, another batch could be deployed off the coast of the resort as
early as next week.
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here.
More subway cars to be converted to reefs
Brian Shane
The Daily Times
November 23, 2008
A local environmental group will send another 40 retired New York City
subway cars to the briny depths of the Atlantic as a major artificial
reef-building initiative continues.
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here.
Maryland NGOs
Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland
http://www.ccamd.org/MARI/MARI_home.htm
Telephone: 888-758-6580
Email: info@ccamd.org