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<br />Reef Ball <br /> <br />Page 7 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br />Reef Ball Covered in Oysters injlHt one year <br /> <br />Reef Balls as Red Mangrove planters for Shoreline Stabilization [See <br />WWW.MANGROVESOLUTIONS.COM for full details of high energy planting <br />system] <br /> <br />Red Mangroves are often planted along shorelines because they make excellent fishery habitats and <br />can help stabilize a shoreline from erosion. However. it is difficult to impossible to plant red <br />mangrove seedlings in areas with a firm bottom. Even with softer bottoms, smaller plants my be <br />difficult to hold in place against wave forces before they establish themselves enough to survive. <br />Therefore. Reef Balls can be used as the "pot" into which red mangroves are planted. They can be <br />arranged much like a submerged breakwater to immediately begin protecting the shoreline while <br />waiting for even better stabilization after the red mangroves start sending out protective prop roots. <br />Over time, the burlap bag will bio-degrade and the Reef Ball will be left as additional fish habitat <br />inside the "walking" roots of the mangroves. One can certainly use common mejhods to plant red <br />mangroves if conditions are righl but Reef Balls offer a wider range of possible planting sites and also <br />avoids leaving plastic pye pipes in the environment. <br /> <br />Additional Red Mangrove Shoreline Stabilization Projects: <br /> <br />Mangrove Planting_Project on Maiden Island, Antigua <br /> <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br />_----1 <br />Reef Ball Red Mangrove "Planter" (Uned with burlap to retain soil and with and optionalftberglass rebar anchoring <br />rod pictured above). <br />(A vailable in 10 sizes). <br /> <br />http://www.reefbeach.com! <br /> <br />6/1112008 <br />