Akron Register Tribune in Akron, Iowa

Artificial reef project grows with Jersey tire reef

In Sea Girt New Jersey Army Reservists of the 78th Training Division and volunteers from Scouts Jaycees and eco-minded groups have dumped about 60 000 discarded auto tires into a 60 foot deep reef off Sea Girt three miles from shore The tires are weighted with concrete and placed in a three and one half mile long by 1 000 feet wide area where algae mussels and clams attach and small fish gather The reef boosts mackerel runs for local anglers and room remains for thousands of more tires and a larger fish population thanks to the volunteers.