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• "The really good idea was to provide habitat for marine critters so we could double or triple marine life in the area." (paragraph 4)

• "I look back now and see it was a bad idea." (paragraph 4)

• "Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed budget includes $2 million to help gather up and removed the tires." (paragraph 7)

• "McAllister helped put together the ill-fated reef project with the approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers." (paragraph 9)

• "I believe that people who were behind the artificial tire reef promotions actually were well-intentioned and thought they were doing the right thing." (paragraph 11)

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• "Some of the tired that were bundled together with nylon and steel have broken lose and are scouring the ocean floor across a swath the size of 31 football fields." (paragraph 3)

• "'They're a constantly killing coral-destruction machine,' said William Nuckols, coordinator for Coastal America, a federal group involved in organizing a cleanup effort that includes Broward County biologists, state scientists and Army and Navy salvage divers." (paragraph 6)

• "No one can say with certainty why the idea doesn't work, but one problem is that, unlike large ships that have been sunk for reefs, tires are too light." (paragraph 12)

• "The Plantation junior was one of about 20 South Plantation High School students who recently participated in creating a series of artificial reefs off South Florida's shores." (paragraph 18)

• ""The balls, made of concrete weighing from 300 to 2,000 pounds, will serve as a home for sea life." (paragraph 21)

• "The tires were unloaded there in 1972 to create an artificial reef that could attract a rich variety of marine life, and to free up space in clogged landfills." (paragraph 2)

• "'We've literally dumped millions of tired in our oceans,' said Jack Sobel, an Ocean Conservancy scientist." (paragraph 11)

• "In 2005, volunteers for the Ocean Conservancy's annual international coastal cleanup removed more than 11,000 tires." (paragraph 15)

• "'They are designed to help let things grow on them,' said Veronica LaFranchise of Plantation, one of three students who led the project." (paragraph 22)

• "It brings together so many people and is something that shows we all can do something to protect our reefs and encourage regrown...'" (paragraph 24)