Category: Dead Zone


River Refugium Project Grant

Posted by:admin Posted On:21 Oct 2024

We were asked quasi-anonymously if we were serious about relocating and just cleaning some towns reservoir or ponds, or rivers (if the feds will allow it.) The answer is absolutely. If we can do this on a big enough scale

This beautiful reservoir is toxic over a picture of a tree framing a reservoir.

RRP is not just for rivers.

Posted by:admin Posted On:7 Oct 2024

Lets open this up by stating plainly that while this specific article was inspired by Grand Lake Saint Mary’s State Park, it is in no way a negative commentary on that park, its staff, the Ohio State Park System, or


TOP 100 pollutants in Mississippi River.

Posted by:admin Posted On:2 Oct 2024

Doesn’t that seem like a weird thing to feature? Here we are all the same. Try this instead. TOP 100 reasons for the River Refugium Project The crazy thing is that is the top 100. There are a ton more.

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Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone is basically New Jersey

Posted by:admin Posted On:9 Aug 2024

Let me open by apologizing to New Jersey. I know its a tired trope, and Jersey has been cleaned up in a substantial way….but hear me out. First off, it is an understood trope. Just saying Jersey makes most people

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Arkansas and the Gulf Dead Zone

Posted by:admin Posted On:13 Jul 2024

Is Arkansas to blame for the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone? If you pay attention to ecology and conservation…and especially if you listen to me, you are aware of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico that usually gets

The Dead Zone movie poster with haunting picture of shadowy man standing at the edge of a grey stormy sea

2024: The Dead Zone

Posted by:admin Posted On:27 Jun 2024

Oh snap! You weren’t looking for a horror movie were you? Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Oh snap again! There is no good news here. There is something you should be horrified by though.


“just” Aquaponics

Posted by:admin Posted On:20 May 2024

or more correctly, an injustice to aquaponics. Its seems while laying out my case for the River Refugium Project, (which is a best use of aquaponics and an excellent way to improve aquatic ecosystem health), I may have inadvertently thrown


Explaining Dead Zones

Posted by:admin Posted On:26 Apr 2024

I have talked a lot about what I am trying to do with the River Refugium Project, and a little about the actual problem. To clearly illustrate what is happening so that the need for my system is understood, I


River Refugium Flow Chart

Posted by:admin Posted On:21 Apr 2024

This post will serve as a more visual description of the River Refugium process from a high level. Individual operations will vary according to nutrient density, local needs, value of crops locally, and other considerations. We start with our nutrient


The River Refugium Project

Posted by:admin Posted On:13 Apr 2024

While developing this idea of mine to reduce the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and other river mouths by removing pollution in the form of excess nutrient from our river systems that is caused by run off from