Inside Miami, Florida, hundreds from volunteers collected mangrove seedlings out of various Miami-Dade County locations - at which place they could otherwise have perished - and then distributed them to retail also commercial businesses inside South Beach, schools and each Miami Science Museum.  They exhibit them as eco-art installations amid plastic cups with tap water on walls along with windows throughout certain Miami area. Each purpose belonging to certain eco-art is for above seedlings to “reclaim” areas inside Miami wherever mangrove wetlands once thrived. Subsequent to 9 months out of germination, volunteers replant the seedlings at sites cleared beside certain Miami-Dade County Department from Environmental Resources Management.

When asked whatsoever ignites his passion for here project, artist Xavier Cortada mentioned:  “A Reclamation Project explores belonging to us ability in order to coexist with any natural earth. Object reminds our group made from that belonging to us community looked like preceding each a concrete was poured.”

Mangroves are important because they create a interface between ground and water wherever marine existence takes hold.  Small fish discover refuge out of predators in belonging to them intricate roots, which one also serve for protect the shoreline from erosion during hurricanes.  Biscayne Bay was once lined with mangroves.  Today, there are not many places where mangrove seedlings be able to grab root on Biscayne Bay because itself possesses happened barricaded by man-made barriers similar like waters walls along with development. 

A Reclamation Project Red Mangrove seedlings, adopted along with cared for via community members, are recollected by volunteers near the conclude belonging to a adoption period, next planted at single coastal restoration site within some group occupation date.  Annually, a Reclamation Project plants thousands made from mangroves along belonging to us bay, rebuilding ecosystems above along with lower down any water string.

Within belonging to it inaugural twelve months, 2006, 2,500 red mangrove seedlings were adopted through retail businesses across South Beach. Since afterward the group owns empowered finished 1,000 volunteers, mostly school children, and possesses installed exhibits next to 20 local schools along with on top of 100 retail stores. Toward date above 11,000 seedlings contain been replanted. The Reclamation Project installation around a Miami Science Museum displays finished 1,100 mangrove seedlings within clear, water-filled cups, in which they will remain until they are ready to become reforested.  Near whatever era, different 1,100 seedlings will remain nurtured inside said re-permanent nursery.

Certain project expanded within 2007 in order to include native tree reforestation in urban areas. Instead of mangrove seedlings, South Floridians are encouraged for plant native tree seedlings and a green flag among theirs yards. Above green flags perform while per catalyst belonging to conversation also one ring for action for neighbors toward restore to them native tree canopy. In similar fashion of them native trees mature, thus ought to to them interest in creating coexistence midway ours urban and natural earth.