When diving into the waters of Florida Keys at age of 13, Ken Nedimyer loved the coral and the waters of it. However, when in 1977 a cold rush of water killed most of the coral and then a disease came along, almost all of the coral was killed. The coral that wasn't killed was severely weakened.
When the coral was starting to recover, hurricanes hit the coast and killed so much coral that most was put on the endangered species list.
When Ken Nedimyer saw how much destruction had been placed on the innocent coral reef, he didn't know what to do. However, when some Staghorn coral grew in a fake underwater rock farm, he had an idea.
First, his daughter and he artificially cultivated the coral for a high school project. When this was a success, he decided to start growing some coral at the reefs. This was also a success, and now many coral "fields" have grown to make another ecosystem of the reef.
http://dogonews.com/2011/10/24/one-mans-quest-helps-restore-floridas-coral-reef
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