US Patent Issued to VIRIDIS ARBOR on Oct. 28 for "Apparatus and method of creating wetlands in remote arid environments" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,303, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VIRIDIS ARBOR LLC (Verona, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method of creating wetlands in remote arid environments" was invented by Gary E. Abeles (Verona, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of creating a wetland in a remote arid location includes identifying or establishing a channel of flowing water at the arid location, and installing therein a mat containing seeds, and/or seedlings, and a super absorbent polymer (SAP). Water is applied to the SAP, such that both edible and dam-constructing vegetation grows and matures from the mat. Beavers are then dropped into the arid location by parachut...