Tarmac Quarry . This nature reserve in Lancashire UK was once a productive limestone quarry and now classed as an Area of Outstanding Beauty. Walker Company, Kentucky. The site serves as an excellent example of how quality limestone can be obtained in an environmentally sound manner. The pictures show how the quarried and mined land was returned to recreational, office parks and other human use as well as conversions to wetlands.
Many companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year improving wildlife habitat.
These are a few examples. Reclaimed Aggregate pits or quarries have also been converted to industrial and commercial properties, office parks, golf courses, parks and recreation areas, stormwater management, farmland, and landfills. The mine was reclaimed to a beautiful recreational area with bike paths and a lake. Copeland Sand and Gravel , Oregon mind in the Applegate River for 30 years. They found a way to continue to extract gravel that would not be detrimental to fish and wildlife and would not impact water quality.