Reclamation and Land Use
Aggregate products are essential for the production of homes, buildings, roads, bridges, airports, sidewalks, sewer lines and many manufactured products. Demand for aggregate products expands in proportion to:
- a growing population
- the health of the economy
- the desire of people to maintain and improve the quality of the environment in which they live and
- the need to maintain and expand the infrastructure of urban environment.
These goods do not come without temporarily disturbing the landscape in which aggregate products are extracted. However, today more the ever, the mining industry reclaims the land in which product was extracted into beneficial use of the landscape. The record of reclaimed pits and quarries across the United States expands all imaginable land uses. Examples of common reclaimed lands include:
- Parks
- Residential Devlopmment
- Functional Wetlands
- Resorts
- Arboretums
- Industrial Sites
- Geologic Study Sites
- School Grounds
- Gardens
- Wildlife Habitats
- Golf Courses
- Office Parks
- Amphitheatures
- Beaches
- Zoos
- Agricultural Lands
Learn more about how we are “Shaping Landscapes for Tomorrow”
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