Does anyone know of good links on this subject?
2006-10-02 00:33:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Depends on what was quarried. Could be allowed to fill in with water and used as mitigation wetland, if there isn't a toxic soil condition. If it is a hillside quarry, you can recontour, like previous answer said, and replant. Check out county records in counties with similar topography for how they mitigated/restored.
2006-10-02 05:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by ShortnSweet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why restore, why not let the quarry be recolonised by nature, rather than try to recreate something. how do you determine what is the correct flaura & fauna. Id certainly agree that anything that is hazardous or toxic is removed but after that Id be minded to leave well alone, unless you wanted to backfill with something (eg municiapl waste asuuming the quarry is large enough)
2006-10-02 00:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently lived in an area where there are open pit coal mines.
As an area becomes depleted of coal, attempts are made to restore the hills to the same size and shape which they were before (using old topo maps and photos), with native plants on them.
2006-10-02 00:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biodegradable landfill area
2006-10-02 00:43:39 · answer #4 · answered by kiss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I'd let mother nature get on with it
2006-10-02 00:34:55 · answer #5 · answered by trebs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋