Mid-States Materials has reclaimed 184 acres of Big Springs Quarry in west Douglas County, Kansas as a wildlife refuge.
The reclamation project, which recently won a national award, included three ponds that have be stocked with fish and the seeding of the site to support quail and pheasant populations.
The unique wildlife refuge reclamation at Big Springs hasn’t gone unnoticed. Mid-States won three Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Awards for the three phases at Big Springs Quarry.
It then bundled the three phases and submitted the project for a National Association of State Land Reclamationists award, and was recently informed the project won the association’s 2018 Outstanding Reclamation Award in the non-coal division.
Photo courtesy of Mid-States Materials.
See article by Elvyn Jones about the restoration.