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North America
Quarry Life Award 2021
19221 High Rock Road, 98272 Monroe

Native Pollinators: Who are these guys and what do they want?

We propose development of a self-guided Pacific Northwest Native Pollinator Trail (PNNPT) on a portion of the High Rock Quarry site near the city of Monroe in Snohomish County, Washington, USA.

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Quarry Life Award 2021
North America
Quarry Life Award 2018
Cadomin (Alberta)

Ruling the Roost

Bats are enigmatic species with a voracious appetite for insect pests, saving billions of dollars per year by enhancing agriculture and forest productivity.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
North America
Quarry Life Award 2018
Cadomin (Alberta)

The co-existence of a threatened population of grizzly bears with quarry mining in Alberta, Canada

Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) are a threatened species in Alberta and are often considered to be an indicator of ecosystem health. Along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
North America
Quarry Life Award 2018
New Windsor, Maryland

A Framework to Assess Restoration Outcomes in Partnership with Educational Institutions

We developed a flexible scientific protocol to study restoration and biodiversity monitoring sites in partnership with local educational institutions.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
North America
Quarry Life Award 2014
Lincoln, North, Illinois

Quarry Grassland/Wetland Conservation Restoration for the Benefit of Wildlife in Relation to Biomass Creation on reclaimed acres.

Lincoln Quarry Prairie/Wetland Conservation Restoration for the benefit of Wildlife and its subsequent creation of Biomass improvement on reclaimed soils is a plan that will establish or improve on

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Quarry Life Award 2014
North America
Quarry Life Award 2014
Sechelt, British Columbia

Designing a Geo-Ecology and Education nature trail.

Designing+constructing a geo-ecology and education nature trail at the quarry. With this trail visitors get an insight of bedrock,soil,terrain shaping,water, climate, vegetation,

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Quarry Life Award 2014
North America
Quarry Life Award 2014
Lincoln, North, Illinois

Biodiversity, Restoration, and Educational Trails on a Reclaimed Rock Quarry

During the 1800s, North American grasslands were often converted to agricultural croplands, often leaving only small prairie remnants around the edges of farm fields.

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Quarry Life Award 2014
North America
Quarry Life Award 2014
Sechelt, British Columbia

Biodiversity at Lehigh:A Community Educational Experience.

This project falls within the topic of “Biodiversity and Education”. We will determine above- and below-ground biodiversity of restored sites at the Lehigh aggregate mine,

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Quarry Life Award 2014