What happens to gravel pits after mining?

[@JV-ds9ps]

It is much easier to work through the challenges of opening new mine sites when you have proof and pictures of successful mine reclamations. Typically these permit decision makers only deal with complaints and opposition from the property neighbors so it is refreshing when reputable operations are ethical and restore the land back to nature. It costs a ton of money but it's the right thing to do. Thanks for the videos!

[@wdscepaniak]

We appreciate the kind words! We want to show more of these projects to change the presumptions people have about mining.

[@peterstockschlaeder956]

@@wdscepaniak they have those perceptions -- accurately i think -- because it's only within the past 50-75 years or so that a much greater emphasis has been put on regulations for reclamation of mined lands and, just in general, being good stewards of the land. Really until this particular timeframe did pretty much everyone play fast-and-loose with reclamation, if they did it at all. We're all paying for the stupidity of the prior 100-150 years of culm piles, abandoned quarries, acid mine drainage, abandoned mines, orphan oil and gas wells, hydraulic mining for gold in Alaska and California....the list goes on. Appreciate that your are paying attention to you responsibility to do this, frankly it would also do a lot of good for the various efforts at the state and federal level if you and your business colleagues were far more vocal about doing so and putting the effort into prevent the issues collectively seen in this regard.

[@wdscepaniak]

@@peterstockschlaeder956 agreee. Trying to fix the narrative around reclamation

[@peterstockschlaeder956]

@@wdscepaniak thank you sir, keep pushing the narrative against all the folks that don't (like those crackpots on all them "Gold Rush" shows).

[@singularitystudios4502]

You could also help out by planting the same tree species next to the mine on the reclaimed land.

[@wdscepaniak]

That’s part of the long term plan