Tag: division of reclamation
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Colorado Springs adds reclaimed land at Pikeview Quarry
Pikeview Quarry had been a growing scar on the mountains overlooking Colorado Springs for more than a century. Now the land is growing trees and will help to expand the city’s portfolio of parks and open spaces. The City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday morning to accept a donation of 100 acres of quarry land into…
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Company ‘thrilled’ by reclamation at Colorado Springs quarry — but ‘not out of the woods yet’
The company in charge of returning a historic mining pit to nature in Colorado Springs’ northwest mountains is celebrating key progress in the yearslong job. Castle Aggregates is “thrilled” by the looks of Pikeview Quarry, said Jerry Schnabel, the company’s president and general manager. The months have seen the scar’s familiar red turn to the…