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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Our sites also actively partner with local agencies, as
well as organizations like the South Carolina Department
of Natural Resources. For example, our Berkeley
Quarry has undertaken significant steps to encourage the
protection and enhancement of wildlife. In 2020 the
Company entered into a Safe Harbor Agreement with
the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
covering 2,050 acres at its Berkeley property for the
protection of the endangered Red Cockaded Woodpecker.
This 99 year agreement includes habitat buffers to protect
the existing nesting tree, along with annual habitat
enhancement activities including thinning, controlled burns
and construction of artificial nesting boxes to encourage
additional birds into the habitat. This site also participates
in the South Carolina Wildlife Federation’s W.A.I.T.
(Wildlife and Industry Together) program. This program
encourages the protection and enhancement of wildlife
on industry lands. Endangered Red
Cockaded Woodpecker
Not only has the Company partnered with local agencies
and groups for conservation projects on our sites, but we
now also have made significant contributions to offsite In an effort to remedy these problems, RS Shorelines’ affiliate
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projects as well. While, it’s common knowledge that RS Solutions invented QuickReef . Utilizing a variety of native
Martin Marietta limestone is incredibly important in the North Carolina materials, including marine limestone, or marl,
construction of roads, homes, buildings and other land- from the Company’s Belgrade Quarry, QuickReef works in
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based structures, it’s not well known that our products are conjunction with other elements of a living shoreline —
playing an increasingly important role beneath the sea. including local flora and rock structures — to offer a more
From the Outer Banks to the South Carolina border, North “breathable” coastline option that effortlessly blends into the
Carolina has about 300 miles of coastline that is home to natural environment. RS Solutions spent a considerable
not only millions of people, but also many wildlife species. amount of time searching for just the right mix of natural
Numerous organizations, both public and private, are materials to use in QuickReef before settling on Belgrade’s
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working to protect this coastal habitat and Martin marl as a primary ingredient in their recipe.
Marietta’s material is vital to their mission.

One of the private organizations working to ensure coastal
preservation is Martin Marietta customer RS Shorelines.
Formed by Restoration Systems in 2020, RS Shorelines uses
native materials to build living shorelines that serve as
viable, and, in many ways superior, alternatives to
traditional coastal barriers like bulkheads and seawalls.
Many manmade sea barriers effectively protect the
immediate vicinity in which they’re placed. The problem,
however, is that the force of the water on such barriers is
not eliminated, only diverted elsewhere along the coast.
This means that while the area nearest the barrier wall may Largely because of our efforts to maintain habitat diversity,
we easily coexist with wildlife at our Specification Aggregates Quarry
be protected, erosion and other harmful effects are still felt
along other points of the shoreline.

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