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that, we want to draw folks from all over the state,” said Director of Natural Resources James Sharn said it was a
New Bern city manager Foster Hughes. This park is located “great honor” to receive the award as it serves as an
on the site of a former quarry owned by the Company acknowledgement of the many people who work to
which donated more than 55 acres to help form the new restore the land.
park. Phase 1 of the park includes a playground, walking
“The award recognizes the hard work, pride and
trails, canoe/kayak launch, fishing pier and observation deck.
dedication of Martin Marietta employees who care about
how they return the land to nature and the community,”
Sharn said. “This is demonstrated in both the wildlife that
utilizes the reclaimed ground and the many favorable
comments we get from the surrounding community.”
The 2022 honor was not the first time Martin Marietta has
been recognized by the CSSGA. Previously, the Parkdale
Quarry team won the Enhancement of Reclamation through
Community and Stakeholder Engagement Award, and the
Taft Hill Sand and Gravel team won the Outstanding
Community Outreach and Education in the Benefits of
Reclamation of Mined Lands awards.

Sharn said honors like these are only made possible by the
continued dedication of those operating the quarries. “All
credit goes to the operations,” he said. Spec Agg Plant
Manager Luke Riemenschneider agreed. “It feels good
because the crew here is constantly putting in the hard
effort to reclaim this land. To see folks in the industry
recognize them is just spectacular,” he said. “For us,
reclamation is a daily agenda item. It is all about our guys
doing the work, and it is great to have an upper
management team that allows us to take this work so
seriously.”
Martin Marietta Park,
New Bern, NC

In addition to re-purposing sites where mining has been
completed, the company also engages in on-going or
concurrent reclamation at most of its active operations.
Our Colorado operations have excelled at concurrent
reclamation, receiving accolades from state mining
officials. For example, in late 2022 Martin Marietta’s
Specification Aggregates (Spec Agg) Quarry was honored
with an Outstanding Concurrent Reclamation Award as a A herd gathers on land reclaimed at Spec Agg Quarry.
part of the Colorado Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s
(CSSGA) 2022 Jack Starner Reclamation Awards program.
Award winners are determined by a panel of experts who
The awards, which are sponsored by the Colorado Mined select sites that display outstanding environmental efforts.
Land Reclamation Board, celebrate outstanding Russ Means, minerals program director for the Active
reclamation of aggregate and construction material Mines program at Colorado’s Division of Reclamation,
operations and further the collection and dissemination of Mining and Safety, serves on the panel and is the primary
successful reclamation techniques, according to CSSGA. contact point for submissions. He said it is no surprise that

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