The MAAP program always asks if rehabilitation would do more harm than good before we put equipment on a legacy site. Sometimes we make tough decisions that take down mature vegetation, but only [...]
This pit was small in size but had a large pit face that needed to be graded to put this legacy pit back into workable agriculture land. The farmer had chosen to not crop the land the first [...]
The pit was located in the front of the landowner’s home and occupying agriculture land. Steep faces and hummocky terrain made data collection difficult at this site. As a result MAAP [...]
Large mounds and steep slopes occupied 0.75 ha of the landowner’s pastureland. MAAP was able to remove the mounds and create a gentle 5:1 slope which was seeded with a pasture mix. Link
This gravel pit was occupying about 0.1ha of pasture with a very steep face that rendered the pit area unusable for the horses. The site was seeded with a pasture mix after construction allowing [...]
This abandoned pit is located within the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Area. The site posed safety concerns with its steep slopes located in rolling topography. To restore the [...]
This legacy pit was occupying over 1 ha of farmland. MAAP used onsite material to blend the pit into the surrounding farm field. The farmer was incredibly happy to have the extra room for crops [...]
This pit was located in the middle of a meadow and was 0.5 ha in size. The pit was returned to a naturalized area. After rehabilitation the landowner built a laneway through the site to access a [...]
