TOARC / MAAP RESEARCH

 Improving Rehabilitation Options Through Research (.32 MB)

Best Practice Guidelines for Aggregate Rehabilitation Projects:
Extracting the Benefits for Species At Risk and Rare Habitats (6 MB)

 Thermal Plume Transport from Sand and Gravel Pits - Potential Thermal Impacts on Cool Water Streams (1.87 MB)

 Characterizing the Two-DimensionalThermal Conductivity Distribution in a Sand and Gravel Aquifer (1.06 MB)

 Optimising Ecohydrological Protocols to Enhance Calcareous Wetland Rehabilitation in Abandoned Quarries (1.25 MB)

 Biodiversity and Stability in Quarry Restoration- Diversity and Resistance to Simulated Climate Change (2.71 MB)

Tallgrass Prairie Restoration within Abandoned Sand and Gravel Pits in Southern Ontario:
An Investigation of Native Prairie Plant Response to Mycorrizal Inoculation and Carbon Amendments
in Post- mine Soil- Progress Report December 2011 (.58 MB)

Establishing Alvar Mosses on Quarry Floors:
A Necessary Step in the Restoration of Quarries to Alvars- Progress Report (.60 MB)

Experimental manipulation of aquatic habitat to:
a) determine the role of habitat in shaping fish communities, and
b) identify effective options for reclaiming sites with fisheries potential (.50 MB)

REHABILITATION AND AGGREGATE PUBLICATIONS

 Outstanding Rehabilitation & Reclamation (1.79 MB)

 Pit & Quarry Rehabilitation - The State of the Art in Ontario (1984) (2.25 MB)

 State of Aggregate Resources in Ontario Study (2010) (Link)

 Rehabilitation of Pits and Quarries for Forest Production (4.81 MB)

 Rehabilitation of Pits and Quarries for Fish and Wildlife (8.10 MB)

 Rehabilitation of Sand and Gravel Pits for Fruit Production in Ontario (5.67 MB)

 Sand and Gravel Pit Rehabilitation in Northern Ontario (3.83 MB)

 From Pits to Playgrounds (3.73 MB)

 Agriculture and The Aggregate Industry (5.32 MB)

 Alvar: A New Target Community for Quarry Rehabilitation (2.92 MB)

 Trees and Shrubs (16.1 MB)