08/03/2026

Reclamation Award Entry Forms are now Available!

OAIMA members place a strong emphasis on protecting Ohio’s valuable natural resources. Producers do this in a number of ways. Aggregate producers’ landscape with trees, shrubs and grasses to control erosion, as well as provide natural screens and buffers and other features to beautify the area.  OAIMA members take great pride in leaving a lasting, useful and beautiful legacy for generations to enjoy.

All mining operations must obtain a mining permit from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and all sites, by law, must be reclaimed.

Once reclaimed, crushed stone quarries and sand and gravel sites are desirable as water reservoirs or recreational lakes, often with residential subdivisions nearby. Beneficial land uses include creation of wildlife habitats and agricultural fields and lakes for a variety of uses, including groundwater recharge. Wetlands are also often created as a result of mining. The industry is very proactive and responsive to its need to be a good steward of the environment and a good neighbor in the community.

RECLAMATION AWARD NOMINATION FORM

2025 RECLAMATION AWARDS

Keeney Sand & Stone - Painesville Plant

Kimble Clay & Limestone - Dover Plant

Martin Marietta - Apple Grove Sand & Gravel

Martin Marietta - Franklin Sand & Gravel

Martin Marietta - Cook Rd Sand & Gravel

Martin Marietta - Shamrock Sand & Gravel

ZEMBA Companies - Zanesville Plant

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Shelly Materials Plant

Coshocton Plant - Coshocton, Ohio

In Recognition of Outstanding Reclamation - November 15, 2024