A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...

Editor’s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont’s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. Many of these articles are based on audio/videotaped ...

A rich limestone and dolomite belt crosses York County within the Piedmont Lowlands Section of the Piedmont. The area is better known to farmers as the York Valley where U.S. Route 30 runs from ...

QUINCY (CBS) – You might have heard Quincy referred to as the "Granite City." The nickname is well earned. The city was once the center of the granite-mining industry in the country. "In 1909, 146 ...

Vail-area residents who don't want three open-pit limestone quarries in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains will host a forum later this month to rally more opposition. Meanwhile state officials ...

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