Project: Vananda Quarry
British Columbia, Lafarge Canada

Construction Date: May 2002, continuing

Description: Adjacent to the northern part of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia is Texada Island on which is located the now non-operational quarry at Vananda.
Medialand established test sites in the quarry to experiment with reclamation techniques for re-naturalization and stabilisation. The experiments have been devised in three phases.
Phase One was completed in May 2002 and consists of raised planting beds constructed of rubble found on site and filled with different mixtures of soil and rock dust from storage piles. Several variables were tested ; types of plant, transplantation methods, the comparison of soil additives and hydro-seed mixtures.
Careful monitoring of the test sites is conducted regularly and the results are used as a reference for other sites presenting the similar problems.