A: At The Shelly Company, we take pride in our efforts to reclaim the land. We currently have two sites we no longer mine that have been transformed into wildlife habitat sites – the Dresden Wildlife Habitat Site and the Montpelier North Wildlife Site. Our Dresden location has been certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council as a Corporate Lands for Learning location. The Montpelier site is beginning that process, and those involved are hopeful for WHC designation in the coming years.
A: Asphalt is a combination of approximately 95% stones and sand & gravel and about 5% asphalt cement, a petroleum product that acts as the glue to hold the pavement together. These materials are combined and heated to create asphalt.
