Commercial aggregate mining operations of monumental scale are dispersed across the Ontario Greenbelt region alongside a considerable number of legacy unrehabilitated sites. The presence of these active sites and their mining legacies poses a serious threat to the natural systems and ecology of the Greenbelt. While proper rehabilitation can remediate the damages of extraction, successful examples are rare cases.

Although the responsibility to undertake these efforts lies upon mining companies, those who do actually do so lie on a wide spectrum, ranging from an individual to organizations. Introducing a toolkit for rehabilitation applicable to mines across the region that can enable comprehensive land stewardship is essential to kickstart widespread reclamation efforts.