Rockport State Recreation Area is known to have exposed fossils from the Devonian period – more than 400 million years ago.

The site was home to a watercress farm for decades before eventually becoming a small limestone quarry that provided gravel to small landscaping or construction projects. The quarry pit gradually ...

Water Minister Emma Hardy has said there will be a more flexible approach to monitoring wild swimming spots outside of the traditional bathing season from May to September, with safety and cleanliness ...

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The park offers a 1.2-mile trail loop at its crest that offers views of downtown Rochester and Silver Lake as well as down into the abandoned quarry at ... peaked ridges and limestone corridors ...

This man-made lake is 40 acres large and contains what many consider to be the clearest water in all of Illinois. Float across the smooth surface or race from end to end while being surrounded by ...

A monumental discovery has been made in the San Antonio Zoo, confirming the exact quarry that provided the limestone to build the Alamo and solving a mystery spanning centuries.

A campaign has been launched against a plan for a quarry which some local people have branded as "devastating". The limestone quarry would be set up alongside the existing quarry at Pury End, near ...

The state Department of Environmental Protection on Jan. 21 approved a permit for Neiswonger Construction to build the 336-acre mine underneath the Maggie Lynn Limestone Quarry along Morey Road.

Bubbler Talk listener, Sophia Heyn discovered the geological history of quarrying in Estabrook Park while researching a ...