McCoy Rock Quarry received the 2023 Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award from the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Conservation in Manhattan on January 11, 2024.

This award recognizes companies that excel in implementing mined land reclamation and convey a positive image of mining in Kansas; McCoy Rock Quarry was recognized for their reclamation work on the Bellinger site near Alma. KDA Division of Conservation representative Christina Koelzer presented the Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award to McCoy Rock Quarry on behalf of Governor Laura Kelly.

The Bellinger project reclaimed 10 acres of land planted with native grass. The quarrying extraction process included removing the sub soil and topsoil by excavators and hauling the materials via articulating caterpillar trucks to stockpiles. The motto for McCoy Rock Quarry during the reclamation process was "as good or better" meaning the land will be reclaimed as it was prior to quarrying or even better because of land improvements that occur simultaneously.

McCoy Rock Quarry is based in Paxico, Kansas; it operates several location sites with 12 employees delivering stone across the Midwest. Their philosophy is to take care of the land that has taken care of them.

For more information, contact Koelzer at KDA Division of Conservation, 785-564-6626 or Christina.Koelzer@ks.gov.

Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation representative Christina Koelzer presents the Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award to McCoy Rock Quarry representatives Jaime Perez, Quarry Manager; Duane McCoy, President; and Dalton McCoy, Vice President.