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The article reports that Lehigh Hanson Inc.'s Hanson Aggregates Marlboro Sand & Gravel site in Bennettsville, South Carolina, has donated 200 acres of reclaimed mining property to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue. Carolina Waterfowl Rescue provides care to more than 1,000 birds a year covering close to 40 different wild bird species. The donated property will be used to provide a natural and controlled habitat, called a rookery, to rehabilitate injured waterfowl.

The article informs that Vulcan Materials Co.'s Grandin Sand Plant located in Melrose, Florida, has received Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for managing a 14.4-acre on-site rookery. Topics discussed include the views of Margaret O'Gorman, president at WHC, on Grandin Sand Plant, the views of Traci Johns, a Vulcan environmental specialist, on environmental stewards, and the views of Laura Berkelman, president at Santa Fe Audubon Society Inc., on the same.

The article offers information on the certification received by Vulcan Materials Co. from the U.S. Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC)for its efforts to protect and monitor the wildlife and habitat restoration projects at Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve in Alabama. Topics discussed include the WHC certification received by Vulcan at quarries in North Carolina, the views of Vulcan's Ruffner Project Manager Bill Ledbetter on it, and the efforts of Wildlife Habitat Council for wildlife conservation.