Dr Sarah Taylor works with GeoConservation Staffordshire at Apedale quarry

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Posted on 26 March 2012

Dr Sarah Taylor, Lecturer in Ecology, and GeoConservation Staffordshire have worked together to re-expose a local quarry face in Apedale.

GeoConservation Staffordshire committee members, students from Keele and Staffordshire University, SCC Park Rangers and Apedale volunteers all came together on Mother's Day to re-expose a quarry face at Miry Quarry, Apedale. The Vanderbeckei marine band, which marks the boundary between the Lower and Middle Pennine Coal Measures, was uncovered for the first time in 15 years.

The event was organised by Dr Sarah L. Taylor (Keele) and Dr Patrick Cossey (Staffordshire University), who worked with biodiversity and geodiversity experts to ensure that the restoration did not endanger Great Crested Newts.  Keele environmental science students had previously carried out an Ecological Impact Assessment of the activity and future student cohorts will monitor the restoration. This data will be used to aid management of this local site.

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