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Che ingredient is strong public edu- ¢ion uuaoutreach dtu'ing the mining peri- l." Ultimately 30 percent of the project ending came from royalties ~dong with ap- roximately ~8 million of in-kind sire work iduding rau1, trail, and srorm-drain con- atction, till site grading, and provision of >psoil. Yet co eam this investment, the Forest reserves hurl ro convince the public to put p with eight more years ofdust clouds and [ten 1,000 truck deliveries per tiny. "We id all sort of things to reach out ro the eighbors, including site touts co explain ow the mining was being planned co gape the new park and Lake and how -ormwarer would be filtered," Fenelon ex- lains. "We had public fonuns attended by vet 4,000 people :utd even went so hat us ~ clean dust from neighbors' mailboxes." Fenelon's ream supervised grading, Canting and the placement of remnant xk materials while yuarry operations con- mued. The greatest design challenge was ~ create a htunan-scaled and experienrial- i div park in a vast treeless area. AL- 7oug. ~o small old growth forests lie at ne edges of the park, the quarry itself had 0-foot vertical walls and was st¢rounded y expanses of compacted soils. The pit was The Independence Grove site plan, above, reflects the diversity of park programs by allowing for ac• five and passive recreation. In an area with few publicly owned lakes, the park offers opportunities for swimming, kayaking, and boating. The native garden, k/t, is a popular spot for weddings because of its winding paths, pergolas, and demonstration garden of torts and grasses native to the region. slowly filled in and shaped with more than tour million cubic yards ofovet- burden (the unminable site materi- al), recycled concrete, and other clean fill brought to the sire and graded ro Gne character. As mining operations began ro wind down in the Lare 1990s, the Forest Preserves began to phase in riparian and upland tree planting. "We graded our upland areas long before seeding... and we created un- catch silt mnofE," Penelon explains. As at the nearby Chicago BoC>,nic Garden (see LrtndreaQe Architectr~re, September 2003), the main role of these shelves is co reduce shoreline erosion caused by wave anion in a windy landscape. Penelon recalls the sig- nificant timing challenge of planting roughly 60,000 wetland plants along the shoreline as the Lake filled up with ground- water. Early on, some riparian installations died because the water was not yet high enough to reach diem. i7. S.,, v,., .:E 811e ATL is kt>i: {;pz(- FEBFUGRT 2UU4