- Natural features: flattening of landscape and aesthetic natural features and contours
- Berms: unsightly berms and high stockpiles of material
- Damage: damaged land (a permanent scar on the landscape) and stripping of landscape
- Vegetation: unsightly fields of weeds and invasive species vegetation
- Maintenance: future maintenance of a pit lake or a quarry (e.g. erosion of shorelines, bank stability, rock faces)
Taken with permission from the Information Guide For Citizens produced by Gravel Watch Ontario