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The Grazing project is under implementation since 2015 in the vicinity of Novogurovsky town, the Tula region, near the Gurovsky quarry of HeidelbergCement Rus LLC. The project aims re-storing the meadow to increase biodiversity, strengthen environmental functions and further use the soil to restore land after the completion of the quarry. We use moderate year-round grazing, lengthy partial mowing the haymaking area, feeding livestock with hay from natural meadows, sowing such a hay, planting the target plant species and sowing their seeds. The fastest restoration is in the hay mowing plot, sowed with the seed mixture from the natural meadows. This plot hosts the highest number of the target insect species. The invasive species Solidago canadensis and Erigeron annuus damage the meadows being under restoration.