US EditionMassachusetts cranberry bogs are being given a second life as vibrant wetlands
Massachusetts has invested over $27 million to restore eight cranberry bogs into wetlands, enhancing wildlife habitats and cutting wastewater treatment costs, officials said.
- Earlier this year, the Cold Brook Eco-Restoration Project finished, revealing a stream and peat at a 32-acre bog as Massachusetts advances wetland restoration with over $27 million spent and 12 projects planned.
- Cranberry growers face economic challenges due to lower prices and rising costs, prompting some to restore bogs to wetlands that benefit local communities.
- A six-to-nine-month, $1.1 million project aims to convert a bog to wetland, restoring native plants like steeplebush and straw-colored flatsedge while providing habitat for wood frogs, hawks and muskrats.
- The conversions produce water-quality and coastal-protection benefits, with restored wetlands filtering pollutants, acting as natural barriers, and attracting hikers, bikers and bird watchers in Harwich.
- Because many bogs sit on former wetlands, Massachusetts is well suited for bog conservation as restorations effectively return land to prior ecosystems, a fourth-generation grower said.
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Massachusetts cranberry bogs are being given a second life as vibrant wetlands
CARVER, Mass. (AP) — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts.
Cranberry bogs are being given a second life as vibrant wetlands
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CARVER, Mass. (AP) — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts. Farmers are converting cranberry bogs into wetlands Restoration improves wildlife habitat and native plant growth Projects provide natural buffers to climate change impacts More than $27 million has funded eight restorations with mor…
Massachusetts cranberry bogs are being given a second life as vibrant wetlands - The Morning Sun
CARVER, Mass. (AP) — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts. Instead, he is watching a backhoe tear up the cranberry bog, exposing the dark peat underneath that will eventually become a meandering stream through the 32-acre (13-hectare) South Meadow Bogs Restoration site. The goal of the six-to-nine-month-long, $1.1 million pro…
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