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Cranberry bogs extend on all sides of her property, which sits 10 feet above sea level. She described her nightmare: All the bogs flooded by storming seas. ... Coastal flooding fueled by climate ...
Cranberry growers flood bogs to harvest the colorful crop. ... It's surrounded by 3,000 acres "of cranberry bogs, blueberry fields, reservoirs, sugar sand roads, and Pine Barrens forests."
In the referenced 1920s report the river served for "flooding cranberry bogs and for mill purposes" and featured three herring weirs; the "Upper Herring Weir" in Rochester, the "Middle Weir" or "Church's Weir", and the "Lower Herring Weir" at the entrance to Mattapoisett Harbor.
The practical benefits of the bog were evident during the Flood of 1955, when bridges downstream of the bog were spared from the massive damage done in much of the Poconos. In 1956 The Nature Conservancy acquired the first 62.5 acres (253,000 m 2) for protection.
Before temperatures dip to single digits, the cranberry bogs at the Lee Brothers Cranberry Farm will have to be flooded to keep the fragile buds from drying out. New Jersey farmers struggle amid ...
Mill dam later used for cranberry bog water control. Gulf Brook Dam 10 ft (3.0 m) 2021 Pepperell: Gulf Brook: Nashua River: Mill dam was rebuilt in the 1970s for waterfowl. Owned by the Nashoba Conservation Trust. Millie Turner Dam 10 ft (3.0 m) 2015
A pair of old cranberry bogs in Mashpee, Chop Chaque, are about to be restored to wetland. The transformation is part of a growing trend on Cape Cod. One way to improve Cape Cod's water quality?
In 1891 the Swift brothers converted river wetlands into cranberry bogs, thus straightening, diking, damming, and channeling the river, reducing some sections to a simple ditch, although much of the river today remains a meandering stream wending through the broad vistas provided by the commercial bogs. Cranberry cultivation increased to 15,000 ...