Big cities and small towns alike face tough decisions whether to provide more housing for its residents or to preserve some of the land for green and open spaces. Ideally you want a healthy balance of both.
This article talks about the restoration of a former cranberry bog in Massachusetts (home of the cranberries!) that instead of becoming a 600-acre housing development has transformed into conservation land for both people and wildlife to enjoy.
Cranberry bogs — naturally swampy areas infused with sand to create the ideal growing conditions for the iconic North American fruit — have been a staple of the Massachusetts landscape and economy for centuries. At the turn of the new millennium, the industry was in a tough spot... Some Massachusetts cranberry bogs no longer made financial sense, and for farmers who had exhausted every option to stay in operation, development was the only reliable way out. But it wasn’t a fate those farmers wanted for the land they loved.
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