Month: August 2021

Whats Going On At The Pond?

Residents rally in Wareham to stop subsidizing solar projects that clear-cut woodlands

August 25, 2021

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Save the Pine Barrens Frank MulliganWicked LocalAD0:12https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.476.0_en.html#goog_1516096946 WAREHAM – There are grass roots movements. Perhaps this is a tree roots movement. About 100 people attended a rally Saturday at the Onset VFW, one of two held in the state, to enlist support to impose a state moratorium on subsidizing solar projects that clear cut forests in the interest of green energy. The other rally was held in Greenfield. Rally supporters…

Student artists use native plants to tell story of Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe

August 25, 2021

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PLYMOUTH – Dozens of edible plants have been identified in the stretch of Cedarville woods that the town returned to the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe in 2019. Many make fine art supplies as well. Local students collected several varieties of berries along with wildflowers, grasses and tree and shrub leaves earlier this month as part of a project to help reshape the conversation about the tribe and its place in…