Stuart Bogs Restoration Project

Buzzards Bay Coalition is working with MA Division of Ecological Restoration and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to permanently protect and restore natural wetlands at the formerly farmed Stuart Bogs in Rochester. The project involves the protection of approximately 240 acres of land, which includes wetlands that had been converted to farmed cranberry bogs for decades. Preliminary engineering design is currently underway to restore approximately 60 acres of retired cranberry farmland back to natural wetlands, including expansion of existing Atlantic White Cedar swamp at the site.