Windswept Bog, Nantucket Island MA: Watershed-scale Wetland Restoration and Research

On June 17th the Nantucket Conservation Foundation hosted a celebratory tour for partners and funders of their recently completed Windswept Cranberry Bog wetland restoration. A walk through the property led by Karen Beattie of NCF, Michael Soares and Julie Busa of Fuss & O'Neill, and Travis Sumner of SumCo Eco-Contracting focused on the results of the work and collaboration of the many people and organizations who have worked tirelessly over the past few years to ensure this project’s success. Project partners joined from Mass DER, USFWS, EPA, SNEP, The Living Observatory, SumCo Eco-Contracting, Mass Audubon, and Restore America's Estuaries. The newly restored wetland was already greening up and the work completed the year prior was in full bloom. The Windswept Bog restoration is an exciting example of cranberry bog restoration and joins many successful projects completed across New England that are contributing to our collective knowledge of wetland restoration practices.