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Article: In wetlands, builders can pay to play [Corrected 12/29/06] Pilot program allows credits to aid other sites, but some are wary
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2006
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GLOBE SOUTH 1
HANSON - A new program, the first of its kind in New England, will
let large-scale developers in Southeastern Massachusetts destroy
wetlands if, in exchange, they agree to buy "credits" in a new fund
called a Pilot Wetlands Mitigation Bank.
The bank will, in turn, pay to restore wetlands elsewhere in the
region - specifically, in Hanson at what was once known as Bog 18,
said to be the largest cranberry bog in the world.
There are already 36 such wetland mitigation programs nationwide,
but the New England debut is sparking controversy as it makes its way
through the permitting process.
The wetlands mitigation bank was established by the state
Executive Office of Environmental ...