. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. seats town, takes on state Mann's a fighter By CAROLYN GILMORE ranberry grower David Mann ok Wareham, Mass., to courtand reed the town to assess ricultural property according to e lower state formula. Mow he's taking on the state df. rower Mann gave up In acres of B for the expansion of Rt. 25 .S. 495) through Plymouth to e Cape. He is worried that there Tiore to lose than 15 acres if the te-approved highway design is d. 'or Mann and others, sacrificing jrt ofhis 100 acres of continuous nberry bog system is not the ue. Wetland prot
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. seats town, takes on state Mann's a fighter By CAROLYN GILMORE ranberry grower David Mann ok Wareham, Mass., to courtand reed the town to assess ricultural property according to e lower state formula. Mow he's taking on the state df. rower Mann gave up In acres of B for the expansion of Rt. 25 .S. 495) through Plymouth to e Cape. He is worried that there Tiore to lose than 15 acres if the te-approved highway design is d. 'or Mann and others, sacrificing jrt ofhis 100 acres of continuous nberry bog system is not the ue. Wetland protection is. hway "runoff con taining sal ts i oil detrimental to cranberry tlands and cultural manage- nt is a very real threat, they ieve. tallying behind Mann are area n berry growers as well as mers, sportsmen, environ- n talis ts, hydrologists and local zens. We're not trying to get them to ve the highway, " Mann said, it to make it environmentally e. lann was awarded $400,()()() for 15 acres of bog to be claimed the state for the highway. He iered to return the money if the te would accede to his demands ut replacing the bogs and uting the runoff. This request denied, he original Department of COVER PHOTO jROWER David Mann says the nvironmental issues in the case n which he is uivolved are clear- ut. The story about Mann and lis battle starts on this page. CRANBERRIES photo by larolyn Gilmore) Pubbc Works drainage pool for the bog area of of the highway was determined "inadequately designed" by lEP P^ngineering Co., Mann said. The Plymouth Conservation Commission denied that design. An appeal was then made to the Department of Environmental Quality and Engineering, which has authority over town commissions. After review, the DPW enlarged the pool toaccomodatea'lOO year storm " situation and to include an oil boom. Further conditions included the installation of environmental monitoring wells around and away from the pool. However, there is no legal
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