A project of Save the Pine Barrens
Jan. 25, 2023 Earth Removal Committee: public hearing on Maki-Lopes application to expand December 5, 2022: A Citizens Suit Law demand letter and notice of
January 17, 2023 — ZBA issues Decision in Case No. 4077, refuses to enforce the Bylaw despite credible evidence of violations – decision below. ZBA
Long time chair of Carver Earth Removal Committee John Garretson III profited from unregulated earth removal ERC member John Shurtleff of Triple J Trucking reportedly
Coming up: Sunday Oct. 23, 2022 from 10 to 2 p.m. Meet at the public library (2 Meadowbrook Way, Carver).Standout will take place at Carver
Developers target Colony Place for dense development in Aquifer Protection Overlay District The “water crisis” — November 18, 2022 update here. Issues: August 16, 2022:
Solar developer ConEdison proposes to clear-cut Pine Barrens forest, denude land for large ground mounted solar, batteries Site located on Weweantic River, ancient Native American
Court rules for protection of wetlands, water quality and against Borrego Solar and AD Makepeace in lawsuit challenging 65-acre ground mounted industrial solar project on rare Pine Barrens forest
December 29, 2023: Halifax Board of Selectmen issues cease and desist Hearing January 10, 2023: residents explain violations, threat to drinking water wells, Monponsett Pond
While extracting millions of dollars of sand and gravel, cranberry growers claim they are “farming” and the mining is “agriculture” These cranberry landowners enroll their
Are you concerned about the destruction of Plymouth by massive development projects? Are Town officials protecting our drinking water? Are your concerns ignored by the
AD Makepeace blatantly abuses the process for obtaining permits under the Mass Endangered Species Act State officials look the other way, pretend Plymouth mining operations
Board of Selectmen ignore Town Meeting vote in 2021 to investigate and stop illegal mining November 2022 letter gives Selectmen notice of intent to sue
Image courtesy of Google Earth, 2022 VHB is proposing to install a 3.5 megawatt solar array just north of Route 25, near Harlow Brook in
This page documents some of the Earth Removal Bylaw and permit violations at the illegal Maki-Lopes mining site on Meadow Street in Carver, Massachusetts. The
On December 14, 2022, the Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) sided with Makepeace claiming that a 214-acre strip mine is a “agricultural project” ZBA