COMMUNITY LAND & WATER COALITION
To protect, preserve and steward the land and water of Southeastern Massachusetts. We are losing them fast.
Watch CLWC’s New Video About Our Work
Watch Community Planning for Conservation, a Joint Webinar with Community Land & Water Coalition and Mass Audubon
This webinar focuses on how local governments operate in Massachusetts, and how you can get involved. It teaches the value of natural areas for climate resilience, and guides you through how to speak up for open space protection in local planning.
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No More Sand Mines (On the Cranberry Trail), an original song by the Fairy Bog Mothers.
Responsible Solar & Energy Siting
The shift to clean energy must happen fast but if we don’t do it right it can end up doing more harm than good. CLWC is part of a state wide coalition advocating for responsible solar siting and protecting our land, water and communities from reckless industrial scale solar projects.
Find out more: responsiblesolarma.org
Contact: responsiblesolarma@gmail.com
Take Action to Preserve the Pine Barrens
Write a Letter to STOP Logging in Myles Standish State Forest
Take Action to Stop Sand Mining
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Community Land & Water Coalition
We are a diverse grassroots network of groups and individuals from across the region. Our mission is to protect, preserve and steward the land and water resources of Southeastern Massachusetts. We are losing them fast.
There will be two public hearings for two new sand mines on the agenda. Commercial sand mining threatens our air, water, and quality of life, yet there is little government oversight and no environmental investigations.![]()
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Read about the 110 sand mines in Southeastern Mass and their impacts researched by CLWC on the site![]()
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How you can help: Attend the public hearings and speak about the impacts of sand mining in your town. Ask the Committee to stop issuing earth removal permits until the state conducts a comprehensive study on the impacts of sand mining in our aquifer and the Pine Barrens. ![]()
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Carver Earth Removal Committee![]()
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 3 pm![]()
Carver Town Hall See less
We need you to show up and say: NO MORE FOREST LOSS FOR SOLAR. 🌲![]()
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📍 Two opportunities to take action:![]()
➡️ Carver Planning Board, Tuesday, August 11, 6:30 pm — speak up to protect Carver’s forest and Right of First Refusal. Write to Administrator Michelle Bremer at Michele.Bremer@carverma.gov ![]()
➡️ Wareham Zoning Board of Appeals — tell them you oppose clearing forests for industrial solar at the 0 Route 25 location.![]()
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These forests provide clean air, protect groundwater, store carbon, and support the unique Pine Barrens ecosystem. Once they’re clear-cut, they’re gone.![]()
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Please write in to the Carver Planning Board or attend the Wareham Zoning Board of Appeals and make your voice heard.![]()
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🌲 NO MORE FOREST LOSS FOR SOLAR.![]()
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Protect Pine Barrens. Protect Our Water. Protect Our Future.![]()
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Read this insightful guest post in the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the real threat behind all this forest loss (hint: it's not you, nor me, nor our local government who wants to cut down all these trees...guess who)![]()
gazettenet.com/2026/08/04/guest-columnist-michael-dechiara-what-determines-solar-siting-profits/
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Pulte Homes is at the next phase opermitting for the dense housing![]()
project off Hedge Road and Prince Street in North Plymouth. ![]()
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Two lawsuits have been filed appealing the ZBA decision to grant permits for project. The Conservation Commission should send this project back to the drawing board. ![]()
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It is in a coastal flood zone and abuts a Superfund site. Make your voice heard. Public comment is encouraged at the upcoming Conservation Commission hearing, or write in public comments ahead of time.![]()
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Plymouth Conservation Commission, Tuesday, August 11, 7 pm, Agenda and zoom link here:![]()
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www.plymouth-ma.gov/AgendaCenter/MostRecent/Conservation-Commission-12-12
Low Tide, High Risk: Is Pulte Homes Avoiding Environmental Review?![]()
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Environmental attorney Meg Sheehan and local resident Joe Falconeiri visit Prince Street in North Plymouth to examine whether Pulte Homes’ proposed 163-unit development should undergo a more comprehensive environmental review. ![]()
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Attend the upcoming conservation commission (in person or Zoom) hearing on Tuesday August 11th at 7pm. Learn more at: www.plymouth-ma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-3790
Proposed Development Projects By Town
