Fruit d’Or Cranberry Seeks Permit to Expand Mining off Mayflower Road
Chair of Carver ERC Scott Hannula to Run Mining Operation with Ryco Excavating
Investigation reveals Scott Hannula’s connections to sand mining, trucking and using cranberry agriculture to get permits: read more here
Groups Demand Fruit d’Or Withdraw Mining Application
Take Action:
Attend the January 7th Earth Removal Committee at 3pm, Carver Town Hall
Speak out and tell them to vote no on this sand mining permit
About the Fruit d’Or mining application
Fruit d’Or, the Canadian company that bought the Wareham MA-based Decas Company, applied to the Carver Earth Removal Committee for another massive sand and gravel mining permit.
The location is shown below, on Carver Assessors parcels 122-18, 122-10, 122-2, 122-4 & 5-2.
The company strategically mischaracterizes the mining application as building a 10.5 cranberry pond. It claims this mining is “incidental” to cranberry agriculture in order to evade local land use laws. The land is currently upland Pine Barrens forest
The application is for 640,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel that will take years to mine out of the ground. The company will clear-cut the forest, level the hills and mine in the Sole Source Aquifer.
Take action! Come to the public hearing to STOP this project!
The Carver ERC opened the public hearing on Oct. 1, 2024. The hearing continued on Nov. 5, 2024.
You can view the Oct. 1, 2024 recording here, starting at 1:35:00.
You can view the Nov. 12 2024 ERC recording here.
Next public hearing is January 7th, 2024
See the company’s application and site plans here.
Below are maps. The areas outlined in red are the parcels identified in the company’s application.
Above: Parcel 122 – 2
Above: Parcel 122-18
Above: Parcel 122-10
Impact to Aquifer, Wetlands and Waterways
Fruit d’Or’s mine borders Cedar Swamp wetlands and a perennial stream. See the mapped natural resources below. The company will mine and dredge in the Sole Source Aquifer for sand and gravel. This is a federally designated aquifer for 200,000 people. Read what the experts say about how sand mining harms the Aquifer here.
Thankyou CLWC and WGBH for this truthful and factual report.
At this juncture,while many dollars are being exchanged from hand to hand and local and state officials are looking the other way, all oppurtunities to seek the help through all legitimate media sources will be the best path for saving our privare wells,health,home values and quality of life.
Anyone can call themselves a Steward of the Land.
Actions speak louder than words!
Thank you for your support Laura! From Meg and the Team