101 Tihonet Road

Volume of earth removed: 7.2 Million cubic yards approved by Plymouth, an unknown volume has been removed.

In 2010, state and Makepeace promised this site would be put into conservation. Instead, now it’s being strip mined. AD Makepeace mined along the Wankinko River and Frogfoot Brook conducting one of the largest sand mining projects ever permitted. The Project Deemed the ‘Farm of the Future’: Maximizing Profits from Sand and Gravel, Not Cranberry Agriculture. View drone footage of the site here.

Now, 2 miles of industrial solar are proposed near Frogfoot Brook. With other proposed solar and sand mining in the area will destroy what’s left of the last wildlife and biodiversity corridor between Myles Standish and Buzzards Bay.

Take Action: Sign our petition here to to Protect Our Farms and Forests from Large Scale Solar

For over 60 years the MHC has permitted countless Indigenous historical sites, districts and cultural landscapes to be bulldozed for development projects, and has one of the worst records in the country for the preservation of Indigenous culture. It is time for a change!

Send a letter here today to Legislators asking for MHC Reform

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