Great article. I've recently subscribed to The Plymouth County Observer ( will have to cheack and make sure it was a paid subscription) and am happy that information, as has been discussed here, is getting out to the general public. Dr. Cronin, will you be holding any public speaking engagements with possible outdoor rallies calling for the protection of S.E. Mass wetland areas. Seems groups/companies like Claremont are willing to destroy environmentally sensitive areas for "30 pieces of silver". No moral character. Bill Duggan
These Glacial lakes are very sensitive to change, especially development & pollution within their watershed. These are not artificially constructed "highland" lakes as you see across the the southeast and mid-south, which are deep and very well flushed. Those artificial lakes can handle much more disturbances within their watersheds than these shallow & fragile natural ecosystems. The 100 ft buffer is a joke, if Massachusetts really wants to protect it's rare glacial lakes, rivers and their surrounding habitat, they will need to put laws into place that extends this buffer to 1000 feet in which no future development or disturbances would be allowed to occur.
Thank you for keeping us informed, well informed. I hope this information will keep the vested-interest, development profits at bay, protecting the environment. Here’s hopin’.
Once again, Ben, you hit it out of the park. The way you unearth the relevant maps and bring the history and geography and politics of yore to the present, and find the cosmic perspective we so need in these times, when so much--really, all --is at stake...thank you!
Great article. I've recently subscribed to The Plymouth County Observer ( will have to cheack and make sure it was a paid subscription) and am happy that information, as has been discussed here, is getting out to the general public. Dr. Cronin, will you be holding any public speaking engagements with possible outdoor rallies calling for the protection of S.E. Mass wetland areas. Seems groups/companies like Claremont are willing to destroy environmentally sensitive areas for "30 pieces of silver". No moral character. Bill Duggan
These Glacial lakes are very sensitive to change, especially development & pollution within their watershed. These are not artificially constructed "highland" lakes as you see across the the southeast and mid-south, which are deep and very well flushed. Those artificial lakes can handle much more disturbances within their watersheds than these shallow & fragile natural ecosystems. The 100 ft buffer is a joke, if Massachusetts really wants to protect it's rare glacial lakes, rivers and their surrounding habitat, they will need to put laws into place that extends this buffer to 1000 feet in which no future development or disturbances would be allowed to occur.
Thank you for keeping us informed, well informed. I hope this information will keep the vested-interest, development profits at bay, protecting the environment. Here’s hopin’.
Once again, Ben, you hit it out of the park. The way you unearth the relevant maps and bring the history and geography and politics of yore to the present, and find the cosmic perspective we so need in these times, when so much--really, all --is at stake...thank you!