BUZZARDS BAY – Nothing in the Buzzards Bay region is quite like the annual cranberry harvest.
As the leaves change colors each autumn, local cranberry bogs glow red with ripe berries that float on the surface of flooded bogs, ready to be harvested.
The cranberry industry is an integral part of the Buzzards Bay region’s economy and culture. About 20-percent of the nation’s cranberry crop is grown in the area. Growth is concentrated mostly around the head of the Bay, including Carver, Plymouth, Rochester, and Wareham.
Most cranberry bogs are privately owned, and are best viewed as you drive down local roads. But there are a few public spots where you can get a close-up view of a cranberry bog.
The Buzzards Bay Coalitions has highlighted 13 local trails where you can take a walk by a cranberry bog.
The bogs are in Mattapoisett at the heart of the Mattapoisett River, Lionburger Woods and Doggett’s Brook Recreation Area in Rochester, the Rocky Gutter Wildlife Management Area in Middleborough, Washburn Park and the White Eagle Parcel in Marion, the Westgate and Great Neck Conservation Areas in Wareham, Myles Standish State Forest in Carver and Plymouth, the Bourne Sisters Woodland, Red Brook Pond Conservation Area and Cataumet Greenway in Bourne, and the Shining Sea Bikeway and Wing Pond Woods in Falmouth.
By TIM DUNN, CapeCod.com News Center
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