Community Preservation Committee seeks $1M from Wareham for 350‑acre conservation restriction

Oct 7, 2026

The Community Preservation Committee asked the select board to recommend $1,000,000 to buy a conservation restriction on about 350 acres of former cranberry bogs in the Lower Agawam River area; the Buzzards Bay Coalition has secured most of the $4.1 million purchase and is seeking $1M from the town.

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Sandy Slaven, treasurer of the Community Preservation Committee, asked the select board Oct. 2 to recommend $1,000,000 in CPC funds toward a $4,100,000 purchase led by the Buzzards Bay Coalition that would secure a conservation restriction on roughly 350 acres of former cranberry bogs in the Lower Agawam River watershed.

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