JAMIE JIANG and JULIA VAZ
MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Glorianna Davenport looks out at hundreds of acres of protected wetlands that were once her family's cranberry farms. In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels. It's hard to believe the land where she stands — full of sinuous streams, wildlife, moss and tall trees — once looked so different.
Glorianna Davenport, founder of the Living Observatory, overlooks a stream cutting through Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary on March 14Â in Plymouth, Mass. The largest restored wetlands in Massachusetts now cover hundreds of acres of what used to be cranberry farms.
Julia Vaz, MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
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Glorianna Davenport, founder of the Living Observatory, overlooks a stream cutting through Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary on March 14Â in Plymouth, Mass. The largest restored wetlands in Massachusetts now cover hundreds of acres of what used to be cranberry farms.
Julia Vaz, MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
