Salem News
Could Lowe's decision affect Salem plan
by Tom Dalton, October 19, 2011
Story: salemnews.com/local/x1184191770/Could-Lowes-decision-affect-Salem-plan/print
SPW Reference: springpondwoods.com/2011/10/ap-news-lowes-closing-20-stores-and.html
Salem News
Salem looks for flood help
by Tom Dalton, October 18, 2011
Story: salemnews.com/local/x744037202/Salem-looks-for-flood-help/print
SPW Reference: springpondwoods.com/2011/10/october-4-flooding-on-highland.html
springpondwoods.com/2010/08/nature-strikes-back-flood-on-highland.html
Brookline Bird Club (silent alarm)
Spring Pond Woods is an important regional wildlife corridor, according to the City of Peabody Open Space Plan. A great variety of birds are supported through this diverse forest environment surrounding Spring Pond, and infiltrated with many wetlands. Several species nest, forage and or migrate through the area. The following message is shared from a friend (of a friend)....
"K, this-from a friend (if you want to post this):
According to BirdLife International, more than twelve percent of the world's
bird species are threatened or endangered. Conservationists are trying
almost every avenue to call attention to the global decline in birds.
Birds need habitat in which to feed, rest, find shelter, mate and raise
young. I ask then, how can we be so short-sighted as to allow a well-known
bird habitat haven and migratory bird corridor be obliterated for big-box
retail stores. Camp Lion--save Spring Pond Woods.
"K, this-from a friend (if you want to post this):
According to BirdLife International, more than twelve percent of the world's
bird species are threatened or endangered. Conservationists are trying
almost every avenue to call attention to the global decline in birds.
Birds need habitat in which to feed, rest, find shelter, mate and raise
young. I ask then, how can we be so short-sighted as to allow a well-known
bird habitat haven and migratory bird corridor be obliterated for big-box
retail stores. Camp Lion--save Spring Pond Woods.
(Please see The Brookline Bird Club for more info)
AP News: Lowe's closing 20 stores and cutting jobs
Associated Press News
October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
"Home-improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. says it will close 20 underperforming stores in 15 states (including Massachusetts) and cut 1,950 jobs in order to focus on more profitable locations (in pristine woods?... in Spring Pond Woods?)."
Read more here... www.masslive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/glance-lowes-closing-20-stores/4f6f94f552b845b09021dbae20ee33d4
Read more here... www.masslive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/glance-lowes-closing-20-stores/4f6f94f552b845b09021dbae20ee33d4
More news:
MSNBC
Lowe's to close 20 stores.
Retailer to close underperforming stores in 15 states, cut 1,950 jobs
Read more here: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44928593/#.TpxPnmBVO18
Thank you to a friend for sharing.
News: residents worry about future flooding from loss of woodland
The Daily Item
Lynn residents: Big Box plans will worsen flooding
by Chris Stevens, October 15, 2011
link: www.itemlive.com/articles/2011/10/15/news/news04.prt
Lynn residents: Big Box plans will worsen flooding
by Chris Stevens, October 15, 2011
link: www.itemlive.com/articles/2011/10/15/news/news04.prt
News: Lynn-Salem Lawsuit & Roxbury rejects Walmart
The Daily Item
Judge deals blow to Lynn's big box suit
by Chris Stevens, October 4, 2011
Judge leaves one count in lawsuit standing.
itemlive.com/articles/2011/10/05/news/news02.prt
Opinion
Salem News Editorial, October 5, 2011
salemnews.com/opinion/x1953752968/Our-View-Lowes-project-Time-to-move-forward/print
Boston Globe
City Won't back a Walmart in Roxbury
by Casie Ross, October 4, 2011
www.bostonglobe.com/business/2011/10/04/city-won-back-walmart-roxbury/qM1nQf4KI6Lwd1T3T3worN/story.xml
Judge deals blow to Lynn's big box suit
by Chris Stevens, October 4, 2011
Judge leaves one count in lawsuit standing.
itemlive.com/articles/2011/10/05/news/news02.prt
Opinion
Salem News Editorial, October 5, 2011
salemnews.com/opinion/x1953752968/Our-View-Lowes-project-Time-to-move-forward/print
Boston Globe
City Won't back a Walmart in Roxbury
by Casie Ross, October 4, 2011
www.bostonglobe.com/business/2011/10/04/city-won-back-walmart-roxbury/qM1nQf4KI6Lwd1T3T3worN/story.xml
October 4, Flooding on Highland
Flooding on Highland Avenue seems to be an annual event. This photo, in front of Wal-mart is circulating on Facebook from this mornings floods. Commentators on facebook.com/salemmass are saying such things as: "Good bye highland ave.!", "highland ave always floods there.that's the worst so far i've seen it !!!"
On August 25, 2010, a friend shared images of the flooding which occurred here a year ago. See former photos: www.springpondwoods.com/2010/08/nature-strikes-back-flood-on-highland.html
An historical map, c1900, found on Mass GIS, shows the site of Wal-mart used to be a marsh, and the stream through the valleys connects from Spring Pond to the rear of Wal-mart's site. It is quite possible flooding happens here for a reason. Perhaps the water table rises, or the streams (draining the hills) overflows. If the top of the hill is blasted for a new Lowe's then excessive drainage will increase at a faster rate and fill the streams and former flood areas. The site around the existing Wal-mart could be blasted too, reaching further north-west into the wetlands and Surface Water Protection Areas.
An overlay of the map with current (2010) wetlands and parcel data, shows where this marsh was located.
In recent 2011 data collected from Mass GIS, The National Wetlands Inventory includes a survey of the streams from Spring Pond to the rear of Wal-mart's site. Search for layer 'NWI Wetlands Solid' in OLIVER.
Map data was extracted using the state program OLIVER
( maps.massgis.state.ma.us/map_ol/oliver.php ). Information can viewed directly online or imported into a drawing program. I use Vectorworks Designer: Architect/ Landmark/ Renderworks, after viewing the data in OLIVER, for measuring and modeling purposes.
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