Faculty Street Clearcut

This is the view into the swamp woodlands from Faculty Street. The Wilbraham and Monson Academy soccer field used to be hidden in the middle of the woods with a dirt path from the road leading to it. Now the field is in plain view as the school builds a football field, a parking area, and an asphalt road leading to the whole shebang.

I realize that it's the Academy's right to build on its land, and the availability of athletics facilities and parking make all the difference in the world when a student is choosing a prep school.

Still, it's another instance of development hacking away at the forested edges of the White Cedar Swamp. Oh, the swamp still has plenty of trees, but not so much on the Faculty Street side any more.