Of special importance to the regions economy are the Atlantic white cedar. the native cranberry and the high bush blueberry. Because of this active blueberry industry. hundreds of workers used to live in Whitesbog for 6 months out of the year. adding significantly to the Pineland economy. However. inventions intended to ease some of the burdens of these migrant workers. such as the cranberry scoop of the 1930s and the wet harvesting of the 1960s. have replaced the hundreds of seasonal pickers once needed. Another interesting note is that the blueberry. which came into being as a result of cranberry farmers looking for a crop to grow during their offseason. has now surpassed the cranberry in population. Many of those who attended the festival saw a documentary depicting the vivid history of Whitesbog.