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PEAT (Data in thousand metric tons unless otherwise noted) Domestic Production and Use: The estimated free on board (f.o.b.) mine value of sold marketable peat production in the conterminous United States was $13 million in 2020. Peat was harvested and processed by 30 companies in 12 conterminous States.

Aitkin Agri-Peat

The Aitkin Agri-Peat mine in Cromwell, Minnesota, requested a permit from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to reopen hundreds of acres of bogs and wetlands for peat mining in the Mississippi River Watershed. In connection with the re-opening of the Agri-Peat Cromwell mine on June 7, 2011, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) gave ...

End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs 'to fight climate …

Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.51 EDT. When the semi-state company that harvests Ireland 's peatlands recently announced the closure of 17 bogs, the news was greeted as the end of an era ...

Harvesting peat moss contributes to climate change, Oregon …

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The harvesting of peat moss used by gardeners and the nursery industry to improve drainage and retain water in soil contributes to climate change, according to an Oregon State University Extension Service soil scientist. Peat moss is harvested from bogs and fens around the world, but primarily in Canada and Russia. …

REPORT Peatland Mining in Manitoba's Interlake

Peat mining operations began in Manitoba around 1940. The first peat mine site in Manitoba was located at Julius Bog, more commonly known as Moss Spur, and is currently operated by Sun Gro Horticulture. Moss Spur is located at 49.99°N, 96.13°W, between the towns of Beausejour and Whitemouth on the Canadian Pacific railway. Currently,

Largest USA coal mine in the Pacific Northwest

@article{osti_6557616, title = {Largest USA coal mine in the Pacific Northwest}, author = {Dorling, I}, abstractNote = {Washington state's Centralia mine produces 4,800,000 tons of low-sulphur coal annually. The entire output is used for power generation. The geology and exploration of the mine are described. The equipment used for overburden removal, …

Peat Surface Mining Methods and Equipment …

Surface peat mining is the most common method of peat production in the world. Current interest in peat as a fuel source can be linked directly to increases in the prices of …

For Peat's Sake! | Watershed Sentinel

Peat mining comes to Saskatchewan. In November 2018, Lambert Peat Moss Inc. made a proposal to the Saskatchewan government for a peat harvesting development on four parcels of muskeg south of La Ronge, totalling up to 2619 hectares (approximately 6472 acres) over an 80-year period. The project would involve clearcutting trees, …

Economics of Peatlands Conservation, Restoration and …

Despite their potential, globally, peatlands are in decline with 11-15% of these ecosystems drained for grazing, agriculture, forestry, and peat mining. Peatlands when degraded …

Erosion in peatlands: Recent research progress and future …

1. Introduction. Peat is a slowly-accumulating organic-rich soil composed of poorly decomposed remains of plant materials (Charman, 2002).Peatlands are areas with a surface peat accumulation and they can be broadly subdivided into bogs, fens and some types of swamps (Joosten, 2016).Bogs, which can be subdivided into blanket peatlands …

Peat

Peat is a renewable resource, continuing to accumulate on 60% of global peatlands. However, the volume of global peatlands has been decreasing at a rate of 0.05% …

$67 Billion of Rare Minerals Is Buried Under One of the World's …

But the precious commodities are buried under a vast ecosystem of peat bogs, known by local groups as "the breathing lands," that hold more carbon per square foot than even the Amazon rainforest. Digging them up could trigger the release of more greenhouse gas than Canada emits in one year, turning one of the earth's biggest …

Living on Earth: Restoring Finland's Peatlands

Peat that's burned for energy is a major greenhouse gas emissions source in Finland, which aims to become net zero by 2035. Peat mining is also a leading cause of habitat loss in the country. Tero …

Peat Deposits of Northeastern Pennsylvania

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20462 - Price 45 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Abstract _____ Al ... increased peat-mining activity and in 1966 ranked second in the Nation, with an output of 49,912 short tons of air-dried peat (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1967).

Environmental Impacts of Peat Mining in the United …

Large-scale peat mining is a relatively new concept, and one for which the technology was available before scientific review of the possible impacts and economy was begun. The …

Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He's Helping Bring Them Back

A giant peat mine was releasing acid discharges that were killing the local fish. We are a fishing community. We asked the mining company to stop work, and to our great surprise it yielded, offering to create three wetlands on their scraped moonscape. Unfortunately, they did a sorry job. So they eventually asked us to take over.

How Ireland is abandoning its dirty fuel

Peat is formed by the accumulation of decayed vegetation over thousands of years. In their intact form peat bogs remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and globally they store twice as much ...

State Issues Permit For Peat Mining of Rare Wetland Ecosystem

The permit is the largest ever issued for wetland development in Michigan. It allows the Michigan Peat Company to destroy a vast, saturated plain of sphagnum moss and rare plants, the southernmost ecosystem of its kind, that has changed little since the Thumb region first was settled. Michigan Peat had filed suit against the DNR, claiming …

Indonesia's peatland restoration claims in question as fires flare up

The Indonesian government says companies have restored 3.7 million hectares (9.1 million acres) of peatland — an area larger than Belgium — in an effort to prevent the annual peat fires. But ...

Environmental Impacts of Peat Mining in the United States

A proposal to mine peat in north-central Florida provides the framework from which a community worksheet for the evaluation of a peat-mining proposal has been developed. Documentation is also given of crucial local and regional environmental impacts that would result from large-scale disturbance of peatlands and the subsequent removal of peat ...

Peat is the Unsung Hero of Carbon Capture

Meet Peat, the Unsung Hero of Carbon Capture. By Sabrina Imbler and Eden Weingart Feb. 21, 2022. Trapped in ground so wet that it could not decompose, the dead moss instead piled up, each layer ...

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Impact of Peat Mining and Restoration on Methane Turnover …

Peat mining also induced a shift in the methane-cycling microbial community composition. Nevertheless, with the return of Sphagnum spp. in the restored site after 15 years, methanogenic and methanotrophic activity and population abundance recovered well. The recovery, however, was not fully reflected in the community composition, suggesting ...

Peat Mining

The continuation of peat mining would also contribute to the spread of aquatic weeds within the swamp, particularly willows (Salix spp) and exotic water plants such as Glyceria maxima. The latter plant has already colonised several areas of the swamp. The weed problem predictably, would be greatly increased if the filtering and nutrient storage ...

An integrated approach to strip mining of peat

Abstract. The innovative technology of peat extraction promoting power and resource-saving is offered. Completeness and complexity of peat field useful …

NC peat holds carbon market promise, but process complex

By 1980, after years of drainage and peat mining, the natural wetlands were reduced to 281,000 acres. "This development has resulted in a shift of hydrologic output from evapotranspiration to runoff," he wrote in a research paper. "… and a reduction in habitat for rare and endangered biota, while dramatically increasing the economic ...

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Ireland's Cutaway Peatlands

Ireland's Cutaway Peatlands. Peatlands are a quintessential part of Ireland's green countryside and make up about one in every five hectares of land. For centuries, peat has been dug up and burned in Irish fireplaces, but concern for the climate is causing people to reconsider how peatlands are managed. Peatlands are water-logged ecosystems ...

Not so Renewable: Implications for continued peat …

Peat mining has been shown to be nearly irreversible. Harvested bogs have decreased hydrologic conditions that make it difficult for mosses to regrow. On top of that, the …

A new chance to protect wetlands | Stanford News

Peter McIntyre, Cornell University: (608) 516-2640; pmcintyre777@gmail. Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment: (650) 721-1881; [email protected]. New analysis shows the U ...