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Environmental Impacts of Peat Mining in the United States: Documentation for Wetland Conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Marjorie G. Winkler  and
Calvin B. DeWitt
Marjorie G. Winkler
Affiliation:
Center for Climatic Research, and Center for Biotic Systems, respectively, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Calvin B. DeWitt
Affiliation:
Center for Climatic Research, and Center for Biotic Systems, respectively, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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In this paper we present documentation for the realistic assessment of the concept of peat as an energy alternative 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, among which are:

1) toxic-metal release from peat,

2) eutrophication of surface waters,

3) increased runoff (including flooding and impacts on fisheries),

4) release of organic pollutants,

5) changes of salt and freshwater systems,

6) changes in ground-water supply, and

7) air pollution and fires.

Other community concerns, such as zoning regulations, sewage disposal impacts, and disruption of stable industries, must also be considered.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Winter 1985 , pp. 317 - 330
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1985

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