Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

310. Winkler, M. G., and C. B. DeWitt. 1985. Environmental impacts of peat mining 
          in the United States: documentation for wetland conservation. Environ.  
          Conserv. 12:317-330.

Fire and air pollution problems are listed together as one of seven crucial local and regional biophysical effects of peat mining. Examples of difficult (or impossible) to extinguish peat fires are provided; the value of undisturbed peatlands is emphasized. [K-L-S]

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