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Inventory of peat resources: an area of Beltrami and Lake of the Woods counties, Minnesota

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6850314
This report presents the findings of the Minnesota Peat Inventory Project's (MPIP) reconnaissance-level survey of an area of Beltrami and Lake of the Woods counties. Peatlands cover about 314,000 hectares (775,000 acres) of this area and constitute about 12 percent of the state's total peat resource. The survey identifies the location and amount of fuel-grade and horticultural peat in the two county area. The report provides a general discussion of peatlands and describes the field and laboratory procedures of this peatland survey and presents a map of the peat resources in the surveyed area. 28 references, 12 figures, 12 tables.
Research Organization:
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul (USA). Div. of Minerals
DOE Contract Number:
FG18-79ET14692
OSTI ID:
6850314
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/14692-T7; ON: DE84015824
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English