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Deep under layers of sand and clay at abandoned oil well pads, the peatlands, a natural solution to carbon storage, lie waiting to be restored.
Murdoch McKinnon is trying to figure out the best way to bring them back to life.
McKinnon, a PhD candidate in the department of geography and environmental management at the University of Waterloo, told The Tyee he was drawn into the squishy lands of brightly coloured moss, tamarack and black spruce trees because they are where water and land ecosystems meet.
“It’s certainly a challenge to walk through them, but they’re just absolutely beautiful, beautiful places,” McKinnon told The Tyee.
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