Wood Chip Overburden Reclamation in a Peatland

Authors
Melanie Bird
Bin Xu
Jeannine Goehing
Catherine Brown
Resource Date:
2017
Page Length
4

Thick wood chips on a temporary access road through a peatland provided a unique operational opportunity to test an adaption of the peat inversion process. The thick layer of wood chips prevented natural revegetation of the road, even though surrounding chemistry and hydrology were minimally affected by their presence. This technical note describes the process of excavating and burying wood chips beneath decompacted peat and the restoration of a suitable peat surface substrate to facilitate natural revegetation.


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