Techniques and Regulatory Considerations
Editors: Thomas Malterer, Kurt Johnson, J. Stewart
Duluth 1998
274 pages ISBN 951-97744-1-6

List of authors
Foreword by J.D. Becker-Platen and T.J. Malterer
Preface by T.J. Malterer

ORAL PAPERS

Restoration and reclamation perspectives
Perspectives on peatland restoration and reclamation in the United States, T.J. Malterer and K.W. Johnson
Managing Canadian peatlands: status of the resource and restoration approaches, C. Rubec and J.J. Thibault
The use of cut-away areas in Finland, P. Selin and T. Nyrönen
Assessing priorities and approaches to the restoration of damaged lowland bogs in Northwest Europe, B.D. Wheeler, R.P. Money, S.C. Shaw and R. Meade
Degraded fens in Northeastern Germany: goals for cultivation and restoration, W. Wichtmann and D. Koppisch

Revegetation, renaturation, and biodiversity
Restoration of post-mined peatlands: effect of vascular pioneer species on Sphagnum establishment, S. Boudreau and L. Rochefort
Peat accomulation perspectives in rewetted fens: the role of plant species and rewetting techniques, M. Hartmann
Greenhouse studies of Sphagnum papillosum for commercial harvest and peatland restoration in Minnesota, K.W. Johnson and C.C. Maly
Peat as a renewable resource: the road to paludiculture, H. Joosten
Vegetation development after peat extraction in fens of North-Eastern Germany, M. Knapp
Peat bog restoration: industrial scale application, D. LeQuéré and C. Samson
Palaeoecology and the challenge of restoration: the example of percolating mires, D. Michaelis
Peatland restoration guide, F. Quinty and G. Hood
Regeneration of milled peat bog: a large scale approach in Kollerfilze (Bavaria, Southern Germany), J. Sliva
Restoration of peatlands drained for forestry in Finland, H. Vasander, E.-S. Tuittila, V.-M. Komulainen, J. Laine and T. Sallantaus
Vascular plant colonization of post-harvest peatlands in Manitoba, D. Walker and J. Stewart

Forestry and agriculture
Nutrition and development of 7-17-year-old scots pine and silver birch plantations on cutaway peatlands, L.J. Aro and S.J.J. Kaunisto
Genetic peculiarities and basics of reclamation of cutover peatlands in Central Russia, N. Kreshtapova and R.A. Krupnov
Cultivation and production of reed canary grass for mixed fuel as a method for reclamation of a peat production area, A. Leinonen, T. Lindh, T. Paappanen, E. Kallio, M. Flyktman, J. Hakkarainen, V. Käyhkö, P. Peronius, M. Puuronen and T. Mikkonen
Research on agricultural exploitation technology in the Sanjiang Plain, China, X. Ma, X. Liu and J. Hu
The use of volcanic ash in the reclamation of tropical peatlands, B. Setiadi

Hydrology and water quality
Rewetting of peat cutting areas: field experiments in Northwest Germany since 1976, J. Blankenburg
Hydrochemistry of natural, cut-over and rewetted peatland sites, L. Lundin
The assessment of optimal ground water levels for revitalization of a degraded fen by 3-dimensional finite element modeling, O. Nalenz
Methods for restoration of a cutover peatland, Quebec, Canada, J.S. Price
Development of design standards for sedimentation basins, J.J. Thibault, C.G. Keats and D.P. DeMerchant
Self regulation of acrotelm transmissivity and discharge in two Irish midland raised bogs, S. van der Schaaf

Case studies
Environmental monitoring to assess the restoration needs of fen communities located in the Maskepetoon natural area of the city of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, J. Gareau and C. Duane
Peatland utilisation and conservation: a South African perspective, P. Grundling
Potential factors which allow the preservation of mammalian soft tissue in peat bogs, H. Gill-Robinson
Re-use of cut-off peatland areas: methods and cases in Northern Finland, P. Åman, H. Uosukainen and H.-K. Vertainen

Modeling, simulation and theoretical applications
Restoration peatland carbon sequestration model: an aid in carbon cycling research, A.J. Gilmer, S.M. Ward, N. Holden, A. Brereton and E.P. Farrell
The organic transformations of peat in cutover peatlands, L.I. Inisheva, O.V. Demetjeva, I.G. Savicheva, A.F. Birivkova, V.Ye. Aristarkhiva and D.V. Nechaev
Carbon dynamics and bog restoration: key roles for dissolved carbon dioxide and bicarbonate, L.P.M. Lamers, J.M. van Groenendael and J.G.M. Roelofs
Life cycle analyses of peat use in Finland, T. Nyrönen and P. Selin

POSTER PAPERS

Hydrology and water quality
Groundwater lysimeter investigations into evapotranspiration and nutrient dynamics for rewetted fenlands, A. Behrendt, G. Schalitz, D. Hölzel and R. Dannowski
Solutions of water supply for rewetting of degraded fen sites in Northeastern Germany, O. Dietrich, R. Dannowski and J. Quast

Case studies
Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - abiotic aspects, A. Gensior, J. Zeitz, O. Dietrich, R. Dannowski and W. Wichtmann
Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - biotic aspects, H. Koppitz, H. Kühl, T. Timmermann and W. Wichtmann
Fen restoration and reed cultivation: first results of an interdisciplinary project in Northeastern Germany - economic aspects, A. Schäfer and W. Wichtmann

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Revegetation, renaturation and biodiversity
Renaturation of a peatland affected by mining activities in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, P. Beckett, S. Pappin-Willianen and B. Tisch
Assessing the the role of natural bog fragments left by peat harvest as representative refuges for plands and wildlife, V. Delage, B. Drolet, A. Desrochers and M. Poulin
Restoration of the rich fen Löytösensuo, Middle Eastern Finland, H. Heikkilä and T. Lindholm
Current status of peatland restoration in Manitoba, Canada, Q. Holtslag and J. Steward
Restoration of peatlands in a city: opportunities and expediency, T. Koukhartchik, S. Kakareka and V. Khomich
Introduction of companion plant species that favor Sphagnum establishement, F. Quinty and L. Rochefort

Hydrology and Water Quality
Management impacts of the sink function for water and soluble chemicals in a large shallow fen site, D. Balla and J. Quast
Water balance calculations of a raised bog with modflow, J. Blankenburg
Water consumption of rewetted degraded fen areas in North-Eastern Germany, R. Dannowski, O. Dietrich, A. Behrendt, D. Hölzel and R. Tauschke
Surface assessment of drained peatlands, N.V. Kislov and B.M. Khrustalyov

Case Studies
The Mfabeni peatland: a wetland with a history, A.C. Blackmore, P. Grundling and H. Mazus
Rewetting strategies based on 200 soil pits from naturally restored peat cutting sites, E. Lode
Peatland rehabilitation: a minimalistic approach: a case study from Central South Africa, W.J. Smuts and P.J. Theron

Modeling, Simulation and Theoretical Applications
Carbon dynamics in restoration peatlands: an analysis of its role in the "full fuel cycle" of peat, A.J. Gilmer, S.M. Ward, N. Holden, A. Brereton and E.P. Farrell
Ecosystem modelling for conservation and resource functions of mires, V.I. Kosov
Principles of artificial mire structure creation, V.I. Kosov and V.V. Panov
Carbon balance in a restored cut-away peatland, E.-S. Tuittila, V.-M. Komulainen, H. Vasander, J. Laine, H. Nykänen and P.J. Martikainen

Permitting and Regulations
Minnesota's peat inventory database, G. Johnson, D. Martin, M. Oberhelman
Minnesota's rules relating to the reclamation of mined peatlands, J.E. Jordan
Geological applications in planning the post-production use of cut-away peatlands in Finland, R. Korhonen