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Researchers seek $117,000 to improve peatland revegetation methods; LCCMR does not award emergency funds
Summary
A University of Minnesota researcher asked LCCMR for $117,000 to upgrade an experimental peatland facility and test revegetation methods; commissioners voted down the emerging-issue request.
University of Minnesota researcher Chris Linhardt presented a proposal to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources on June 11 asking for $117,000 from the emerging-issues account to upgrade an experimental peatland mesocosm facility on the Saint Paul campus. The project would test water chemistry, water-level and vegetation strategies intended to improve revegetation success on peatland restorations in northern Minnesota.
Linhardt, a research professor in Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering who also works with The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, told…
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