Re: The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Assoc. responds

>> Dear Ms. Riley:
>>
>> I read with concern your recent posting on the internet entitled, ATo
all of
>> you who use peat.@ In it you describe conditions of US peat bogs you have
>>
>> Peat is renewable and in terms of its accumulation, peat in Canada is
growing
>> more than 70 times as fast as it is being harvested. [According to an
issues
>> paper entitled "Canadian Peat Harvesting and the Environment," published by
>> the North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada)] I agree that it
>> takes hundreds of years to replenish harvested peat bogs. 
>>
><snip>
>> I urge you to give your readers both sides of this issue by posting this
>> information on your website or bulletin board. I invite you to visit our
>> website for further information. <http://www.peatmoss.com/>
>> If you would like to e-mail your mailing address, I will send you a copy of
>> the Peatland Restoration Guide and the Issues Paper to you.
>>
>> If you have any questions, please call me toll free at 888-873-7328 or
e-mail
>> me at <ghood@peatmoss.com>. 
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> Gerry Hood
>> President, CSPMA
>>
>> GOH/bn
>> enc
My goodness, what a long post!  The original peat post was rejected, so
Jaime had to submit it in two parts, as I recall.  Does content dictate
what is acceptable?  Margaret

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