What are Maines peat resources?
Peat has been used for many years in agriculture and horticulture primarily because of its ability to retain many times its own weight in water. It has also been used as a domestic fuel for hundreds of years. At the present time, virtually all of the peat harvested in the United States is used in agriculture and horticulture. Recent estimates suggest that there are as many as 6,000 to 8,000 individual peat depostis in Maine covering a total land area of 500,000 to 750,000 acres. However, only some of these peat deposits have economic potential.
