Pocosin wetlands of NC Coast (IMAGE)
Caption
More than 70% of 2.4 million acres of evergreen shrub bogs, locally known as pocosin peatlands, were drained for agriculture and forestry along the Southeastern U.S. Coast in the last century and a half. Much of that land now lies fallow and could become an enormous carbon sink if moisture were restored.
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Duke University Wetland and Coasts Center
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