Tag: peat bog
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Interning at Orono Bog Boardwalk
Strange as it may sound, one of the perks of moving to New England—for me, anyway—has been easier access to peatlands. I’m originally from Southern California and my previous encounters with bogs had all taken place oversees. A couple months after making the move cross-country, I visited the Orono Bog Boardwalk in Bangor City Forest…
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A Visit to Bjældskovdal Peat Bog
Several years ago now, I had a conversation with a Danish friend about how incredibly difficult it can be to locate peat bogs via modern maps. I wondered if perhaps this was because bogs don’t often rank very high as tourist destinations (some of the bogs here in Maine being an exception), but my friend…