Contents -- Glossary -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Vegetation -- 1. Peat Landforms -- 2. Vegetation and Water Chemistry -- 3. Ecological Development of Patterned Peatlands -- Color plates -- 4. Bryophytes -- 5. Rare Vascular Plants -- Part II. Fauna -- 6. Large Mammals -- 7. Small Mammals -- 8. Bird Populations -- 9. Amphibians and Reptiles -- Part III. Hydrology -- 10. Surface Hydrology -- 11. Groundwater Hydrology -- 12. Impact of Ditching and Road Construction on Red Lake Peatland -- Part IV. Two Studies of Ecological Development -- 13. Development of a Raised-Bog Complex -- 14. The Myrtle Lake Peatland -- Part V. Human Influences -- 15. The Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Evidence for Prehistoric Occupation -- 16. The Red Lake Ojibwe -- 17. Ditching of Red Lake Peatland During the Homestead Era -- 18. Management of Minnesota's Peatlands and Their Economic Uses -- 19. Peatland Protection -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.