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Intensive logging created New England's rich wetlands [1]

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Those who enjoy the wetlands and seafood of New England's coastline may be surprised by who they have to thank: the loggers of the 18th and 19th centuries. In clearing vast tracts of land, those prolific loggers released so much sand and dirt that open-water bays turned into swamps.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2011
Sujata Gupta [2]
New Scientist [3]
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Wetlands [4], Environment [5], Land Use [6], Sedimentation [7], Deforestation [8], United States Of America (US) [9]

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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us