%0 Research Notes
%T The maintenance and future of forest drainage areas
%A Heikurainen, Leo
%D 1984
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 35
%N 1
%U http://suo.fi/article/9578
%X This paper is intended as a reply to the controversial paper by Mr. Eronen presented in this issue of Suo (p. 9), which deals with peatland forest drainage. Mr. Eronen, as a non-forester, has based his paper on a mistaken impression of peatland forestry and it contains errors and misunderstandings. For instance, the new peatland classification he proposes is merely a list of treatments which may or may not be necessary to maintain productivity of drained peatlands, depending upon the particular site. In my paper I point out this and other shortcomings of Mr. Eronen's paper.