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The information gathered in this study indicates that total <br />annual revenues of the peat extraction industry are approximately <br />$2 million per year. The majority of this is from sales of bulk <br />peat. Short -term variability in peat sales is primarily a <br />function of trends in the building industry. The potential for <br />long term growth in the industry is limited by the demand for <br />peat in landscaping and the total supply of peat in the state. <br />6.2 Non - Market Peatland Values <br />This section introduces the non - market values that are <br />associated with naturally functioning peatlands. These values <br />take the form of goods and services produced or provided by the <br />peatland for which there are no established markets or easily <br />determined prices. Although many authors (Gooselink et al 1974, <br />Shabman and Batie 1981, 1985, Odum 1973, Leitch 1981,1983) have <br />attempted to quantify these values, there are still no widely <br />accepted methods for accurately doing so (Leitch 1984). Several <br />of these values, such as clean water and habitat for plants and <br />animals, have been presented in a different context in previous <br />sections and therefore are only reiterated here. <br />In most cases general wetland values are representative of, <br />and can be used in lieu of, actual peatland values. It should be <br />noted that wetland values, whether market or non - market, are <br />variable and are not necessarily present at all sites. Only <br />individual or categorical surveys can qualify the values that <br />EYP <br />