Mires and bogs have always been somewhat mysterious and impenetrable to our nation. Who would not have heard the stories about flickering lights that misguide wanderers to the swamp or treasures hidden in sloughs. These landscapes, for long underestimated and even despised, have become ever more valuable in our rapidly changing world. Earth and water meet in marshes, creating a new association. Wetlands – meaning bogs and mires – are the transitional areas of land and water environments, being one of the most peculiar environments.