How do Mississippians make their livings? In what ways do we use the land and water of our state? What useful things does our state offer us?
Found in our environment Every natural resource creates jobs 2 types of natural resources: 1. Renewable resources-ones we can replace 2. Nonrenewable resources- available in a limited supply
Forests Soil Water
Mississippi produces over 4 million bone dry tons of logging waste annually, that is not utilized.
New Logging Machinery & Techniques
Nothing can live without water. Every time rain falls in Mississippi, water returns to our state’s land, river, and lakes. WATER
Catfish ponds are filled with either: Well water Filtered surface water or rainfall
Fry are stocked at 60,000 to 100,000 acre and grown for 5 months.
Gulfport, MS
SOIL
agriculture
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