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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?

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2 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?

3 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

4 Forests Soil Water

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6 Mississippi produces over 4 million bone dry tons of logging waste annually, that is not utilized.

7 New Logging Machinery & Techniques

8 Nothing can live without water. Every time rain falls in Mississippi, water returns to our state’s land, river, and lakes. WATER

9 Catfish ponds are filled with either: Well water Filtered surface water or rainfall

10 Fry are stocked at 60,000 to 100,000 acre and grown for 5 months.

11 Gulfport, MS

12 SOIL

13 agriculture

14 http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_707.shtml

15 COMMERCIAL BROILERS


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