We should be very proud to live in the United States. Our country has a vast variety of natural resources which we enjoy each and every day. This country's natural resources lay in a delicate balance. If we interrupt this balance, we could destroy nature, our prosperity, or the world. Natural resources such as coal, natural gas, oil, and water are critical to our existance as a people. For example, our homes are heated by precious natural gas, our automobiles are fueled by gas as well. Coal and oil are raw materials with which we make other materials. Finally, water has always been vital to us each day in more ways than we realize. We need to drink clean water. Our culture uses water to clean, wash, and lubricate.

The country's natural resources have been present in the earth since the beginning of time. In the very top layer of the earth, we find most of the earth's natural resources. These include water, plants, wood, and animals. Just below the earth's surface we find minerals, such as gypsum, magnesium, peat and iron ore. We use these raw materials to combine with other minerals or metals to produce some of the world's finest products.

Apples are a famous natural resource from the state of Oregon. Oregon also produces greenhouse products, hay, wheat, cattle, dairy products, potatoes, and pepper-

Mint as popular products. About half of the land is covered by pine forests. Oregon has been the country's most important lumbering state since the 1950's. Salmon fishing in the state of Oregon is one of the world's largest industries. Other principal catches are tuna and crab.

In the great state of Michigan, dairy products and cattle are the leading sources of agriculture. Corn, winter wheat, soybeans, dry beans, oats, and hay are the most important crops. Michigan is a leading producer of calcium chloride, gypsum, magnesium, peat, and iron ore. Lumbering and fishing are integral parts of Michigan's

It doesn't seem to matter which state in the United States you venture to. There seems to be some important or many important natural resources one can find. Each state's natural resources support its own unique economy. I have mentioned that there are one or two states in particular which seem to lead the nation in sharing or exporting it natural resources to other states. For example, who has not heard of "Washington apples", or the oil r

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