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Watershed
Atlas
Mystery #2
The
name of this piece of fruit is part of the name for our watershed. Our
watershed is in a county that has the only county name in our state with
two words in its name.
This ear of corn says
many things about our watershed. Farming is important. Much corn is grown
here. The farming that helps our economy can cause problems for our watershed.
Runoff from animals and fertilizers can pollute the waters in our watershed.
Farming close to the banks of rivers and streams can cause erosion of
the riverbanks and the nearby land. The main river in our watershed is
no longer wide enough or deep enough for many boats. The paddle wheel
boats that used to come to our town could not come now because of the
size of the river. People now have a better understanding about what causes
erosion and pollution.
Parts
of this movie were filmed in our town. . The most well-known parts were
not filmed here. "It is a 'fairy tale celebration of the love of baseball'."
It was filmed in 1989. This picture is from the website for this movie.
The website address is www.filmsite.org/fiel.html.
In our watershed
and near our town there is a '6800 acre residential resort community'
with a 220 acre lake. This lake is 'ranked among the top 5 fishing lakes
in our state. The golf courses have won many awards in rankings by national
magazines. Our action plan will involve an improvement to this part of
our watershed.
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