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    Colorado is famous for being rich in natural resources. From the treasured gold and silver that helped incorporate the state into the Union, to the great Colorado River that provides millions of people throughout the west with water everyday. Yet, some of the most impactful contributors to the history and culture have been the resources of coal, oil, gas and as other "energy" supplies. These energy resources have provided jobs along with wealth in abundance across the state in classic boom and bust

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    The next big issue in natural resources management will be concerns regarding urban sprawl and the conflict it is causing between humans and wildlife. Urban sprawl involves a city expanding beyond its originally set perimeters. This can occur as “edge cities” or smaller communities form around the outskirts of a metropolitan area. Ranges that were formerly pastoral begin having people inhabiting (Nechyba & Walsh, 2004). The wildlife that was previously occupying these spaces is disturbed. This either

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    The natural resources of today seem to have no end. Oil, Coal, and even Natural Gas storage units are starting to see significant declines in their supply. And even though the world may be producing an exponential amount of these resources, there are signs of depletion. Another one of those natural resources is our fresh water. The world can sit back and continue to use fresh water without any knowledge of reduction but it is imminent a solution is needed quickly. Not a solution to produce more fresh

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    No More Fresh Water The earth has many different natural resources that it is made up of. Some of these resources include oxygen, soil, food, and most of all water. However, one of them is increasingly becoming scarce and it is a problem that not everybody is aware of. This resource is water, but not just regular water or salt water, fresh water. The earth is made up of 70% water. Out of that 70%, only 2.5% is fresh water which is mostly locked up in ice caps and glaciers. The amount of fresh

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    “To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed” is a famous quote by President Theodore Roosevelt. The quote itself explains the importance of preserving the natural resources for the future generation. Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered

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    majority of people consider natural resources as gifts to a country. They are innate superiorities and bring people wealth. However, since the mid-1990s, many scholars gradually realize that natural resources can be one of the causes of civil wars. The more researches they conducted, the more evidence they found. In fact, abundant recourses could affect the countries’ stabilities in many ways and make them vulnerable to conflicts and wars. The advantage of abundant resources could turn out to be a fatal

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    Texas and Its Natural Resources The state of Texas is the second largest state in the United States. Due to its location and size, it covers different geographical areas and climates. These areas support different ecosystems from deserts to coastal wetlands, with local wildlife varying with the environment. With such varied climates and yearly rainfall, it is easy to have crops growing in the east and little rainfall and an open rocky desert with cacti in the west. The geological history is

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    Natural Resource Defense Council The Natural Resource Defense Council interest group was created in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys with a common goal in mind; they all wanted to protect the environment. Rhea Suh is the president of the NRDC leading about 500 employees and over 2 million members. In 1970, the founders received a liberal Ford Foundation grant of $400,000 thus beginning their journey to support environmental protection. The most recent reports show the NRDC has a total

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    dealing with natural resources that are being either destroyed or decreasing the quantity. So that the inhabitants have to relocate and leave the area in which they are living. In all of them they were figuring out to get the resources back. The resource in the Lorax was the Truffula trees. On Easter Island the natural resources were the palm forest and low nutrient soil. Also, another thing that was destroyed was the moai ( famous stone statues. Some of the Earth's natural resource are oil and coal

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    The natural resources of Earth continue to be used more and more each year. Coal and oil are consumed with incredible speed and about 28 percent of the total energy derived from coal and oil. Earth is becoming airless balloon and the human population is rapidly growing. These natural resources are not renewable. The world needs to stop pertaining to be blind about environmental crises. We need to start working on alternative energy that will protect our environment while maintaining energy dependent

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