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·The connection between deforestation and water pollution

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Deforestation and Water Pollution

Missouri Conservation Department passes new law which may be passed nationally

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Environment education and its integration into the public school system and universities

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

called “Centers track

global deforestation”

that mentions that for-

ests help to keep

lakes, rivers, and

streams clean (Par.

13). This helps to

show that trees are

more important than

many people realize

and how they can fac-

tor into water pollu-

tion. Erosion is what

happens when water

washes soil away from

the ground and it often

winds up in water sup-

plies like lakes and

Water pollution is a

global problem effect-

ing the environment

and the health of peo-

ple and animals

around the world. Not

everyone considers

the reasons for this

shortage. Most people

know that oil spills are

bad for the environ-

ment and hurt wild-

life, but there are other

forms of water pollu-

tion that many people

do not know or think

about. Water pollution

has many causes that

add up to make it a

global problem. De-

forestation is widely

known as an environ-

mental problem, but it

seems that people usu-

ally think about it as

only a threat to the

animals that live in the

forests. Forests, how-

ever, provide more

than just a habitat for

animals and other

plants. Writer for the

Mail Tribune newspa-

per in Medford, Ore-

gon, Paul Fattig, wrote

an article in the paper

T h e P r o b l e m

T h e S o l u t i o n

Stopping deforestation

is another big part of

the solution to water

pollution. Many for-

ests are being cut

down for space for

development for cities

and for farmland.

Some find this justifi-

able because it makes

a profit but, in the end,

it destroys the envi-

ronment including the

aquatic portion. When

the land is used to

grow crops people

have to put nutrients

back in the soil or it

will be pointless to try

and grow anything

because the trees from

the forest have the nu-

trients that used to be

in the soil and if any-

thing else is grown,

without nutrients be-

ing added (which can

be expensive) the

crops might fail and

the soil will be deplet-

ed of its nutrients. If

trees are cut, proper

forest management

By Karri Clark April 2012

T h e L i t t l e K n o w n L i n k B e t w e e n

D e f o r e s t a t i o n a n d W a t e r

P o l l u t i o n

O t h e r C o n t r i b u t i n g

F a c t o r s t o W a t e r

P o l l u t i o n :

Pharmaceuticals passed through urine into the sewer system

Animal waste deposited into the water from concentrated animal feeding operations

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