Show Weekly news e s letter Water like fire is one of or mans man's greatest bles sings Water also like Ilke fire tire can cnn be jc a curse if misused National Wildlife Week Mar 2026 is t an n appropriate time tune to consider this llis great natural resource The slogan of National Wild Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife life Week this year ear is Water Key to Your Survival Certain Certainly ly this slogan exemplifies a growing problem because water is essential to our well being All ing living things on this earth from the smallest microorganism ism to giant trees are arc depend dependent ent enl upon the basic resources of oC soil Water air and sunlight Some creatures but not mon many may exist without much water but life lift as ve we know it is depend dependent enl ent on this precious commodity Proper management of oC water truly is of oC national concern Essentially water means life Water nourishes the soil and enables it to grow the things thing we eat and use We need water for tor drinking purposes and other personal uses Water a also 1 Iso s o serves man in other ways It generates power helps produce an endless variety of industrial products provides transportation tion lion serves many municipal functions and offers otters the basic components of oC recreation such as fishing hunting swimming boating and winter sports Some uses of oC water arc compatible compatible com coin while others arc not Streams polluted with industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial or municipal wastes for example are arc damaged or ruined ru ined fined for such other uses as agriculture agriculture ag ag- public wat water r supply and most recreations Hydroelectric Hydro electric power generation may first use water needed for ir ir- Irrigation on the other hand bond is a consumptive use and little or none of oC the water wafer is left for tor other purposes Such problems w will twill ll become more acute as an increasing population makes even cven more demand for water The widespread application of conservation principles will help Improve both the quality and quantity of or water Sound forestry and grass cover practices practices practices tices as well as technological advances in evaporation control con can trot weather modification and saline water conversion may I soon supply the solution The importance of oC water is i apparent It must be used in intelligently intelligently in-I in and wisely for the greatest long term public bent bene fit tit |