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Soil, Water, and Air
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Soil, water, and air are essential to life on earth. They are our most fundamental and important natural resources.
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| Healthy soils sustain plant communities, keep sediment out of streams, and dust out of the air. | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081010175337im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Planning_and_Renewable_Resources.Par.15360.Image.-1.-1.1.gif)
| WaterClean and adequate supplies of water are necessary to promote healthy watersheds, provide fish and wildlife habitat, maintain drinking water sources, and allow safe recreational use of our surface water. | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081010175337im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Planning_and_Renewable_Resources.Par.16900.Image.-1.-1.1.gif) | AirThe air resource includes both climate and air quality. Climate is a driving force for all ecologic processes on earth and air quality affects human health and visibility | These links to each vital resource provide information about soil, water and air on BLM-administered lands. |
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