what are the state of iowa's natuyral resources?

Question

for example..limestone, coal..etc

Answer 1

Our most valuable resource, farmer's daughters.

Answer 2

Hey I live in Iowa and have no freakin clue. We have some farms and pigs and s hit but let me find out.

Natural Resources
Iowa's most valuable natural resources are its soil and climate, which make farming and livestock raising so profitable. With most of its area in cropland and pastureland, it ranks among the first five states in size of cropland. Iowa has never had a total crop failure.



Gypsum-processing plant, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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The state's mines, fisheries, and timberlands are also important to the economy. Once Iowa had the world's largest lead and zinc deposits. They have now been worked out, leaving nonmetallic minerals as the chief mineral resources. The most significant minerals are stone, sand and gravel, and cement. Iowa ranks third among the states in its gypsum output. Coal and clays are also valuable. The annual value of mineral production in the state is more than 300 million dollars.

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers provide commercial fishing. Catfish, bass, and carp are the chief commercial fishes.

Iowa's forests are found throughout the state in small tracts and total almost 2 million acres (809,000 hectares) of timberland. These tracts produce a net volume of 3 million board feet of hardwood lumber a year. The chief commercial trees include hardwoods such as oak, hickory, maple, elm, black walnut, and wild cherry.

Iowa's Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the control, utilization, and protection of the surface and groundwater resources of the state. The department is also charged with overseeing state-owned lands and water used for recreational purposes, and it is responsible for fish and wildlife conservation and management. This agency, with the cooperation of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, has been responsible for the construction of several notable dams in Iowa. Among the flood-control projects are the Red Rock and Saylorville dams, on the Des Moines River, and the Coralville Dam, on the Iowa River. In addition to these flood-control projects there are many hydroelectric power plants on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, such as the major Mississippi River plant that was constructed at Keokuk in 1913.