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Georgia ranks among the top five states in production of peanuts, pecans, cotton, peaches, rye, and tomatoes (Georgia Department of Agriculture, 2003). Irrigated agriculture provides much of the employment and income of the southern Flint River Basin as well as the tax base that supports education, health care, and other local community services. Abundant water resources in the subbasins have been a factor in industry location decisions.
Hunting and fishing are important to the economy of the area. Reservoirs—such as Lakes Blackshear, Chehaw, and Seminole—are widely used by residents and visitors. Participation in noncon-sumptive activities—such as canoeing, bird watching, outdoor photography, and hiking—is increasing. (Photo to right: Cotton field in the Kinchafoonee-Muckalee Creek subbasin. Photo by L. Elliott Jones, USGS)
Bird watching is becoming increasingly Recent USGS publications on Georgia or Georgia Water-Resources Information
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