PRINTER'S NO. 1144
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
226
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, ROZZI, DiGIROLAMO, QUIGLEY, KIM, GRELL,
HELM, PICKETT, DONATUCCI, HARHART, FREEMAN, HENNESSEY, COHEN,
ZIMMERMAN, TALLMAN, LONGIETTI, O'BRIEN, KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
PASHINSKI, KILLION, SCHWEYER, SCHREIBER, McNEILL, THOMAS,
READSHAW, FARINA, WHEELAND, O'NEILL, MENTZER, BOBACK, REGAN,
MILLARD, BARRAR, MARSHALL, VEREB, DUSH, SONNEY, KNOWLES,
D. COSTA, CALTAGIRONE, ROSS, WATSON, CUTLER, V. BROWN,
GILLEN, JOZWIAK, FEE, GABLER, MAHONEY, GOODMAN, McCARTER,
STURLA, EVERETT, MAJOR, GINGRICH, HAHN AND GIBBONS,
APRIL 10, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 10, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 24, 2015, as "Arbor Day"; promoting public
participation in the celebration; and further recognizing the
value of trees to our environment.
WHEREAS, The tree has proved to be a valuable component of
our environment by providing us with natural aesthetics for
landscaping, a biological tool to control water and wind
erosion, a renewable source of food, fuel and lumber for man, a
habitat for birds and wildlife and a natural producer of oxygen
and water through the process of transpiration; and
WHEREAS, The original "Arbor Day" was observed with the
planting of more than a million trees; and
WHEREAS, Scientists, environmentalists, foresters and
government officials throughout the world are increasingly
alarmed about the significant clearing and destruction of the
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