PRINTER'S NO. 653
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
55
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, SCARNATI, ARGALL, ALLOWAY, GREENLEAF,
MENSCH, RAFFERTY, STEFANO, VULAKOVICH, WARD, WHITE AND WILEY,
MARCH 31, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 31, 2015
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing a forestry task force to study issues concerning
the renewal and management of this Commonwealth's forests;
providing for an advisory committee; and directing the Joint
Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation
Committee to provide administrative support to the task
force.
WHEREAS, Seventeen million acres in Pennsylvania are forest
land; and
WHEREAS, Forests provide numerous economic, recreational and
environmental resources; and
WHEREAS, Sustainable forestry provides new management
strategies for our forest resources and improves the health,
quality and diversity of Pennsylvania's forests; and
WHEREAS, The new strategies will determine the future of
forests in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The forestry task force previously established by
House Resolution No. 263, Printer's No. 4110 (1994), Senate
Resolution No. 29, Printer's No. 720 (1997), House Resolution
No. 13, Printer's No. 2113 (1999), Senate Resolution No. 81,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19