PRINTER'S NO. 741
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
70
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, AUMENT, ALLOWAY, COSTA, DINNIMAN,
EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, SCAVELLO, SMITH,
VOGEL, VULAKOVICH, WHITE AND YAW, APRIL 14, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 14, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 14, 2015, as "Forest and Paper Products Day"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, It is important to recognize "Forest and Paper
Products Day" to remind the residents of this Commonwealth of
the unique contributions the forest products industry has made
to the history, texture and quality of life in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The first paper mill in the United States was built
in Pennsylvania in 1690; and
WHEREAS, Over 10% of this Commonwealth's manufacturing work
force is involved in the forest products industry, with
approximately 60,000 Pennsylvanians making a livelihood
connected to the industry; and
WHEREAS, Forest products encompass an incredibly wide range
of products with nearly limitless everyday uses, from
facilitating education, communications, hygiene, food storage
and product protection, to providing shelter and homes; and
WHEREAS, There are over 2,100 separate businesses involved in
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