PRINTER'S NO. 2633
No. 454 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KESSLER, CALTAGIRONE, COX, MANTZ, ROHRER, SANTONI,
ARGALL, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CONKLIN, DALEY, GEORGE,
GERBER, GRUCELA, HARPER, HESS, JAMES, M. KELLER, KORTZ,
MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, McCALL, MENSCH, MUNDY, PALLONE, QUINN,
RAMALEY, READSHAW, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY,
SWANGER AND GIBBONS, OCTOBER 15, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 15, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Applauding the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Land Preservation
2 Board for its record of approving the preservation of 50,000
3 acres of Berks County farmland.
4 WHEREAS, Berks County ranks first in this Commonwealth in the
5 number of acres of preserved farmland under the Agricultural
6 Conservation Easement Program; and
7 WHEREAS, In cooperation with the Berks County Agricultural
8 Land Preservation Board, the Pennsylvania State Agricultural
9 Land Preservation Board has committed more than $100 million to
10 protect some of the most productive nonirrigated cropland in the
11 United States; and
12 WHEREAS, Farm owners have contributed an additional $23
13 million in easement value; and
14 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives proudly recognizes the
15 farmland preservation efforts of Berks County landowners in
16 conjunction with county and State officials; and
1 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives proudly recognizes the
2 unique agricultural heritage of this Commonwealth; therefore be
3 it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives applaud the
5 Pennsylvania State Agricultural Land Preservation Board for its
6 record of approving the preservation of 50,000 acres of Berks
7 County farmland.
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