PRINTER'S NO. 1431
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
255
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, BURNS, HENNESSEY, DiGIROLAMO, READSHAW,
WATSON, MATZIE, CORBIN, TOOHIL, MACKENZIE, LONGIETTI,
M. K. KELLER, KINSEY, WARD, CALTAGIRONE, QUIGLEY, HAHN,
MILLARD, METZGAR, CHARLTON, O'NEILL, BOBACK, RYAN, DUSH,
SONNEY, PASHINSKI, BULLOCK, MURT, SOLOMON, McNEILL, ENGLISH,
JAMES, A. HARRIS, ROZZI, HELM, SAYLOR, SANKEY, FREEMAN,
PICKETT, STAATS, NEILSON, IRVIN, CONKLIN, HILL-EVANS,
WHEELAND, D. COSTA, ZIMMERMAN, GILLEN AND WARREN,
APRIL 17, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 17, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 28, 2017, 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, 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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