PRINTER'S NO. 1614
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
320
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY YAW, VOGEL, J. WARD, FONTANA, BARTOLOTTA,
BREWSTER, BROWNE, ARGALL, TARTAGLIONE, SANTARSIERO, PHILLIPS-
HILL, DINNIMAN, KILLION, COSTA, MARTIN, PITTMAN, BLAKE,
GORDNER, BAKER AND SCAVELLO, APRIL 3, 2020
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 3, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of May 3 through 9, 2020, as "Conservation
District Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Conservation districts are local units of government
established under State law to carry out natural resource
management programs; and
WHEREAS, Conservation districts work with landowners and
local governments to help them manage and protect land and water
resources on private and public lands; and
WHEREAS, Conservation districts were created in this
Commonwealth in 1945 in response to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
to improve soil and water conservation; and
WHEREAS, Each county has a conservation district, except for
Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Local municipalities rely on conservation district
staff to plan development in a way that conserves and protects
the local environment; and
WHEREAS, Conservation districts also work with many partners,
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