PRINTER'S NO. 4307
No. 480 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, ZUG, HUTCHINSON, JADLOWIEC AND EGOLF,
NOVEMBER 25, 1996
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 25, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing Pennsylvania's forest products industry and the
2 Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
3 WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has a rich natural bounty of more
4 than 17 million acres of renewable hardwood forest land; and
5 WHEREAS, This vast forest resource has been a staple
6 component of this nation's and this Commonwealth's economy since
7 the founding of America and has sustained businesses, families
8 and entire rural communities; and
9 WHEREAS, Through the generations, Pennsylvania's forest
10 products industry has grown to represent this Commonwealth's
11 fourth largest manufacturing sector, with more than 2,200
12 employers and 90,000 employees; and
13 WHEREAS, The forest products industry relies on the forest
14 resource to make this Commonwealth the number one producer of
15 hardwood-based material and to meet the public's increasing
16 demand for wood and wood-related products; and
17 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania forest products industry, in
1 recognition of its stewardship responsibilities in nurturing the
2 forest resource, has committed itself to the continuing
3 principles of sustainable forestry by initiating the Sustainable
4 Forestry Initiative to promote, educate, train and monitor
5 adherence to sustaining the forest resource for future
6 generations; and
7 WHEREAS, The Sustainable Forestry Initiative is based on the
8 responsible environmental stewardship of the forests, water
9 resources and wildlife; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend
11 Pennsylvania's forest products industry for its history of care
12 and commitment to the responsible use of resources; and be it
13 further
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
15 development of Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which has
16 educated landowners, foresters and loggers about the
17 sustainability of Pennsylvania's forests; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives endorse the
19 Sustainable Forestry Initiative and its self-regulatory
20 objectives of increasing knowledge, professionalism and
21 stewardship that will foster the sustainability of
22 Pennsylvania's forests; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives request that the
24 public, forest landowners and resource agencies embrace and
25 support the objectives of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative in
26 this Commonwealth.
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