Bill Text: IL HR0717 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares September 21, 2024 as It's Our Fox River Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee [HR0717 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0717-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Fox River was central to the lives of Native
Americans inhabiting the Fox River Valley in Wisconsin and
Illinois for millennia, providing an abundance of food and
water to wildlife and those native populations; and
WHEREAS, The Fox River was central to the lives of early
settlers of the Fox River Valley, providing a source of water
and power to mill the grains to feed those settlers, saw the
lumber to shelter those settlers, and drive the early
machinery, which formed the commercial and industrial base
that gave first growth to the community; and
WHEREAS, The Fox River, once a fine fishery and source of
public water, became burdened with the uncontrolled discharge
of industrial, commercial and municipal wastes, with the
resulting pollution threatening the health and welfare of all
populations of the Fox River, including human and wildlife;
and
WHEREAS, Sustained and increasingly diligent and effective
efforts have been made over the past century to reduce and
eliminate pollution and changes to the Fox River's natural
shorelines; and

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WHEREAS, The Fox River has been largely freed from its
burden of pollution and once again has become a safe source of
recreation and reliable public water supply, with its fish and
wildlife population in clear recovery; and
WHEREAS, The historic, present, and future value of this
unique and precious natural resource to the state and all
other communities within and beyond the Fox River Valley is of
the utmost importance; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we declare September 21, 2024 as It's Our Fox River Day; and be
it further