Bill Text: TX HR332 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR332 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR332-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 332 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The area surrounding Joint Base San Antonio-Camp | ||
| Bullis was designated as a sentinel landscape in 2022 by the United | ||
| States Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, and | ||
| Department of the Interior; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sentinel landscapes are areas in which natural and | ||
| working lands are well suited to protecting defense facilities from | ||
| land use that is incompatible with the military's mission; once a | ||
| location becomes a sentinel landscape, the DoD, USDA, and DOI work | ||
| with local partners to equip private landowners with the resources | ||
| necessary to carry out sustainable management practices; such | ||
| activities as farming, ranching, and forestry deliver economic and | ||
| ecological benefits while protecting defense facilities from | ||
| development that could constrain important training and testing | ||
| activities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In recent years, rapid population growth emanating | ||
| from San Antonio and the I-35 corridor has begun to affect | ||
| invaluable military operations and maneuver areas; Joint Base San | ||
| Antonio-Camp Bullis, located in northern Bexar County on the | ||
| Edwards Aquifer Recharge and Contributing Zones, is the only field | ||
| training range for DoD medical personnel and U.S. Air Force | ||
| security forces personnel; moreover, it provides a vital field | ||
| training range for the Texas National Guard; designation as a | ||
| sentinel landscape makes more resources available to willing | ||
| landowners to ensure that operations can continue unimpeded; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Formed to bolster the new sentinel landscape, the | ||
| Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape Partnership is a locally led | ||
| coalition of more than 50 organizations, among them governmental | ||
| bodies, conservation groups, and the Texas A&M University Natural | ||
| Resources Institute; the partnership works to promote thoughtful | ||
| land stewardship, supporting private landowners with technical and | ||
| financial resources for a variety of needs, including improving | ||
| soil health and infiltration, managing hillside erosion and | ||
| creek-bank stability, and increasing native plant diversity and | ||
| abundance; its efforts will help mitigate drought, flood, and | ||
| wildfire risks and reduce light pollution, which impairs nighttime | ||
| training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The training ranges at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp | ||
| Bullis play a critical role in military preparedness, and the Camp | ||
| Bullis Sentinel Landscape, supported by the Camp Bullis Sentinel | ||
| Landscape Partnership, is safeguarding those ranges while also | ||
| promoting agricultural and economic vitality and conserving | ||
| natural resources; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape and | ||
| commend the members of the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape | ||
| Partnership for their commitment to its success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
| for the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape and the Camp Bullis Sentinel | ||
| Landscape Partnership as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Murr | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 332 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
