Bill Text: IL HJR0071 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates May 1, 2012 as Bird Watching Day in the State of Illinois and encourages school districts and teachers in the State to participate in and host activities to teach students and citizens about bird and nature conservation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-30 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0071 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HJR0071-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Bird watching and other nature activities provide | ||||||
3 | citizens young and old with valuable opportunities to learn | ||||||
4 | about the environment and the need to preserve the Earth; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bird conservation efforts date back to 1869, when | ||||||
6 | Michigan passed a law to protect the Passenger Pigeon; and
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7 | WHEREAS, In North America, 618 million acres of land, | ||||||
8 | freshwater, and marine
areas or approximately 9% of the | ||||||
9 | continent has been dedicated as wildlife habitat; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Public awareness and concern are crucial | ||||||
11 | components of conserving those areas and the birds and other | ||||||
12 | wildlife that live in those areas; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Citizens who are enthusiastic about birds and | ||||||
14 | nature, informed about threats to the natural world, and | ||||||
15 | empowered to become involved in addressing those threats can | ||||||
16 | make a tremendous contribution to maintaining healthy bird | ||||||
17 | populations and protecting bird habitats; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Interest in stewardship and conservation can grow | ||||||
19 | by modeling conservation activities and involving people young | ||||||
20 | and old in those activities; and
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1 | WHEREAS, There are many educational materials available to | ||||||
2 | school districts, parents, and citizens to foster public | ||||||
3 | awareness about bird and nature conservation; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
6 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate May 1, 2012 as Bird | ||||||
7 | Watching Day in the State of Illinois and encourage school | ||||||
8 | districts and teachers in this State to participate in and host | ||||||
9 | activities to teach students and citizens about bird and nature | ||||||
10 | conservation; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the | ||||||
12 | superintendent of each school district in this State.
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