Bill Text: TX SR334 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Texas Forestry Association on the occasion of its Forestry Day celebration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-21 - Reported enrolled [SR334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR334-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the Texas Forestry Association, which is celebrating | ||
Forestry Day with a seedling giveaway on March 21, 2023, at the | ||
State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Forestry Association was founded in | ||
1914 by a group of dedicated and farsighted conservationists to | ||
advance forest management, promote conservation practices, and | ||
support and protect actively managed forests in Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas' actively managed forests cover more than 12 | ||
million acres and are maintained by over 70,000 workers; these | ||
forests constitute one of the state's leading agricultural | ||
sectors, with a total economic impact of more than $41 billion; | ||
Texas loggers harvest over 18 million tons of trees and haul | ||
hundreds of thousands of logs to mills, ultimately resulting in | ||
thousands of products that supply consumers' needs; and | ||
WHEREAS, Each year, forest owners and timberland investors | ||
replant 83 million seedlings to help maintain sustainable | ||
forests for future generations of Texans; the Forestry Day | ||
seedling giveaway is an essential part of the campaign to raise | ||
awareness of our state's timber resources; to encourage | ||
restoration of the forest ecosystem, the Texas Forestry | ||
Association also supports such programs as the Sustainable | ||
Forestry Initiative and the Tree Farm Certification; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Forestry Association has worked | ||
diligently to ensure that abundant forests remain a dependable | ||
resource for the people of Texas, and under the able leadership | ||
of the current president, Angela Shannon, the association | ||
continues to contribute to the beauty and prosperity of the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize the Texas Forestry Association on | ||
the occasion of its seedling giveaway and extend to its members | ||
best wishes for a successful Forestry Day celebration; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the association as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Nichols | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 21, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |