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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.____
1 2 BY THOMAS, FALCK, and KREMER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing and honoring
1 4 members of the Save the Backbone Lake Committee who
1 5 participated in the restoration of Backbone Lake in
1 6 Backbone State Park.
1 7 WHEREAS, Backbone State Park, encompassing 1,780
1 8 acres of forested bluffs, slopes, and uplands along
1 9 the Maquoketa River and Fenchel Creek, is Iowa's
1 10 oldest state park, dedicated on May 28, l920; and
1 11 WHEREAS, a general plan for the development of
1 12 Backbone State Park was completed in 1925 by John
1 13 Fitzsimmons, extension service landscape architect,
1 14 Iowa State College; and
1 15 WHEREAS, with the Fitzsimmons "master plan", the
1 16 completion of the state 25-Year Conservation Plan and
1 17 the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps in
1 18 1933 combined to provide for the completion of many
1 19 projects at Backbone State Park, including a dam on
1 20 the Maquoketa River which formed Backbone Lake; and
1 21 WHEREAS, after many decades of extensive
1 22 recreational use with limited financial resources for
1 23 maintenance, repairs, and improvements necessary to
1 24 meet the public demand, the Save the Backbone Lake
1 25 Committee was organized to provide volunteer services
1 26 for the Backbone Lake restoration to supplement
1 27 projects implemented by the Department of Natural
1 28 Resources; and
1 29 WHEREAS, the members of the Save the Backbone Lake
1 30 Committee contributed personal labor, equipment, and
2 1 moneys to remove thousands of tons of siltation and to
2 2 complete related improvement projects; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly, on
2 5 behalf of the State of Iowa, extends its appreciation
2 6 to the Save the Backbone Lake Committee and all of its
2 7 volunteers and contributors for the restoration work
2 8 contributed to the Backbone Lake project; and
2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
2 10 House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of this
2 11 Concurrent Resolution to the chairperson of the Save
2 12 the Backbone Lake Committee.
2 13 LSB 4415HH 77
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