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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. _______
1 2 BY BURNETT
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution urging the development of
1 4 programs to provide economic incentives to con-
1 5 serve endangered ecosystems and species.
1 6 WHEREAS, Iowa has endangered ecosystems and
1 7 species; and
1 8 WHEREAS, programs need to be developed on the
1 9 premise that provision of a reduction in operating
1 10 costs and a reliable revenue stream for maintaining
1 11 and enhancing natural or constructed habitats will
1 12 offset the economic incentives a landowner might have
1 13 for converting these habitats to other uses; and
1 14 WHEREAS, these incentive-driven programs should
1 15 emphasize the important contributions private
1 16 landowners can make to habitat enhancement and
1 17 protection and reward private landowners for acting as
1 18 responsible stewards of wildlife habitats and other
1 19 natural resources on their properties; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the key objective of these programs should
1 21 be to create new cost-effective and affordable
1 22 conservation options that will appeal to large numbers
1 23 of private landowners, as well as to environmental
1 24 interests and government agencies, and work
1 25 effectively in providing habitat for threatened and
1 26 endangered ecosystems and species; and
1 27 WHEREAS, these conservation options would be based
1 28 upon sound scientific evidence and be designed to
1 29 encourage large numbers of landowners to commit to
1 30 long-term management plans to ensure that essential
2 1 habitats are not destroyed due to ever-encroaching
2 2 urban development or the landowner's perceived need to
2 3 intensify and expand agricultural and forestry
2 4 operations for competitive and profitability reasons;
2 5 and
2 6 WHEREAS, these conservation options would ensure
2 7 that essential habitats are well managed so they can
2 8 maintain their ecological functions in a manner equal
2 9 to or better than they are today; and
2 10 WHEREAS, a significant amount of habitat exists
2 11 today on private land that may never be protected
2 12 through any other means nor prevented through any law,
2 13 rule, regulation, or limitation on private property
2 14 rights from being converted to uses which could
2 15 destroy most or all of their habitat value; NOW
2 16 THEREFORE,
2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 18 SENATE CONCURRING, That appropriate state agencies and
2 19 other divisions of government in the state are urged
2 20 to cooperate in the development of programs designed
2 21 to provide economic incentives to conserve endangered
2 22 ecosystems and species as outlined in this Resolution;
2 23 and
2 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, an
2 25 official copy of this Resolution shall be sent to the
2 26 Governor and the Director of the Department of Natural
2 27 Resources.
2 28 LSB 1047HH 78
2 29 tm/jw/5.2
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