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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY WARNSTADT, HOUSER, SEYMOUR, WIECK, GRONSTAL,
1 3 KETTERING, VEENSTRA, CONNOLLY, LUNDBY, BLACK,
1 4 KIBBIE, RAGAN, BEALL, STEWART, QUIRMBACH, COURTNEY,
1 5 FRAISE, DVORSKY, SHULL, DOTZLER, KREIMAN, HATCH,
1 6 McCOY, BOLKCOM, DEARDEN, HOLVECK,
1 7 HORN, and JOHNSON
1 8 A Resolution urging the United States Congress to
1 9 appropriate funds to the National Park Service to
1 10 assist state and local governments and private
1 11 landowners in developing a comprehensive plan to
1 12 preserve and restore the Loess Hills in Iowa.
1 13 WHEREAS, the Loess Hills in Iowa are a unique
1 14 natural resource that are recognized worldwide for
1 15 their unique landscape and geological value; and
1 16 WHEREAS, the Loess Hills are also recognized for
1 17 their unique cultural and archaeological resources;
1 18 and
1 19 WHEREAS, the National Park Service and a team of
1 20 Iowa specialists completed a Special Resource Study
1 21 and Environmental Assessment of the Loess Hills in
1 22 2002; and
1 23 WHEREAS, the Special Resource Study provided
1 24 national recognition that the Loess Hills in western
1 25 Iowa with their extensive prairie ecosystems are of
1 26 "exceptional value"; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the Special Resource Study catalogued a
1 28 series of threats to the integrity of the Loess Hills
1 29 including erosion, displacement of prairie, unplanned
1 30 growth, and degradation of archaeological resources;
2 1 and
2 2 WHEREAS, a comprehensive plan would complement and
2 3 assist in synthesizing the efforts of a broad range of
2 4 state, private, and federal programs; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the need for assistance is most acute in
2 6 the twelve special landscape areas that have been
2 7 identified in the Loess Hills; and
2 8 WHEREAS, federal assistance is needed to aid state
2 9 and local governments and private landowners in the
2 10 Loess Hills in their efforts to preserve these last
2 11 native prairies of Iowa and this scenic landform; and
2 12 WHEREAS, the State of Iowa and the nation are
2 13 celebrating the visit of the Lewis and Clark Corps of
2 14 Discovery to this treasured Iowa landform 200 years
2 15 ago; NOW THEREFORE,
2 16 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Iowa Senate
2 17 urges Congress to immediately act to authorize and
2 18 appropriate funding to the National Park Service so
2 19 that the National Park Service can participate with
2 20 the Loess Hills Development and Conservation Authority
2 21 and with representatives of the Iowa Department of
2 22 Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the Iowa Department
2 23 of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of
2 24 Transportation, educational institutions,
2 25 nongovernmental organizations, and private landowners
2 26 in the development of a comprehensive plan to ensure
2 27 the long-term protection of the Loess Hills in Iowa;
2 28 and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
2 30 Senate send copies of this Resolution to the President
3 1 of the United States; the President of the United
3 2 States Senate; the Speaker of the United States House
3 3 of Representatives; and to members of Iowa's
3 4 congressional delegation.
3 5 LSB 5465SS 80
3 6 av/gg/14.1
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