Senate Resolution 148

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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
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