House Resolution 105 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                         BY  MAY
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Dickinson County Soil and
  1  4    Water Conservation District for receiving the National
  1  5    Association of Conservation Districts 2007 Excellence
  1  6    Award.
  1  7    WHEREAS, Iowa soil and water conservation districts
  1  8 were initiated in 1939, when legislation was enacted
  1  9 to encourage local volunteer conservation districts;
  1 10 and
  1 11    WHEREAS, the Dickinson County Soil and Water
  1 12 Conservation District was formed on February 4, 1944;
  1 13 and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the Dickinson County district contains
  1 15 15,000 acres of natural lakes constituting some of the
  1 16 most important natural resources in the state; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, always mindful of its obligation to
  1 18 protect this remarkable water resource, the Dickinson
  1 19 County district has been the leader on many projects
  1 20 to protect the Iowa Great Lakes; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, in the 1990s the Dickinson County district
  1 22 received a clean water grant from the Iowa Department
  1 23 of Natural Resources and the federal Environmental
  1 24 Protection Agency for a twelve=year project in the
  1 25 Iowa Great Lakes watershed, consisting of East and
  1 26 West Okoboji, Big Spirit, Little Spirit, Center, Upper
  1 27 Gar, Minnewashta, and Lower Gar Lakes; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, by 2002, the Dickinson County district
  1 29 began working with urban conservation issues, such as
  1 30 construction site erosion, storm water runoff, and
  2  1 other urban soil and water issues; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, as part of that urban focus the Dickinson
  2  3 County district conducted a series of seminars to
  2  4 educate people on low=impact development, smart
  2  5 growth, construction site erosion, and other urban
  2  6 conservation issues, which seminars were then followed
  2  7 by five demonstration projects; and
  2  8    WHEREAS, on February 12, 2008, the Dickinson County
  2  9 Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded the
  2 10 National Association of Conservation Districts 2007
  2 11 Excellence Award for Urban Conservation, an award
  2 12 given to only one district out of 3,000 nationwide;
  2 13 NOW THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 15 That the House of Representatives honors the Dickinson
  2 16 County Soil and Water Conservation District for 64
  2 17 years of dedicated stewardship and congratulates the
  2 18 district for receiving the National Association of
  2 19 Conservation Districts 2007 Excellence Award.
  2 20 LSB 6411HH 82
  2 21 jr/nh/14