12-R359
2012 -- S 2992
Enacted 06/12/12
J O I N T R E S
O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING
AUGUST 10TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2012 TO BE "
Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Felag, Picard, Miller, and McCaffrey
Date Introduced: May 17, 2012
WHEREAS,
our rich heritage. We love our bay and islands, our
rivers and ponds, our beaches and shorelines,
our working farms and forests, and our scenic landscapes,
unique natural areas, and historic
places; and
WHEREAS, All these settings form the fabric of
the character of our communities and state; and
WHEREAS,
quality of life, the foods we eat, our sense of place, and
the foundation for much of our economy;
and
WHEREAS, We have long recognized a need to protect our heritage by
protecting these
special places in our communities for ourselves, our
children, our grandchildren, and future
generations; and
WHEREAS, Citizens from
across our state have formed land trusts to take action to
permanently protect the special places in our communities; and
WHEREAS, The Rhode
Island House of Representatives and the
have long supported the creation, restoration, and funding
for numerous projects that preserve and
enhance the natural, cultural, and historical world that
surrounds us; and
WHEREAS, For decades,
support for land trusts’ land conservation activities through
memberships and by voting to
approve state and municipal bonds that help fund land
conservation projects; and
WHEREAS, Rhode Islanders
across the state annually volunteer hundreds of hours of
their time on boards and committees of land trusts in order
to protect the special places in our
communities and to help manage those protected lands; and
WHEREAS, Land trusts all
over
these special places and the beauty, respite, solitude,
wonder, and history they provide; and
WHEREAS, The
Trust Days to help spotlight the activities of the
state’s more than forty-five land trusts; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this General Assembly of the State of
Plantations hereby
recognizes the important contributions of land trusts and their volunteers, and
encourages residents and visitors to our beautiful state to get
outdoors, take a hike, paddle a river,
discover the history around you, and enjoy the protected lands
in our communities; and be it
further
RESOLVED,
That this General Assembly hereby proclaims August
10th through
September 30th of 2012 to
be “Rhode Island Land Trust Days” and invites all our citizens to
discover and enjoy
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized
and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Roy Najecki, President of the
Land Trust Council.
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