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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 149

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 149 by deleting
3everything after the heading and replacing it with the
4following:
 
5    "WHEREAS, The Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act was
6passed on August 28, 1963, establishing the Illinois Nature
7Preserves System; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Illinois Nature Preserves contribute to the
9public health and welfare and the environmental quality of the
10State; and
 
11    WHEREAS, This visionary law protecting Illinois Natural
12Areas was a model that many other states followed; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Illinois Nature Preserves System protects 622
14preserves, totaling 121,492 acres; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Illinois Nature Preserves are habitats for rare,
2vanishing, threatened, and endangered species; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Illinois Nature Preserves are of value for
4scientific research and teaching, and they are especially
5valuable as reservoirs of gene pools that may not survive
6anywhere else and of which not all potential uses are known;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, Illinois Nature Preserves are places of historic
9and natural interest and scenic beauty; they are living
10museums of the native landscape wherein one may experience
11primeval conditions in a wilderness-like environment; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Illinois Nature Preserve System is an
13enduring resource for people of present and future
14generations; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Illinois Nature Preserve System will be
16marking its 60th year in 2023; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
18HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we declare August of 2023 as Illinois Nature Preserve Month in
20the State of Illinois; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That we continue to value the protection and
2ecological stewardship of Illinois Nature Preserves; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and the
6Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves as a symbol of our
7respect and esteem."