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H.C.R. 203 Enrolled

                 

RESOLUTION URGING THE HARVESTING OF

                 
INFESTED STANDS OF TIMBER

                 
2001 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Bradley T. Johnson

                  This concurrent resolution encourages the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the Chair
                  of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Chief of the Forest Service, and Utah's
                  Congressional Delegation to expedite the harvesting of dead stand timber located on lands
                  managed by the United States Forest Service.
                  Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
                      WHEREAS, the timber industry in Utah has historically been important to both urban and
                  rural economies in the state;
                      WHEREAS, pine bark beetles have caused extensive damage in forests throughout the
                  state;
                      WHEREAS, pine bark beetles constitute an ongoing environmental threat to healthy forest
                  ecosystems;
                      WHEREAS, dead stand timber in forest areas infested by the pine bark beetle is susceptible
                  to catastrophic wildfires;
                      WHEREAS, harvesting dead stand timber infested by the pine bark beetle can help slow
                  the spread of pine bark beetle infestation;
                      WHEREAS, harvesting dead stand timber would help promote forest health;
                      WHEREAS, harvesting dead stand timber in Utah would increase domestic lumber
                  supplies and support the operation of sawmills and the timber industry in the state; and
                      WHEREAS, much of the dead stand timber infested by pine bark beetles is located on
                  lands managed by the United States Forest Service:
                      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
                  Governor concurring therein, urges the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the Chair of the
                  Council on Environmental Quality, the Chief of the Forest Service, and Utah's Congressional
                  Delegation to encourage and expedite the release of dead stand timber located on lands managed


                  by the United States Forest Service for the purpose of harvesting.
                      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be provided to the United States
                  Secretary of Agriculture, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Chief of the Forest
                  Service, and Utah's Congressional Delegation.

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