PRINTER'S NO. 3489
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
901
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, LONGIETTI, READSHAW, NEILSON, MILLARD,
MURT, KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DONATUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, MALONEY,
D. COSTA, STURLA, BRIGGS, BIZZARRO, CORBIN, METZGAR,
McCLINTON, HILL-EVANS, DiGIROLAMO, V. BROWN, BURNS, MARSICO,
VITALI, HENNESSEY, TOOHIL, SAMUELSON, STAATS, D. MILLER,
MARSHALL, GROVE, DRISCOLL, SAYLOR, SCHWEYER, O'NEILL,
M. QUINN, DALEY, WARREN, ROEBUCK, HEFFLEY, GOODMAN AND
BENNINGHOFF, MAY 3, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 3, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 125th anniversary of the State forest system and
establishment of the first State park in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On May 23, 1893, Governor Robert E. Pattison signed
Act No. 68, which established the Pennsylvania Forestry
Commission, and on May 30 of the same year, Governor Pattison
signed Act No. 130, which enabled the Commonwealth to purchase
and establish the first State park at Valley Forge; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock, the first forestry
commissioner, and other visionary leaders of the Commonwealth
understood that forest lands stripped and denigrated by
unsustainable timbering and industrial activity could be
restored through modern conservation practices and careful
stewardship; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth began to establish a State Forest
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