PRINTER'S NO. 996
No. 138 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH AND WENGER, JUNE 22, 2005
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 22, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Expressing support of the efforts of the United States Secretary
2 of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating the
3 Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as
4 a national historic trail.
5 WHEREAS, Our nation will celebrate the 400th anniversary of
6 the founding of Jamestown in 2007; and
7 WHEREAS, Captain John Smith's leadership and courage were
8 instrumental in establishing the Jamestown colony; and
9 WHEREAS, Captain John Smith and his 12-man crew explored
10 almost 3,000 miles of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Captain John Smith's vivid descriptions of the
13 Chesapeake Bay inspired exploration and settlement of the New
14 World; and
15 WHEREAS, Legislation has been introduced in the United States
16 Senate to direct the United States Secretary of the Interior to
17 study the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith
18 Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as a national historic
19 trail; and
1 WHEREAS, The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic
2 Watertrail would provide rich opportunities for education,
3 recreation and heritage tourism for the 16 million Americans
4 living in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and for visitors to the
5 region; and
6 WHEREAS, The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic
7 Watertrail would complement the more than 645 miles of existing
8 water trails in the Susquehanna River Basin of the Commonwealth
9 of Pennsylvania; and
10 WHEREAS, The Susquehanna River supplies more than 50% of the
11 Chesapeake Bay's fresh water; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 support the efforts of the United States Secretary of the
14 Interior to study the feasibility of designating the Captain
15 John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as a national
16 historic trail; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
18 the United States Secretary of the Interior and to each member
19 of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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