PRINTER'S NO. 3741
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
868
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MUSTELLO, BERNSTINE, BIZZARRO, BROOKS, CAUSER,
CONKLIN, DONATUCCI, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, KIM, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, MILLARD, NEILSON, PICKETT, PYLE,
READSHAW, ROTHMAN, ROWE, SAINATO, STRUZZI, VITALI AND BONNER,
MAY 12, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 12, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Moraine State Park.
WHEREAS, In 2020, Moraine State Park, located in Butler
County, will celebrate its 50th anniversary; and
WHEREAS, The 16,725-acre park is the third largest and one of
the most admired and popular parks in the Pennsylvania State
park system, attracting more than 1 million visitors annually;
and
WHEREAS, Moraine State Park is noted for its many activities,
including its annual regatta, hiking, biking, cross country
skiing, geocaching, horseback riding, fishing, boating and
pontoon boat tours on the 3,225-acre Lake Arthur; and
WHEREAS, The park's name, "Moraine," comes from the term for
the accumulated regolith and rock deposited by glaciers that
extended just to the north of the park in the distant past,
leaving their legacy in the current local landscape of rolling
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