PRINTER'S NO. 1199
No. 137 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BRUBAKER, ARMSTRONG, LAVALLE, MADIGAN, BAKER,
KASUNIC, PUNT, ERICKSON, BROWNE, O'PAKE, FONTANA, ROBBINS,
WONDERLING, PIPPY, TOMLINSON, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, KITCHEN AND
COSTA, JUNE 19, 2007
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 19, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health
2 and agriculture in this Commonwealth, as well as the need to
3 increase awareness about protecting and sustaining
4 pollinators by designating the week of June 24 through 30,
5 2007, as "Pennsylvania Pollinator Week."
6 WHEREAS, Bees, butterflies and other pollinator species have
7 a critically important role in Pennsylvania agriculture by
8 helping to produce a healthy and affordable food supply and by
9 sustaining ecosystem health; and
10 WHEREAS, Without honeybee pollinators, Pennsylvania's
11 bountiful crops of apples, peaches, soybeans, pears, pumpkins,
12 cucumbers, cherries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
13 would not be possible; and
14 WHEREAS, Honeybee pollinators contribute more than $55
15 million to the value of crops in this Commonwealth; and
16 WHEREAS, It is in the strong economic interest of
17 agricultural producers and consumers in this Commonwealth to
18 ensure a healthy, sustainable pollinator population; and
1 WHEREAS, Decline or disruption of pollinator health and
2 population poses a significant threat to global food webs, the
3 integrity of biodiversity and human health; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of June 24
5 through 30, 2007, as "Pennsylvania Pollinator Week."
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