PRINTER'S NO. 2151
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
454
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, ARGALL, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA, BOSCOLA,
BROWNE, DINNIMAN, EICHELBERGER, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, MENSCH,
RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, TEPLITZ, VULAKOVICH AND WHITE,
OCTOBER 17, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 17, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 16 through 22, 2016, as
"National Forest Products Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, It is important to recognize "National Forest
Products Week" to remind the residents of this Commonwealth of
the unique contributions the forest products industry has made
to the history, texture and quality of life in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The first paper mill in the United States was built
in Pennsylvania in 1690; and
WHEREAS, More than 10% of this Commonwealth's manufacturing
work force is involved in the forest products industry, with
approximately 60,000 Pennsylvanians making a livelihood
connected to the industry; and
WHEREAS, Forest products encompass an incredibly wide range
of products with nearly limitless everyday uses, from
facilitating education, communications, hygiene, food storage
and product protection, to providing shelter and homes; and
WHEREAS, There are more than 2,100 separate businesses
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