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WHEREAS, Butte County recognizes the ecological and economic
importance of California's national forest lands; and
WHEREAS, California's national forest lands provide a variety
of valuable resources including wood, paper and other agricultural
products, wildlife habitat, clean water, recreation and aesthetic
beauty; and
WHEREAS, the current policy debate over management of national
forest lands has caused negative environmental and economic
impacts; and
WHEREAS, California's national forest lands are diverse and
unique within this state and compared to other states requiring a
more flexible "ecosystem" approach to their management; and
WHEREAS, local decision-making authority on national forest
lands has been replaced by a top-down bureaucracy managed from
Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, areas of California's national forest lands suffer
from declining forest health and the possibility of devastating
catastrophic wildfires, putting human lives, communities, forest
landscapes and wildlife at immediate risk; and
WHEREAS, social and economic conditions have unnecessarily
deteriorated in rural communities, causing unsustainable pressures
on families, business and government services; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 4068, The California Forest Ecosystems Health
Act (Lehman-Fresno} answers these concerns by providing a local
ecosystems framework for managing national forest lands in
California; and
WHEREAS, this Act would help provide a long-term solution for
sustainably managing national forest lands and dependent rural
economies.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Butte supports
the passage of H.R. 4058, The California Forest Ecosystems Health
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 4068
THE CALIFORNIA FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH ACT
BY CONGRESSMAN RICHARD LEHMAN (FRESNO}
Act and encourages Congressman Richard Lehman to move his bill
forward before the August 12, 1994 summer recess; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to Congressman Lehman, Governor Pete Wilson, and our
State and Federal representatives.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors
this 26th day of July, 1994 by the following vote;
AYES: Supervisors Meyex, Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: None
ABSENT : None
NOT VOTING : None
f t
ED McLAUGHLTN, air of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Clerk of the
Board of Superv' ors
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