Celebrates the recent discovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Eastern Arkansas. Commends: (1) those individuals who spotted, video recorded, and verified the presence of the bird; and (2) the private and public landowners of Arkanas who protected the species' critical habitat.
Encourages the the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to continue working with all parties in Arkansas who have so successfully maintained such habitat.
Congratulates the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, and the Nature Conservancy for their leadership in preserving the bottomland hardwood habitat.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 249 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 249
Celebrating the recent discovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in
Eastern Arkansas.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 28, 2005
Mr. Berry (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Snyder, and Mr. Ross)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
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RESOLUTION
Celebrating the recent discovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in
Eastern Arkansas.
Whereas the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker has recently been discovered and verified in
the Big Woods region of Arkansas;
Whereas the last confirmed sighting of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was in 1988
in the Sierra de Moa Mountains of Eastern Cuba;
Whereas the last known population of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in the United
States disappeared in 1948;
Whereas previous to the discovery in Arkansas, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was
thought to be extinct; and
Whereas the discovery of this species that was once feared to be extinct
highlights the current success of private landowners in managing
resources in a responsible manner: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) celebrates the recent discovery of the Ivory-Billed
Woodpecker in Eastern Arkansas;
(2) congratulates Gene Sparling of Hot Springs, Arkansas,
who on February 11, 2004, spotted an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
while kayaking in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge;
(3) commends Tim Gallagher, editor of the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology's Living Bird Magazine, and Bobby Harrison,
associate professor at Oakwood College, in Huntsville, Alabama,
for their hard work and determination in verifying the presence
of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Arkansas;
(4) commends David Luneau, associate professor at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, for his work in video
recording the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker and the important role
this evidence played in verifying the species' presence;
(5) commends the private and public landowners of Arkansas,
who through sound conservation and land management practices
had the foresight to protect this critical habitat in a manner
that ensured the viability of this vulnerable species;
(6) encourages the Department of the Interior, the
Department of Agriculture, and their various agencies to
continue to work with all parties in the State of Arkansas who
have so successfully maintained this critical habitat; and
(7) congratulates the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission,
the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, and the Nature
Conservancy for their leadership in taking a balanced approach
to ensure the preservation of bottomland hardwood habitat.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
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