South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 1190

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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Grooms and Gregory
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Introduced in the Senate on February 28, 2006
Adopted by the Senate on February 28, 2006

Summary: Tree Farm Program

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/28/2006  Senate  Introduced and adopted SJ-9

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2/28/2006

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A SENATE RESOLUTION

CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF TREE FARMING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SALUTING THE SOUTH CAROLINA TREE FARM PROGRAM.

Whereas, the State of South Carolina is celebrating sixty years of Tree Farming in 2006; and

Whereas, the American Tree Farm System is a nationwide program that gives public recognition to nearly sixty thousand private forest landowners who are managing their forests for wood, wildlife habitat, recreation, aesthetics, and clean water; the American Tree Farm System is sponsored by the nation's wood-using industries through the American Forest Institute with the assistance of forestry organizations, public agencies, consulting foresters, and others; and

Whereas, timber is the state's largest cash crop with a delivered value of 835 million dollars, and the total economic impact of South Carolina's forest products industry is 14.7 billion; and

Whereas, two-thirds, or 12.4 million acres, of South Carolina is forested; and

Whereas, seventy-four percent of South Carolina's forests are owned by family forest owners, sixteen percent by industry, five percent by the public, and five percent by the United States Forest Service; and

Whereas, the Sixtieth Anniversary of Tree Farming in South Carolina is an occasion deserving of special recognition. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, celebrates sixty years of Tree Farming in South Carolina and salutes the South Carolina Tree Farm Program.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Forestry Association and the South Carolina Tree Farm Committee.

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