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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 12 | 12 | | House Resolution 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | A resolution designating May 17, 2024, as "Endangered 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Species Day" in Florida. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, annually on the third Friday in May, thousands of 5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | people around the world participate in a global day of action 6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect 7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | endangered species, and 8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, wildlife refuges, gardens, schools, libraries, 9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | museums, community groups, nonprofits, and individuals hold 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | special programs or events highlighting the significance of 11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | protecting endangered species, and 12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, endangered species include plants and animals that 13 |
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| 25 | 25 | | are determined to be threatened or endangered and are provided 14 |
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| 26 | 26 | | protections under the United States Endangered Spe cies Act, and 15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, there are over 1,300 threatened or endangered 16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | species in the United States, and 17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Commission maintains that endangered species in this state 19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | include the leatherback sea turtle, the ivory-billed woodpecker, 20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the finback whale, the Florida panther, the humpback whale, the 21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Key Largo cotton mouse, the sperm whale, and many others, and 22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, education about threatened or endangered species, 23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | growing native plants, reducing the use of ou tdoor chemicals, 24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 46 | 46 | | and protecting wildlife habitats contribute to the protection of 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | threatened or endangered species, and 26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, education and advocacy have protected endangered 27 |
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| 49 | 49 | | species such as the American alligator through conservation 28 |
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| 50 | 50 | | efforts, NOW, THEREFORE, 29 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 31 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Florida: 32 |
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| 55 | 55 | | That May 17, 2024, is designated as "Endangered Species 34 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Day" and Floridians are encouraged to take actions to protect 35 |
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| 57 | 57 | | endangered species. 36 |
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