Page 1 of 2 Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 99 BY SENATORS CROWE AND NEVERS AND REPRESENTATI VES PEARSON, RITCHIE AND HOLLIS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON To commend Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC, for its work in protecting and preserving the state's wildlife management areas. WHEREAS, because of its natural beauty, abundant wildlife, and outdoor recreation culture, Louisiana is known around the world as a true sportsmen's paradise; and WHEREAS, for centuries, sportsmen have embraced the quiet tranquility, spiritual serenity, and soothing solitude of hunting and fishing and our great outdoors; and WHEREAS, in an effort to preserve and protect its treasured wildlife and to provide the public with accessible hunting lands, the state created wildlife management areas; and WHEREAS, Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC, brings together like- minded sportsmen, conservationists, and concerned citizens who want to save, preserve, and improve the state's public hunting lands and the wildlife that inhabits those lands; and WHEREAS, as part of their efforts of protection and preservation, Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC, aims to promote and provide research, convey the concerns of sportsmen, offer advisory assistance to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, offer educational opportunities and information to sportsmen and governmental agencies, and establish cooperative programs between the private sector and the government; and WHEREAS, the organization collaborates with other agencies and groups to gather as much information as possible to aid in the establishment of sound wildlife management practices; and WHEREAS, because of the Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC, sportsmen and conservationist can be assured their voices and concerns will be heard, and that private citizens are collaborating to protect and preserve the state's wildlife, hunting, and fishing culture. SCR NO. 99 ENROLLED Page 2 of 2 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC, for its efforts in preserving and protecting the state's wildlife and public hunting lands so that all its citizens have access to participate in our rich and traditional sportsmen culture. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Save Our Wildlife Management Areas, LLC. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES