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2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 82
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
COMMENDAT IONS. Commends the Office of Soil and Water Conservation in the
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend the Office of Soil and Water Conservation and support its efforts to improve
3 Louisiana's soil health, water quality, and agricultural and natural resources.
4 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Conservation District Program, created by the Louisiana
5 Legislature in 1938, established the Soil and Water Conservation Commission and Soil and
6 Water Conservation Districts; and
7 WHEREAS, the Office of Soil and Water Conservation collaborates and provides
8 support for forty-four statewide Soil and Water Conservation Districts; and
9 WHEREAS, the Soil and Water Conservation Districts function as unique local units
10 of state government and provide conservation services for landowners across the state; and
11 WHEREAS, the Office of Soil and Water Conservation also collaborates with
12 numerous partners to promote education and outreach for agricultural, wetland, and urban
13 conservation and management projects; and
14 WHEREAS, the Office of Soil and Water Conservation works in collaboration with
15 the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, to
16 carry out programs and projects within the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act,
17 National Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Farm Bill, Mississippi River Basin
18 Healthy Watersheds Initiative, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Office of Soil and Water Conservation works to provide essential
2 services such as assisting the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on the
3 Agricultural Solid Waste Management Program and Clean Water Act, the Louisiana State
4 University Agricultural Center on the Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Program and
5 Master Farmer Program, and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on the Coastal
6 Vegetative Planting Program; and
7 WHEREAS, conservation programs serve the public interest by improving soil,
8 water, and air quality and providing economic stability to many rural areas of the state; and
9 WHEREAS, the changing nature and increase in land use in Louisiana underscores
10 the need for the Office of Soil and Water Conservation to continue to address soil and water
11 needs in every parish.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
13 commend the Office of Soil and Water Conservation and support its efforts to improve
14 Louisiana's soil health, water quality, and agricultural and natural resources.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
16 Office of Soil and Water Conservation in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SCR 82 Original 2017 Regular Session Thompson
Commends the Office of Soil and Water Conservation and supports its efforts to improve
Louisiana's soil health, water quality, and agricultural and natural resources.
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