Senator Birkholz asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Birkholz's statement is as follows:
The resolution before us today, Senate Resolution No.33, is a resolution declaring April 22 through May 1 as Conservation Week in Michigan. This is a way for us to celebrate and honor the conservation ethic and the large number of groups and individuals in our state who are responsible for conserving our natural resources. This is an effort whose time has come.
For several years, we talked about conservation. We have talked about Earth Day, but we have not really honored a conservation week. And it's a way for us to honor the people who work so hard at all levels of government and at all levels of community effort to honor our historic and natural resources and to hold them up as something that should, first of all, acknowledge, and secondly, preserve for those who come after us.
So I would urge you all to help us celebrate Conservation Week by, first of all, voting for the resolution before us, and then secondly, joining in all the activities of this week. You have on your desks seedlings which honor the beginning of Conservation Week in Michigan, and we will have other activities throughout the week.
So I hope you will join me in supporting this resolution.