A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,  Expressing support for the South Dakota coordinated natural resources conservation plan.

     WHEREAS,  the Legislature is aware the state's natural resources are the foundation of our area's quality of life and economic health; and

     WHEREAS,  while South Dakotans currently enjoy the benefits of our natural resources, they are also responsible for ensuring that future generations have the same opportunities; and

     WHEREAS,  South Dakota's conservation districts and state conservation commission have developed a joint coordinated plan that creates a framework of opportunity for all South Dakotans to voluntarily participate in caring for our natural resources; and

     WHEREAS,  the coordinated plan for natural resources includes broad goals that promote local flexibility to address natural resource priorities and objectives:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,  by the House of Representatives of the Eighty- second Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the South Dakota Legislature supports the South Dakota coordinated plan for natural resources as a means of ensuring the sustained conservation and wise use of the natural resources of the great state

of South Dakota.