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Montana
text of the Montana resolution:
MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Director’s Office
1424 9th Avenue PO Box 200501
Helena, MT 39620-0501
Phone: (406) 444-3494
FAX: (406) 444-2903
Resolution of Support of the Montana Department of Commerce
For an Ice Age Floods Study by the National Park Service
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service is seeking federal funding for a study of the ice Age Flood features that are seen in portions of western Montana, the Idaho panhandle, eastern Washington, northern Oregon, and the Columbia River valley through the gorge to the ocean, and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study will be a study of alternatives for the interpretation and management of significant geologic features left by Glacial Lake Missoula and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study is proposed to be accomplished through an interagency task force made up of federal, state, and local government entities within the four state area, and
WHEREAS, the Montana Department of Commerce, through its Travel Montana program and other appropriate economic development programs, is interested in working cooperatively with other agencies and individuals to develop management plans and to interpret our natural resources to the public, and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Support Office of the National Park Service is seeking written support of its efforts to complete the Ice Age Floods study.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Montana Department of Commerce does hereby express its support for the Ice Age Floods study as proposed by the National Park Service and expresses its desire to be a part of the interagency task force
Adopted this 17th Day of April, 2000
(signatory: Dr. Peter Blouke, Director)
Idaho
text of the Idaho resolution:
Resolution of Support
of the Idaho Park and Recreation Board for
an Ice Age Floods Study
by the National Park Service
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service is seeking federal funding for a study of the ice Age Flood features that are seen in portions of western Montana, the Idaho panhandle, eastern Washington, northern Oregon, and the Columbia River valley through the gorge to the ocean, and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study will involve a study of alternative approaches to the interpretation and managment of flood features to the public, and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study is proposed to be accomplished through an interagency task force made up of federal, state, and local government entities within the four state area; and
WHEREAS, the Idaho Park and Recreation Board maintains and operates state parks that were affected by Ice Age Flods, and
WHEREAS, the Idaho Park and Recreation Board is interested in working cooperatively with other agencies and individuals to develop management plans and to interpret our natural resources to the public, and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Support Office of the National Park Service is seeking written support of its efforts to complete the Ice Age Floods study.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Idaho Park and Recreation Board does hereby express its support for the Ice Age Floods study as proposed by the National Park Service and expresses its desire to have State Parks staff actively involved in the interagency task force.
ADOPTED THIS 29 DAY OF OCT., 1998
(signatories: Glenn E. Shewmaker, Chairman; Ernest J. Lombard, Vice Chairman; Robert M. Haakenson, Member; Beverly L. Boyd, Member; Jean S. McDevitt, Member; Monte Q. Later, Member)
Washington
text of the Washington resolution:
Resolution of Support
of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for
an Ice Age Floods Study
by the National Park Service
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service is seeking federal funding for a study of the ice Age Flood features that are seen in portions of western Montana, the Idaho panhandle, eastern Washington, northern Oregon, and the Columbia River valley through the gorge to the ocean, and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study will involve a study of alternative approaches to the interpretation and management of flood features to the public; and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study is proposed to be accomplished through an interagency task force made up of federal, state, and local government entities within the four state area; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission maintains and operates many parks in eastern Washington and along the Columbia River to the ocean that illustrate Ice Age Flood features; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Park and recreation Commission is interested in working cooperatively with other agencies and individuals to develop management plans and to interpret our natural resources to the public;
AND, WHEREAS, the Seattle Support Office of the National Park Service is seeking written support of its efforts to complete the Ice Age Floods study.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Washington State parks and Recreation Commission does hereby express its support for the Ice Age Floods study as proposed by the National Park Service and expresses its desire to have State Parks staff actively involved in the interagency task force.
ADOPTED THIS 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 1998
(signatories: Jack Shreve, Chair; Mel Wertman, Commissioner; Robert Petersen, Commissioner; Mickey Fearn, Commissioner; Clyde Anderson, Commissioner; Bruce Hilyer, Commissioner; Joan Thomas, Commissioner)
Oregon
text of the Oregon resolution:
Resolution of Support of the Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department for an Ice Age Floods Study by the National Park Service
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service is seeking federal funding for a study of the ice Age Flood features that are seen in portions of western Montana, the Idaho panhandle, eastern Washington, northern Oregon, and the Columbia River valley through the gorge to the ocean, and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study will involve a study of alternative approaches to the interpretation and management of flood features to the public; and
WHEREAS, the Ice Age Floods study is proposed to be accomplished through an interagency task force made up of federal, state, and local government entities within the four state area; and
WHEREAS, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department maintains and operates state parks that were affected by Ice Age Floods, and
WHEREAS, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is interested in working cooperatively with other agencies and individuals to develop management plans and to interpret our natural resources to the public, and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Support Office of the National Park Service is seeking written support of its efforts to complete the Ice Age Floods study.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department does hereby express its support for the Ice Age Floods study as proposed by the National Park Service and expresses its desire to have State Parks staff actively involved in the interagency task force.
Adopted This 21 Day of December, 1999
(signatory: Robert L. Meinen, Director)
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