Illinois HR 282: CONGRATS - MAYOR G. SMOLINSKI

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HR0282LRB104 13249 LAW 25437 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives wish to congratulate Original Kaskaskia Area 

4Wilderness (OKAW), Inc. on the occasion of its 30th 

5anniversary; and

6 WHEREAS, OKAW, a landowners' association in southwest 

7Illinois, was formed as a forum for community discussion of 

8landowner issues and a grass-roots planning commission in 

91995, becoming a 501(c)(3) private land trust in partnership 

10with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Ecosystems 

11Program of Conservation 2000 (IDNR C2000), which provides 

12financial incentives for landowners to sign conservation 

13easements with the association; and

14 WHEREAS, OKAW's purpose is to develop, enhance, and 

15protect the natural resources in the Mid-Kaskaskia River 

16watershed, an important ecosystem whose natural resources 

17include five of the State's largest forest tracts, upland post 

18oak flatwoods, agricultural lands, and coal and oil deposits, 

19due to the area exhibiting apparent herbicide vapor-drift 

20damage and severe bank erosion, among other issues, in recent 

21years; and

22 WHEREAS, The Mid-Kaskaskia River watershed's unchannelized 

HR0282- 2 -LRB104 13249 LAW 25437 r

1floodplain section shelters the breeding grounds and natural 

2habitats of many species, including neotropical warblers, a 

3number of duck species, wild turkey, pileated woodpeckers, 

4otters, bobcats, coyotes, beavers, and deer; it is also home 

5to high-value white oak and walnut timber and showy native 

6wildflowers and is part of an area known for its production of 

7wheat, soybean, corn, pumpkin, and orchard products; and

8 WHEREAS, OKAW has grown to approximately 100 member