Expressing the sense of Congress regarding support for voluntary, incentive-based, private land conservation implemented through cooperation with local soil and water conservation districts.

Declares that Congress supports the conservation of the nation's natural resources and working lands.

Expresses the sense of Congress that voluntary, incentive-based, private land conservation, provided in partnership with local conservation districts, is necessary to sustain natural resources, meet the needs of a growing population, and ensure safe, abundant, and adequate resources for current and future generations.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 95 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 95

   Expressing the sense of Congress regarding support for voluntary, 
    incentive-based, private land conservation implemented through 
     cooperation with local soil and water conservation districts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2014

  Mr. Hudson submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress regarding support for voluntary, 
    incentive-based, private land conservation implemented through 
     cooperation with local soil and water conservation districts.

Whereas over 70 percent of the contiguous United States is privately owned;
Whereas the future of the environment is determined by the decisions made by the 
        men and women who own and manage that land, including urban landscapes;
Whereas world population is projected to reach 9,000,000,000 people by 2050;
Whereas increased production will be needed from agricultural land to feed the 
        increasing population;
Whereas meeting these needs will make caring for the environment more difficult; 
        and
Whereas landowners work to ensure they sustain a healthy environment to support 
        abundant wildlife: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) Congress supports the conservation of the Nation's 
        natural resources and working lands; and
            (2) it is the sense of Congress that voluntary, incentive-
        based, private land conservation, provided in partnership with 
        local conservation districts, is necessary to sustain natural 
        resources, meet the needs of a growing population, and ensure 
        safe, abundant, and adequate resources for current and future 
        generations.
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