K1036-2011 Actions

• Mar 13, 2012: adopted

K1036-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating the 60th Anniversary of The Nature
 Conservancy
 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative  Body  to  recognize  those
 individuals  and  organizations  within the great State of New York that
 are dedicated to the vital work of environmental protection; and
 WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its  long
 standing  traditions,  this  Legislative Body is justly proud to commem
 orate the 60th Anniversary of The Nature Conservancy; and
 WHEREAS, The mission of The Nature  Conservancy  is  to  conserve  the
 lands and waters on which all life depends; and
 WHEREAS,  Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy is the world's lead
 ing conservation organization; and
 WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy's first official chapter was chartered
 in New York, with the Eastern New York Chapter; from there, a network of
 chapters and field offices grew to cover the entire United States; and
 WHEREAS, Currently, The Nature Conservancy has four  Chapters  in  New
 York: Long Island; Central and Western New York; Adirondack; and Eastern
 New  York;  additionally, there are offices located in New York City and
 Albany; and
 WHEREAS, In 1955, land protection, a key tool for The  Nature  Conser
 vancy, began with a 60-acre purchase along the Mianus River Gorge on the
 New York-Connecticut border; today the Conservancy owns and manages more
 than 70 preserves statewide; and
 WHEREAS,  Over  the  course  of  60  years, The Nature Conservancy has
 helped protect over 700,000 acres of lands and waters in New York State,
 working with a host of partners from local, state and  federal  agencies
 to private landowners; and
 WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy has protected treasured landscapes and
 critical habitats in Great South Bay and Peconic Estuary on Long Island,
 the high peaks of the Adirondacks, the Finger Lakes, Tug Hill, Mashomack
 Preserve on Shelter Island, the Shawangunk Ridge, Zoar Valley, the Cats
 kills, and more; and
 WHEREAS,  In addition to preservation, The Nature Conservancy seeks to
 contribute science to inform policy as it works to achieve  its  mission
 in New York as well as throughout the globe; and
 WHEREAS,  The Nature Conservancy's staunch advocacy on the state level
 has been instrumental in the efforts to protect  our  natural  resources
 and  habitat, subsequently contributing to the preservation and enhance
 ment of the environment of the great State of New York; and
 WHEREAS, For the last 17 years, The Nature  Conservancy's  Leaders  in
 Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) Program has worked tirelessly
 with  youth  in  an  ambitious  effort to empower the next generation of
 conservation leaders and equip them with the  skills  and  knowledge  to
 address our world's most pressing environmental challenges; and
 WHEREAS,  It  is  incumbent upon all citizens to recognize and applaud
 the efforts of organizations such as The Nature Conservancy  which  work
 tirelessly  on  behalf  of  protecting  our natural surroundings for the
 benefit of present mid future generations of New  Yorkers;  now,  there
 fore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commemorate the 60th Anniversary of The Nature Conservancy;  and  be  it
 further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to The Nature Conservancy.

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