State of Arkansas

Executive Department

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Proclamation

 

 

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME  --  GREETINGS:

 

 

               

                WHEREAS,   geology and the other earth sciences are fundamental to the safety, health, and welfare of Arkansans and to the economy of Arkansas;  and

 

                WHEREAS,   the earth sciences are integral to finding, developing, and conserving mineral, energy, and water resources needed for Arkansas’s continuing prosperity and well-being; and

 

                WHEREAS,   the earth sciences provide the basis for preparing for and mitigating natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, droughts, expansive soils, and sinkholes;  and

 

                WHEREAS,  the earth sciences are crucial to environmental and ecological issues ranging from water-resources assessments and conservation, to air quality and waste disposal;  and

 

                WHEREAS,  the earth sciences provide the fundamental basis of “earth systems understanding” as the foundation ecosystem-management  principles;  and

 

                WHEREAS,  geological factors of resources, hazards, and environment are vital to land-management and land-use decisions made in Arkansas;  and

 

                WHEREAS,  the earth sciences contribute critical pieces to our understanding and appreciation of and our respect for nature; 

 

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Huckabee, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby proclaim October 8-14, 2000, as

 

 

EARTH SCIENCE WEEK

 

 

In the State of Arkansas.

 

                IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this   8^th   day of September, in the year of our Lord 2000.

MIKE HUCKABEE,  GOVERNOR

SHARON PRIEST, SECRETARY OF STATE