Bill Text: DE SCR146 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft

Delaware Senate Concurrent Resolution 146

Draft

Bill Title: Recognizing The 80th Anniversary Of The Sussex Conservation District.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-23 - Passed In House by Voice Vote [SCR146 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2023-SCR146-Draft.html

SPONSOR:	Sen. Pettyjohn & Sen. Huxtable & Rep. Vanderwende
Sens. Gay, Hansen, Hocker, Mantzavinos, Richardson, Sokola, Wilson; Reps. Dukes, Hilovsky, Jones Giltner, Parker Selby, D. Short

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 146

RECOGNIZING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUSSEX CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

WHEREAS, conservation districts had their beginning in the 1930s when Congress, in response to national concerns over mounting erosion, floods, and the sky-blacking dust storms that swept across the county, enacted the Soil Conservation Act of 1935; and

WHEREAS, the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 stated for the first time a national policy to provide a permanent program for the control and prevention of soil erosion and directed the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Soil Conservation District to implement said policy; and

WHEREAS, the concept of the conservation districts was to enlist the cooperation of landowners and occupiers in carrying out the programs authorized by the act; and

WHEREAS, Delaware’s enabling act was passed on April 12, 1943; and

WHEREAS, Delaware created the Soil Conservation Commission to determine the need for districts, define their boundaries, conduct elections of the first Board of Supervisors and assure that District programs conformed to the legislative intent; and

WHEREAS, the Sussex Conservation District (SCD) was approved by public referendum in December 1943 and was formally established on February 16, 1944; and

WHEREAS, the mission of the SCD is to provide technical guidance and financial assistance to enhance, maintain, protect, and improve land and water resources; and

WHEREAS, today, SCD implements conservation practices through agriculture, stormwater management, and heavy equipment programs; and

WHEREAS, the SCD is involved in numerous programs that help Sussex County landowners become better stewards of the environment.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the 152 ^nd General Assembly of the State of the Delaware, the House of Representatives Concurring therein, recognizes the 80 ^th anniversary of the Sussex Conservation District.

SYNOPSIS

This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 80th Anniversary of the Sussex Conservation District and its commitment to provide technical guidance and financial assistance to enhance, maintain, protect, and improve land and water resources.

Author: Senator Pettyjohn