[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 520 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 520

Honoring the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National 
                                 Park.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2010

    Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National 
                                 Park.

Whereas Glacier National Park was established as the 10th National Park on May 
        11, 1910;
Whereas Glacier National Park is part of the Waterton-Glacier International 
        Peace Park, the world's first international peace park;
Whereas Glacier National Park has a total of 25 named glaciers;
Whereas water originating in the park is considered the headwaters of three 
        major drainages;
Whereas Glacier National Park is the core of the ``Crown of the Continent 
        Ecosystem'', one of the country's largest intact ecosystems;
Whereas Glacier National Park encompasses over 1,000,000 acres, 762 lakes, more 
        than 60 native species of mammals, 277 species of birds, and almost 
        2,000 plant species;
Whereas Glacier National Park's lands hold great spiritual importance to the 
        Blackfeet and the Salish and Kootenai native peoples;
Whereas the Park contains 110 miles of the Continental Divide Trail;
Whereas the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park was completed in 1932 
        and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark;
Whereas in 1976 Glacier was dedicated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO;
Whereas in 1995 Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was designated a World 
        Heritage Site; and
Whereas Glacier National Park receives approximately 2,000,000 visitors a year: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the people of the United States should observe and 
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier 
National Park in Montana on May 11, 2010.
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