[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 69 (Monday, May 10, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S3485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GLACIER NATIONAL 
                                  PARK

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 520, which was 
submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 520) honoring the 100th anniversary 
     of the establishment of Glacier National Park.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, all without intervening action or 
debate, and that any statements relating to the resolution be printed 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 520) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 520

       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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