[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 75 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ARKANSAS'S THIRD DISTRICT TAKES LEAD ROLE IN GREAT OUTDOORS MONTH 2014

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                           HON. STEVE WOMACK

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2014

  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, every year in June, America celebrates 
outdoor recreation during National Great Outdoors Month. Arkansas has 
proclaimed June to be Great Outdoors Month every year since 2008. This 
year is no exception, and I am pleased that the Third District played a 
leading role in the celebrations by hosting the 2014 kickoff campout at 
Pea Ridge National Military Park on the 16th and 17th of May.
  Arkansas, known as the Natural State, is the perfect place to have 
kicked-off National Great Outdoors Month; we boast more than three 
million acres of federal lands--and many more of state and local 
lands--open for public enjoyment. This network of state parks and 
federal lands is great for swimming and fishing, hiking and biking, 
climbing and hunting, paddling and boating, and more.
  As summer draws near, so do the sounds of outdoor recreation. As the 
weather grows warmer and the days grow longer, more than 730,000 
citizens of northwest and north central Arkansas will take to our 
fields and forests, skies and waterways to enjoy clean, healthy outdoor 
fun. It began at the Pea Ridge National Military Park campout--which 
engaged our youngest generation in the preservation of our outdoors for 
the enjoyment and recreation of our citizens--and will end with the 
entire national following in the footsteps of Arkansas's Third District 
and supporting America's Great Outdoors.

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