[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   LOUISIANA-PACIFIC AND NATURE CONSERVANCY OF TEXAS ANNOUNCE JOINT 
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO CONSERVE ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITAT

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                            HON. JIM TURNER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 18, 1999

  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to announce that this month, 
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a major U.S. building products company, 
put into motion a program designed to identify and proactively manage 
ecologically significant habitat located on the company's lands. More 
than 4,300 acres encompassing 12 sites in Texas and Louisiana will be 
reviewed for their ecological value and conservation potential as part 
of Louisiana-Pacific's Living Legacy Lands program. Joining in this 
effort is the Nature Conservancy of Texas which will assist in the 
identification and management of designated sites.
  Louisiana-Pacific and The Nature Conservancy of Texas signed a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 5, 1999, to establish a 
framework for conservation and management actions of Louisiana-Pacific 
lands within the Piney Woods Ecological Region of East Texas and West 
Louisiana. The first conservation site designated under the MOU is 
located in Tyler County, Texas which is located in the 2nd 
Congressional District of Texas. This 1,300 acre site includes an area 
of woodpecker nests within one of the largest great stands of 
traditional longleaf pine forest in the Southern United States. 
Additional conservation acres will be identified and designated through 
the mutual agreement of Louisiana-Pacific and The Nature Conservancy.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask that you and the Congress join me in 
congratulating Louisiana-Pacific and The Nature Conservancy of Texas 
for their partnership and desire to conserve lands for generations of 
Americans.




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