[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53039-53040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26309]


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[Federal Register: October 21, 1994]




                        Presidential Documents 



                Proclamation 6744 of October 14, 1994

 

National Forest Products Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's National Forests grace more than 191 million 
                acres of our land. Thirty-four million of those acres 
                are part of our wilderness preservation system, which 
                works to safeguard this invaluable resource for future 
                use and enjoyment. The American National Forests are 
                among our country's greatest gifts--gifts we share with 
                all of Earth's creatures today and with generations of 
                new life to come.

                One of our Nation's foremost priorities must be to 
                ensure that forest ecosystems are maintained and 
                protected. With proper care, these precious lands can 
                remain healthy, diverse, and resilient. We are moving 
                toward a new era in the stewardship of public lands. 
                Today, we recognize the importance of taking a 
                comprehensive approach--one that balances the needs of 
                our people and of the environment. Grounded in sound 
                science and compliance with existing law, sustainable 
                forest management presents our best hope for saving the 
                more than 250 threatened or endangered species of fish, 
                animals, and plants that have made this land their 
                home. At the same time, such management efforts offer 
                our best chance for building a lasting and productive 
                economic base for the people who have made this land 
                their life and livelihood.

                America's National Forests provide for our Nation in 
                countless ways--from the houses we live in to the 
                newspapers we read to our spiritual and physical well-
                being--the splendor and glory of nature's gift to 
                America enriches our daily lives immeasurably. National 
                Forest visitors enjoy more than 4,300 miles of wild and 
                scenic rivers for fishing, swimming, or just taking in 
                the view. Wood and paper products from forests are our 
                country's leading renewable natural resource, 
                accounting for about 4.2 percent of our Gross Domestic 
                Product and 8.5 percent of all manufacturing in the 
                United States, and supporting more than 1.7 million 
                American workers. Taxol, taken from the bark of certain 
                trees, has been found effective in treating some forms 
                of cancer. Althea, balsam gum, dill oil, and Indian 
                breadroot are just a few examples of products used for 
                medicinal purposes. Beargrass and white birch bark are 
                used for basketmaking and chair caning. Dandelion, 
                fern, and salmonberry shoots are used for cooking 
                spices, aromatics, animal bedding, and for dyes and 
                tanning that are a source of income for citizens across 
                the country.

                In recognition of the central role our forests play in 
                the long-term welfare of our Nation, the Congress, by 
                Public Law 86-753 (36 U.S.C. 163), has designated the 
                week beginning on the third Sunday in October of each 
                year as ``National Forest Products Week'' and has 
                authorized and requested the President to issue a 
                proclamation in observance of this week.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week 
                beginning October 16, 1994, as National Forest Products 
                Week and call upon all Americans to observe this week 
                with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and nineteenth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)>

[FR Doc. 94-26309
Filed 10-19-94; 1:41 pm]
Billing code 3195-01-P