[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 42 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Pages 1823-1824]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8071--National Forest Products Week, 2006

 October 13, 2006

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    During National Forest Products Week, we take time to appreciate the 
natural splendor of our country's forests and acknowledge the importance 
of these woodlands to our economic and environmental vitality. It is 
also an opportunity to renew our commitment to conserving our natural 
resources and to using them responsibly.
    Our forests are important to our economic well-being, supplying 
products that drive our economy and create jobs and opportunities.
    America's forests are also an important part of our Nation's natural 
beauty, and we must continue to conserve and use these resources in a 
manner that preserves them for future generations. My Administration is 
committed to protecting our forests and woodlands against fire damage. 
Through the

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Healthy Forests Initiative, we have reduced the danger of fires by 
removing hazardous fuels from millions of acres of Federal land, making 
communities safer from catastrophic fire and improving wildlife habitat.
    Recognizing the ``importance and heritage of our vast forest 
resources which are inseparably tied to our present and our future,'' 
the Congress, by Public Law 86-753 (36 U.S.C. 123), as amended, has 
designated the week beginning on the third Sunday in October of each 
year as ``National Forest Products Week'' and has requested the 
President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week.
     Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States 
of America, do hereby proclaim October 15 through October 21, 2006, as 
National Forest Products Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this 
week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
     In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day 
of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 17, 
2006]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 
18. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.