H.R. No. 840
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, America's National Park System represents one of our
    1-2  nation's most treasured resources, providing all of its citizens
    1-3  access to unsurpassed natural splendor and opportunities to engage
    1-4  in a variety of outdoor recreational activities in their midst; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The National Park Service exists to preserve for
    1-6  future generations of Americans these superlative landscapes, whose
    1-7  scenic, scientific, cultural, and recreational significance is
    1-8  truly beyond measure; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, The State of Texas boasts 13 designated national
   1-10  park areas that not only encompass the magnificent variety of
   1-11  terrain, flora, and fauna with which our state is blessed, but also
   1-12  include sites of considerable historical significance as well; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, Located within the boundaries of our state are the
   1-14  Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, the Amistad National
   1-15  Recreation Area, Big Bend National Park, the Big Thicket National
   1-16  Preserve, the Chamizal National Memorial, the Fort Davis National
   1-17  Historic Site, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the Lake Meredith
   1-18  National Recreation Area, the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical
   1-19  Park, the Padre Island National Seashore, the Palo Alto Battlefield
   1-20  National Historic Site,  the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, and
   1-21  the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park, each of which
   1-22  offers visitors a unique understanding of and appreciation for
   1-23  those places and events that have defined us as Texans; and
   1-24        WHEREAS, Our country's national parks maintain for the
    2-1  enjoyment of all Americans the vast and majestic wilderness that
    2-2  both inspired and challenged our forebears, and it is indeed
    2-3  appropriate that this week be set aside to enjoy and pay tribute to
    2-4  this vital aspect of our national heritage; now, therefore, be it
    2-5        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
    2-6  Legislature  hereby recognize May 22-28, 1995, as National Park
    2-7  Week in the State of Texas and encourage all Texans to visit and
    2-8  enjoy these havens of natural grandeur.