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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 693
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WHEREAS, The short animated documentary about Caddo Lake |
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There's Something in the Water is receiving considerable |
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attention on the film festival circuit in 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, The only naturally occurring lake in Texas, Caddo |
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Lake has been infested since 2006 by giant salvinia, an invasive |
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species of fern that originated in Brazil; the Caddo Biocontrol |
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Alliance and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are working |
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to control the species, which blocks sunlight and decreases the |
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amount of oxygen in the water, to the detriment of native |
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species; and |
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WHEREAS, There's Something in the Water is an eight-minute |
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animated film featuring interviews with people who live and work |
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on the lake; the film was directed by Rory WT, a London-based |
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animator whose previous work has appeared on the BBC, Adult Swim, |
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and Nature; it was produced by Shannon Wynne, a Texas |
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restaurateur who purchased a camp on Caddo Lake in 1986, and |
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Stephanie M. Casey, the owner of the Dallas-based marketing and |
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communications firm Lovage Inc.; the associate producer is |
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Daniel Villanueva, a radio/television/film graduate of the |
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University of North Texas and a staffer at Lovage; and |
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WHEREAS, The film is an official selection at eight film |
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festivals in the spring of 2019, including the Earth Day Film |
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Festival, the Sonoma International Film Festival, the Thin Line |
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Film Festival, the Pasadena International Film Festival, the |
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Environmental Film Festival at Yale, the Dallas International |
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Film Festival, the EarthxFilm Festival, and the Manhattan Film |
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Festival; and |
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WHEREAS, This informative, entertaining, and provocative |
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film promises to raise awareness about the serious situation at |
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Caddo Lake, and its filmmakers are truly deserving of special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby commend the filmmaking team of There's |
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Something in the Water and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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continued success with their production; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for the filmmakers as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 6, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |