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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: National Forest Products Week
Box: 77 (1985)
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OF
THE UNITED THE STATES. to
SEAL
National Forest Products Week, 1985
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From the dense stands of hardwoods in New England to the towering red-
woods of California, America has been blessed with an abundance of forest-
land. There is much to praise in the beauty of our forests and much to be
thankful for. John Muir once said of the forests of America that they "must
have been a great delight to God; for they were the best He ever planted."
They are also a great boon to man. Besides their beauty, they act as protectors
of our drinking water and wildlife and provide us with abundant opportunities
for recreation. They bring us cooling shade in summer and break the icy
winter winds.
America's forests also are an unparalleled resource. For the past three centur-
ies they have contributed greatly to the economic and social development of
our Nation. From our forests come the lumber we use to build our houses and
the paper for the books, magazines, and newspapers we read. Though we may
sometimes overlook the fact in this age of technological breakthroughs, wood
is an enduring and invaluable part of our everyday lives.
The Pennsylvania Dutch have a saying: "We don't inherit the land from our
ancestors, we borrow it from our children." That is a profound insight we
cannot afford to ignore. Fortunately, Americans have proven time and again
that we see ourselves as the stewards of this abundant land of ours. We well
understand that we cannot take our forests for granted. From the time of
Gifford Pinchot, the Nation's first American-born trained forester, Americans
have sought and found ways to insure the health and improve the manage-
ment of our forests. Today, we have reached a point where the growth of our
forests exceeds the harvest. This has come about thanks to the continuing
efforts of our Nation's forestry and natural resource schools, hundreds of
trained foresters, and other resource specialists, working with private firms
and local, State, and Federal agencies such as the United States Forest
Service.
Through the success of sustained-yield forestry, Americans can enjoy the
splendor of our Nation's woodlands, as well as benefit from an abundant
supply of the numerous products that come from trees. The forests provide
jobs for millions of people, and they afford a healthy environment for the
many who take to the woods in their leisure time. Even though forests provide
us with a variety of products today, we will still have-thanks to proper
management-millions of acres of forest as a living legacy for generations to
come.
To promote greater awareness and appreciation of the manifold benefits of
our forest resources to our economy and the world economy, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 20, 1985, as Nation-
al Forest Products Week and request that all Americans express their appre-
ciation for the Nation's forests through suitable activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and tenth.
Ronald Reagan