Proclamation 5882 --
National Forest Products Week, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Our
observance of National Forest Products Week reminds us that, in one way or
another, forest resources affect all of us, city and country dwellers alike.
Forests supply many material needs, from lumber for homes to paper products to
the baseball bats of our national pastime. And, whether in
national and city parks or in local woods, forests enhance our physical and
spiritual well-being with their scenic vistas and recreational opportunities.
Forestry
and agriculture have been vital to our economic life from the start. Today, we
are seeking to expand our market for forest products. We have the technological
and resource capabilities to boost our competitiveness in exporting forest
products. Our active competition in the international marketplace will foster a
more robust economy and healthier and more productive forests. We continue to
develop new resource management practices and to foster innovations in forest
products. We can provide these and other products for ourselves and the people
of the world; we will succeed as long as we continue to understand the great
importance of our forests and the need to nurture them.
To
promote greater awareness and appreciation of the many benefits of forests for
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 authorized and requested the President to
issue a proclamation in observance of this week.
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of October, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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