Resource Conservation and Development Week
By the Governor of the State of Alabama
A Proclamation
August 28, 2009

WHEREAS, the Resource Conservation and Development Program is a partnership between local people and the agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture established in 1964 to conserve and utilize natural and human resources to solve locally identified problems; and

WHEREAS, there are currently nine RC & D councils in Alabama; and

WHEREAS, each RC & D council consists of at least three members, a county commissioner, a soil and water conservation district supervisor and an at-large council member chosen by the county commissioner and the soil and water district supervisor; and

WHEREAS, the nine councils of the Resource Conservation and Development Program in Alabama are: the Alabama-Tombigbee Council, the Cawaco Council, the Coosa Valley Council, the Mid-South Council, the Northwest Alabama Council, the Gulf Coast Council, the Alabama Mt. Rivers Valley Council, the Tombigbee Council and the Wiregrass Council; and

WHEREAS, the Resource Conservation and Development Program envisions vibrant Alabama communities in harmony with the environment by allowing local leaders decision making authority in project selection; and

WHEREAS, Alabamas RC & D councils depend on the leadership abilities of the local people and the unique skills the community leaders possess; and

WHEREAS, they are committed to protecting, enhancing and developing our states natural and human resources:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim September 20 through September 26, 2009, as

Resource Conservation and Development Week

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 28th day of August 2009.

Governor Bob Riley