WHEREAS, the Big Thicket Area of eastern Texas is a unique area of great biological interest and importance to mammalogists as well as other responsible citizens, and
WHEREAS, the unique features of this area will be lost to future generations unless prompt and effective action is taken to preserve it,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the American Society of Mammalogists at its 50th Annual Meeting urges prompt and favorable action in establishing Big Thicket National Park as defined in Senator Ralph Yarborough's Senate Bill No. 4.