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WHEREAS, “species” means a group of organisms all of which have a high degree of physical and genetic similarity and typically reproduce only among themselves; and WHEREAS, “native plant species”

WHEREAS, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a neurodegenerative disease of deer and other cervids that is infectious, always fatal, and for which there is currently no known cure; and WHEREAS,

WHEREAS, Louisiana’s history includes more than a decade of discussion about the potential of saltwater hatcheries to supplement fisheries stocks in the nearshore and offshore Gulf of Mexico; and WHEREAS,

WHEREAS, habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species sustainability because the world’s forests, swamps, plains, rivers, streams, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for human

WHEREAS, there are more than 60 solar companies currently operating in Louisiana including manufacturers, installers/developers, and other associated businesses; and WHEREAS, while there are currently five operating utility-scale solar farms

WHEREAS, all released helium balloons, including those falsely marketed as “biodegradable latex,” return to Earth as ugly litter; and WHEREAS, balloons and their strings or ribbons kill countless animals, both

WHEREAS, the Conservation Fund is used to collect the hunting, fishing, trapping, and other commercial usage fees, licenses, permits, royalties, or other public land use revenues paid to the Louisiana

WHEREAS, Louisiana’s natural habitats are diverse and varied, with dozens of forest plant communities alone, many being adapted to natural regimes little changed for thousands of years, and all critical

WHEREAS, On August 19, 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards signed Executive Order JBE-2020-18, establishing the Climate Initiatives Task Force to develop a plan with recommendations to meet a net-zero goal