National Forest Products Week, 2006

Proclamation 8071 of October 13, 2006

National Forest Products Week, 2006

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During National Forest Products Week, we take time to
appreciate the natural splendor of our country's
forests and acknowledge the importance of these
woodlands to our economic and environmental vitality.
It is also an opportunity to renew our commitment to
conserving our natural resources and to using them
responsibly.

Our forests are important to our economic well-being,
supplying products that drive our economy and create
jobs and opportunities.

America's forests are also an important part of our
Nation's natural beauty, and we must continue to
conserve and use these resources in a manner that
preserves them for future generations. My
Administration is committed to protecting our forests
and woodlands against fire damage. Through the Healthy
Forests Initiative, we have reduced the danger of fires
by removing hazardous fuels from millions of acres of
Federal land, making communities safer from
catastrophic fire and improving wildlife habitat.

Recognizing the ``importance and heritage of our vast
forest resources which are inseparably tied to our
present and our future,'' the Congress, by Public Law
86-753 (36 U.S.C. 123), as amended, has designated the
week beginning on the third Sunday in October of each
year as ``National Forest Products Week'' and has
requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of this week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 15
through October 21, 2006, as National Forest Products
Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand six, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.