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H. C. R. No. 9 As Introduced
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Williams, B., Letson, Chandler, Bolon
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
| To designate the Portage Lakes area in Summit County
the Purple Martin Capital of Ohio.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The purple martin (Progne subis) is a beautiful,
iridescent blue-black songbird, the largest North American
swallow, and the only species of martin on this continent. Purple
martins spend the nonbreeding season in Brazil, then migrate to
North America to nest, and their diet consists entirely of
insects; and |
| WHEREAS, Because of purple martins' attractive
insect-reducing qualities and the beauty of their flight patterns,
plumage, and song, humans in North America traditionally have
constructed houses to attract the nesting birds, beginning with
Native Americans who cut holes in gourds and hung them in their
villages in order to coax the birds there. Gradually, purple
martins abandoned their natural nesting sites in deserted
woodpecker nest cavities and became dependent on human-supplied
nesting houses to the extent that today virtually all purple
martins east of the Rocky Mountains rely on human-supplied nesting
sites; and |
| WHEREAS, People in the Portage Lakes area in this state are
carrying on the tradition of providing nesting houses for purple
martins through an initiative called the Purple Martin Project
that was started in the year 2000 by the Portage Lakes Advisory
Council. The Purple Martin Project offers an environmentally safe
way to control nuisance insects in the Portage Lakes area and to
reduce the need for the spraying of insecticides; and |
| WHEREAS, As a result of the Purple Martin Project, the
Portage Lakes Purple Martin Association was formed and consists of
over fifty volunteers who built and maintain a Purple Martin
sanctuary at Portage Lakes State Park that includes more than two
hundred nesting sites. The Association has been successful in
attracting purple martins as evidenced by the growth of the purple
martin population in the Portage Lakes area, which increased from
one pair of the birds in 2000 to an estimated eighty pairs in
2003; and |
| WHEREAS, Fourteen other states have dedicated purple martin
capitals. Ohio likewise should recognize the value of the
beautiful purple martins and the success of the Portage Lakes
Purple Martin Association in attracting them for the purpose of
insect control; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio
designates the Portage Lakes area in Summit County the Purple
Martin Capital of Ohio; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
Portage Lakes Purple Martin Association, the Portage Lakes
Advisory Council, the Chief of the Division of Wildlife in the
Department of Natural Resources, and the news media of Ohio. |
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