SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1591
Unofficial
Whereas, the members of the Missouri Senate feel it is altogether right and proper to pause from time
to time to recognize milestones in the legislative history of this great country; and
Whereas, the members now pause to observe the fiftieth anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act, an Act passed by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed by President Lyndon B.
Johnson on October 2, 1968; and
Whereas, in the Act, Congress sought to protect outstanding rivers that “shall be preserved in
freeflowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and
enjoyment of present and future generations”; and