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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Today only two remnants remain of the 1870
3 Forest Plantation at the University of Illinois' Urbana
4 campus; the first is a 120' by 550' long green space, along
5 Lincoln Avenue, just north of the Lincoln Avenue Residence
6 Hall; the other remnant, a 600' square called Illini Grove,
7 stands at the corner of Lincoln and Pennsylvania Avenues; and
8 WHEREAS, In the 19th century, Professor T.J. Burrill
9 established the field of Plant Pathology with his research in
10 the Forest Plantation; Professor Burrill evaluated tree
11 growth, studied the survival of trees on prairie soil, and
12 demonstrated potential productivity; and
13 WHEREAS, Today these two areas are highly valued green
14 spaces with a variety of trees, some as old as 130 years, a
15 very rare condition on the Urbana campus; and
16 WHEREAS, As a boy, State Senator Stanley Weaver used to
17 play in the Forest Plantation and has many pleasant memories
18 of the woods; in 1963 Senator Weaver and his wife, Mary Smith
19 Weaver, signed a petition to prevent further development of
20 buildings in the woods; therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23 we request that the two remnants of the Forest Plantation
24 remain forever open and undeveloped, and we urge the Illinois
25 Department of Natural Resources to place plaques at each of
26 the sites, declaring the sites to be testimonials to Senator
27 Stanley Weaver and his wife, Mary Smith Weaver, for their
28 lifelong dedication to preserving nature; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
30 presented to the Director of Natural Resources, Senator
31 Stanley Weaver, and his children.