Title: Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the rich history of the logging industry and the importance of lumberjack sports by adding the Lumberjack Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Recognizes the importance of lumberjack sports to the culture and economy of Wisconsin.
Supports the growth of lumberjack sports around the United States.
Requests that the Department of the Interior add the Lumberjack Bowl, the site of the Lumberjack World Championships, to the National Register of Historic Places.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 460 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 460

Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the rich history 
  of the logging industry and the importance of lumberjack sports by 
adding the Lumberjack Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2017

Mr. Duffy submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the rich history 
  of the logging industry and the importance of lumberjack sports by 
adding the Lumberjack Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places.

Whereas the Lumberjack World Championships began in 1960 as a tribute to the 
        rich history of the logging industry across the United States, and 
        particularly in Wisconsin;
Whereas the Lumberjack World Championships occur annually in Hayward, Wisconsin, 
        the biggest small town in America, which is renowned for its history and 
        beauty;
Whereas the Lumberjack Bowl has hosted the Lumberjack World Championships for 
        decades, thereby drawing economic activity in the Hayward area;
Whereas hundreds of volunteers from Sawyer County work tirelessly to make the 
        competition a world class event for thousands of spectators every July;
Whereas this year's competition will showcase over 100 athletes across 21 unique 
        events that demonstrate the skills, abilities, and grit of the old-time 
        lumberjacks;
Whereas lumberjack sports continue to increase in popularity, with loyal fans 
        and competitors from across the globe;
Whereas many universities across the United States have woodsmen or lumberjack 
        teams that compete at the collegiate level;
Whereas the Lumberjack Bowl was formerly a holding pond for the North Wisconsin 
        Lumber Company;
Whereas the North Wisconsin Lumber Company Office in Hayward, Wisconsin, was 
        added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1980;
Whereas listing on the National Register of Historic Places drives tourism to 
        communities and further denotes the cultural significance of a 
        structure; and
Whereas the Lumberjack Bowl still hosts all the events for the Lumberjack World 
        Championships, including men's and women's logrolling, chopping, pole 
        climbing, boom running, and sawing: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the importance of lumberjack sports to the 
        culture and economy of Wisconsin;
            (2) supports the growth of lumberjack sports around the 
        United States; and
            (3) requests that the Secretary of the Interior add the 
        Lumberjack Bowl, the site of the Lumberjack World 
        Championships, to the National Register of Historic Places.
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