OK SCR16

Designates April 14, 2015, as "Dust Bowl Remembrance Day" in Oklahoma, marking the 80th anniversary of "Black Sunday," the largest dust storm of the 1930s era.

Applauds Oklahoma Dust Bowl survivors and their farm and ranch families for their heroic efforts to restore and protect the environment while sustaining agricultural production during the Great Depression.

Notes that the single "Black Sunday" storm moved more soil in one day than was excavated to build the Panama Canal, with dust reaching ships 300 miles from the Atlantic shore.

Encourages continued voluntary adoption of improved conservation practices to maintain agricultural production while protecting soil and water resources.

Directs distribution of the resolution to the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts.