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Industrial Revolution
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Agricultural Revolution
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Thomas Malthus
He predicted that exponential population growth would outpace linear food production, leading to starvation. -
John Muir
He was one of the most influential conservationist and was called “The Father of our National Parks.” He also was a founder and President of the Sierra Club -
Walden
Written by Henry David Thoreau. It was about his time living on Walden Pond for two years. He observed animal and plant life there. -
Homestead Act
signed by President Abraham Lincoln saying that any citizen who was an adult could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land and after 5 years, the land would be yours if you had built a house and cultivated the land. -
Yellow Stone National Park founded
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American Foresty Association founded
nonprofit organization that protects and restores healthy ecosystems from unnecessary waste -
Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks founded
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General Revision Act
allows the President under the Forest Reserve Act to create forest preserves -
Sierra Club founded
founded by John Muir. The Sierra Club’s main goal is to explore and preserve American wildlife and wilderness. -
Lacey Act
first federal law that protected wildlife. It states that it is illegal to import, export, trade or purchase wildlife, fish or plants that are taken or possessed. -
Golden Age of Conservation-Theodore Roosevelt
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First national wildlife refuge established
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U.S. forest Service founded
manages forests and grasslands to make sure it is kept healthy for future use. -
Audobon Society founded
American non-profit organization focused on conservation. The mission of the society is to "conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity." -
Glifford Pinchot
American forester who was regarded as the “father” of American conservation. He was the primary founder of the Society of American Foresters. -
Aldo Leopold
was many things including conservationist, forester, philosopher, educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast. -
Antiquities Act
Allows the president to protect special, historic areas as national monuments -
Congress and Roosevelt
Roosevelt was waving too much forest land which made Congress upest so they banned further withdrawals. -
U.S. National Park service founded
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Energy Policy Act
Set goals to increase energy efficiency and clean energy in the United States. -
Dust Bowl
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Civilian Conservation Corps founded
the CCC employed more than 3 million men to work in camps during the Great Depression -
Soil Conservation Service founded
Specializes in land rehabilitation. It also corrected erosion problems that destroyed farms. -
Taylor Grazing Act
Signed by President Rooselvelt, this act's main goal was to prevent overgrazing and soil deterioration. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Requires any person over the age of 16 to have a federal hunting stamp. The main resason for this was to protect the wetlands by the Federal Government. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded
Main goal is to conserve and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their environment for the benefit of the people. The major responsbilities of the service is migratory birds and endangered species. -
Jane Goodall
Anthropologist and primatologist, Jane focused a lot on the chimpanzees of Gombe. She raised awareness on both wild and captive chimpanzees. -
Silent Spring published
Written by Rachel Carson. The book was about how DDT, a very powerful pesticide, entered the food chain and caused cancer and genetic damage. -
Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act allowed Congress to protect wildlands and it created the National Wildnerness Preservation System. -
Tragedy of the Commons
introduced by Garret Hardin -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Serves to preserve rivers and their environments in a free-flowing natural condition. -
Cuyahoga River caught fire
Located in Cleveland, Ohio. An oil slick on the river which had been polluted for many years caught fire. This fire did have a positive impact by improving the water quality of the river. -
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act-requires federal agencies to bring environmental values into the decision making process. They must consider the impact of their decisions on the environment. -
Richard Nixon
Served in office from 1969-1974. His goals for the environment included monitoring motor vehicles to stopping any form of pollution in the lakes. He also wanted to create the EPA. -
First Earth Day
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Environmental Protection Agency established Clean Air Act
Was created to make a clean and healthier environment for the people of America. -
FIFRA
Was first established in 1972, but has had many changes to it in the years of 1975, 1978 and 1988. The goal of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Control Act is to watch out for the distribution, sale and use of pesticides. -
Endangered Species Act
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OPEC oil embargo
The shipment of oil to the United States was limited because Arab oil producers declared an embargo. -
Sherwood Roland and Mario Molina
Sherwood Roland and Mario Molina did research on CFC's which are chlorofluorocarbons and believed that they were depleting the ozone layer. Molina went on a campaign to end this. -
RCRA
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act tries to protect people, as well as the environment from the dangers of waste. Also, the act conserves energy and resources and limits the amount of waste produced. -
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act makes sure that the waters of the United States are free from pollutants and are kept clean. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Protects the environment from the effects of surface coal mining and sets guides for the operation. -
Love Canal
Located in New York, an area with many houses and a school was built on top of chemical wastes that was buried underground. People who lived in the area began to get ill and soon everyone evacuated. One person, Lois Gibbs, an environmental activist began to raise awareness about the issue once she found out about it. -
3 Mile Island Nuclear accident
One of the cores in the number two reactor near Harrisburg, PA partially melted down because of a cooling incident and was then destroyed. Fortunately, no radioactive gases were strong enough to harm the people. -
Alaskan Lands Act
100 million acres of federal lands in Alaska were protected which doubled the size of national park and refuge systems. -
CERCLA
Created a tax on petroleum and chemical industries. It also protected the people if any hazardous gases were realeased in the air. -
Ronald Reagan
served from 1981-1989. Reagan did not want to help the environment. -
Bhopal, India
Storage tank that held methyl icocyanice leaked gas into the community. Some say that it killed about 3,000 people from immediate exposure. -
Chernobyl
The reactor at Chernobyl was not properly created so it exploded causing radiation to be exposed killing people immediately. -
Montreal Protocol
A treaty that got rid of any production or consumption of chemicals that depleted the ozone layer. -
World Population reaches 5 billion
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Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez supertanker, navigated by Joseph Hazelwood, ran into Bligh Reef making it rupture and spill 11 million gallons of oil into Prince WIlliam Sound. Apparantely, Hazelwood had drank 5 bottles of vodka before navigating. -
Desert Protection Act
Bill that set certain lands in California Desert as wilderness and established Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks. -
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly ill sat in tree "Luna" for 700+ days to protect deforestation. -
Kyoto Protocol
1997-2005. Agreement which says that industriliazed countries would reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases. -
World population reaches 6 billion
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World population reaches 7 billion
