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Thomas Mathus
Thomas Mathus predicted that exponential population growth would outpace linear food production, leading to starvation. -
John Muir
John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, was born on April 21, 1838. -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walden was a book written by Henry David Thoreau that expresses the need for preservation and love of nature. -
Homestead Act
Signed by Abraham Lincoln, the Homestead Act allowed anyone who had never taken up arms against the United States to file for a plot of land. This prevented the country from being run by wealthy plantation owners. -
Yellowstone National Park was founded
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American Forestry Association Founded
The American Forestry Association was founded to dedicate itself to the preservation of forests and the creatures that live in them. -
Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks founded
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General Revision Act
The General Revision Act allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest preserves. -
Sierra CLub Founded
The Sierra Club was founded by John Muir. Its original intent was to protect and advocate for the environment. It lives on today. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act was signed by President William Mckinley. Its laws protected the environment and fined or punished anyone that disobeyed it. -
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Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt)
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First National Wildlife Refuge Founded
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U.S. Forest Service Founded
The U.S. Forest Service was founded to preserve and protect the forests of our country. They still do work to protect the forests of today. -
Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot is the founder of the way we preserve wildlife today. He believed in preserving the Earth through planned preservation. He founded the method of keeping track of natural resources. -
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was a well-known author, ecologist, forester and nature writer. He was best known for his book, A Sand Country Almanac which was an account of his beliefs on harming the environment. -
Audubon Society Founded
The Audubon Society was founded to preserve birds, other wildlife and healthy ecosystems. -
Antiquities Act
The Antiquities Act gives the President the right to prohibit any use of a certain plot of public land. -
Congress became upset because Roosevelt was waving so much forest land so they banned further withdrawals.
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U.S. National Park sevice founded.
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Dust Bowl
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Civilian Conservation Corps Founded
This was for unmarried, unemployed men. It was a work relief program in which workers did environmental jobs. -
Soil Conservation Service Founded
The Soil Conservation Service serves farmers and private land owners. It is an agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. -
Taylor Grazing Act
The Taylor Grazing Act is a law that regulates grazingon public land to preserves ranges. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
This was a stamp signed by hunters that regulated them to hunt migratory birds. It was also needed to gain entrance to National Wildlife Refuges. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service Founded
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a federal agency founded to preserve fish and natural habitats. -
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall was an activist, chimpanzee expert, advocate for animal welfare, and a conservationalist. She is against the use of animals for zoos or medical research. -
Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson
This book sparked the American Environmental Movement. -
Wilderness Act
Written by Howard Zahniser, this act defined what wilderness really is and protected about 9.1 acres of land from being destroyed. -
Clean Air Act of '63
This was a law designed to protect America from harmful contaminants in the air. -
Clean Air Act Amendment of '65
This amendment called on the auto companies to make cars safer for the environment. -
Garret Hardin introduced the Tragedy of the Commons
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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
This law defines a system of National Wild and Scenic Rivers and allows for new ones to be created at any time. -
Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio Catches on Fire
The Cuyahoga River, at one time, was the most polluted river in the United States due to dumping. This was the second fire the river experienced in 20 years. -
NEPA
The act was established to enhance the safety of the environment and, it also gave the president a special advisory board that specialized in environmental science. -
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Richard Nixon
While in office Nixon passed many laws pertaining to the environment, including the Clean Air Act of 1972, Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. -
First Earth Day
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Environmental Protenction Agency Established
Richard Nixon proposed that this agency would exist to hold most of the country's minor and major environmental actions. -
Clean Air Act Amendment of '70
This act strengthened the original amendment of '65 making the car companies, once again, change the way they make cars so that they are healthier for the planet. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Radenticide Control Act
This was an amendment made to FIFRA giving the EPA sole responsibility for regulating pesticide use. -
Endangered Species Act
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OPEC Oil Embargo
OPEC raised oils prices drastically in response to the U.S. and other Western Nations joining the Yom Kippur War. -
Sherwood Roland and Molina announce the CFCs are depleting the ozone layer.
This sparked companies to stop putting CFC's in their products. -
FIFRA Amendment of '75
This was an extension of the current act. -
RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
This law defines how hazordous waste should be disposed. -
Clean Air Act Amendment of 1977
This amendment called for a crackdown on areas that did not meet up to par with the standards set by the Clean Air Act. -
Clean Water Act
This law established the goals of releasing toxins from the water we use. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
This law regulates the way mining should be done in the United States. It protects the Earth from being harmed by overmining. -
FIFRA Amendment of '78
This was another amendment to the law. -
Love Canal, NY and Lois Gibbs
Due to overgrowth in the city of Niagara Falls, NY, Love Canal was built without regard to saftey. As a result the public water supply was contaminated. As a result of this disaster Lois Gibbs became a well-known environmentalist. -
3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident
This was the worst U.S. nuclear accident in history. -
Alaskan Lands Act
The act called for millions of acres of national parks to be established in Alaska. -
CERCLA = Super -Fund
This act helped clean up sites contaminated with hazardous waste and established the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. -
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Ronald Regan
Ronald Regan was more of an anti-environmental president as he attempted to get rid of the EPA and dismissed acid rain proposals. -
Bhopal, India
Due to a gas leak, 16,000 people lost their lives in Bhopal, India. It is considered one of the worst industrial accidents ever. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was a catastrophic nuclear disaster. Because of a failed test many people were given a large dose of nuclear fallout. -
CERCLA Amendment of '86
This amendment made many major changes to Superfund, but its biggest one was providing more financial aid to the program. -
Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol was created to get more countries, other than the U.S. in protecting the depleting ozone layer. -
World Population Reaches 5 Billion
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FIFRA Amendment of '88
This amendment demanded registration for some unknown pesticides before they could be used. -
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that spilled in Alaska. It was the 54th largest oil spill in history. -
Clean Air Act Amendment of '90
This amendment gave government more power relating to keeping up with areas with high acid deposition numbers. -
CERCLA Amendment of '90
This amendment gave Superfund more government funding. -
Energy Policy Act of 1992
This act adressed energy efficiency, conservation, and management. -
Desert Protection Act
The Desert Protection Act established national parks and nature preserves in the desert of California. -
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill sat in tree "Luna" for 700+ days to protect deforestation. -
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Kyoto Protocol
This treaty is a joint agreement among large number of nations to reduce emissions. -
World Population reaches 6 billion
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World Populations Reaches 7 Billion
