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When humans switched to farming instead of hunting and gathering
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Machines were built to do work instead of doing things by hand
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John Muir also known as "John of the Mountains", was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
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Walden is a book by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.
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Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
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American Forests is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy forest ecosystems.
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It was a Federal legislation initiative signed under the Presidential Administration of Benjamin Harrison.
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The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish-American preservationist John Muir
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United States law that bans trafficking in illegal wildlife.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The United States Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.
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Pinchot is known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States and for advocating the conservation of the nation's reserves by planned use and renewal.
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Wrote "A Sand County Almanac"
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a group whose mission was to protect the environment with a focus on birds
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Gives the president power to protect land, particularly in the west.
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Focused on agricultural and worked to help farmers, began after Dust Bowl devastation
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Made to stop destruction of grazing lands and help livestock
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Allowed people to hunt birds
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Protected wildlife and seafaring animals
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Persuading the public to take action in conservation
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Defined what qualified as wilderness
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Introduced "Tragedy of The Commons"
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Suggested that people take care of waterways from urbanization
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