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Agricultural Revolution
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Industrial Revolution
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Thomas Mathus
Mathus predicted that exponential population growth would outpace linear food production, leading to starvation -
Johhn Muir
Born April 21, 1838, John Muir was an environmentalist and naturalist who founded the Sierra Club. In his time, he helped keep the Yosemite valley and Sequoia National Parks alive and well. -
Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
A novel by Thoreau, this book was written to show the develoment of man over the course of 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Thoreau actually traveled out the the woods and stayed in a log cabin so he could write it. -
Homestead Act
A bill signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, the homestead act essentially gave a large amount of land (270 million acres) to US citizens. -
Yellowstone National Park Founded
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American Forestry Association Founded
The association is a group with a common goal to protect and keep healthy forest based ecosystems. -
Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks founded
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General Revison Act
This act repealed the timber culture and Preemptioin acts that allowed the president to issue land for crop growth. After this, more forests were saved with less trees being taken out for crop growth. -
Lacey act
This act is a conservation law that protects plants and organisms by creating punishments (both civil and criminal) for violations of that law. It was introduced and named after Representative John Lacy. -
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Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt)
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First National wildlife refuge established
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US forest Service founded
The forest service is a US agency of the Department of Agriculture. They manage public land such as national forests and grasslands. -
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot was a republican best known for how he developed and mangaged forests, some of that done as Chief of the US Forest Service. -
Aldo Leopold
Also an environmentalist, Leopold joined the US forest service in 1909. He was also a professor at University of Wisconsin. -
Audubon Society founded
The society has a mission to conserve naturual ecosystems with a major focus on wildlife to keep Earth biologically diverse. -
Congress became upset
Congress became upset because Roosevelt was waving so much forest land so they banned further withdrawals. -
Antiquities Act
As written in the actual act, it is "An act for the Preservation of American antiquities." Its main intention is to "protect objects of historic and scientific interest", such as national monuments. -
US National Park service founded
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Dust Bowl
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Civilian Conservation Corps founded
The corps was a " public work relief program" aimed at unemployed men to provide manual labor jobs to men who were unskilled in a specific area. -
Soil Convervation Service founded
An agency that gives help to famerrs in need as well as private landowners. -
Taylor Grazing Act
A law that permits regulation of grazing on land to improve conditions on that land. -
Mirgratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Now known as the Federal Duck Stamp, the MBHSA is a stamp that is required by the US to hunt ducks and geese, as well as other migratory birds. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded
This service is dedicated to manage fish and wildlife in their natual habitats. Their mission statement is "working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people." -
Jane Goodall
Best known for her 45 year study of interactions between wild chimpanzees, Goodall was an activist for animals and peace. -
Silent Spring
Published by Rachel Carson, the book argued that pesticide use was harming and/or killing animals, birds, and humans. -
Wilderness Act
An act created to define wilderness and protect as much as 9.1 million acres of US federal land. -
Garret Hardin introudced the Tragedy of the Commons
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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
This act established a system that gives standards at ot what rivers can be added to said system. It allowes the study of areas and limitations of control of those areas. -
Cuyahoga river in cleveland Ohio caught fire
The reason for the environmental movement of the late '60s, the river caught fire due to water pollution -
NEPA
An act that requires federal agencies to include environmental risks into their decisions in an effort to keep from harming the environment. -
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon had done much to improve the environment, with the Clean Air act extension, which lead to the NAAQS, SIPs, NSPS, and NESHAPs, all of which had to do with emissions and keeping the air clean. -
Environmental Protection Agency Est.
The EPA, an agency who's goal is to protect the health of humans, organisms, and our environment. In order to do so they write and enforce regulations. -
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FIFRA
Over that span 4 acts were passed known as FIFRA. They basically control all sale and use of pesticides. -
Endangered Species Act
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OPEC Oil Embargo
OPEC's mission is to secure a steady supply of oil to consumers, failing in 1973. It resulted in a huge rise of price per barrel, and a massive oil shortage. -
Sherwood Roland and Molina Announce that CFC's are depleting Ozone Layer
Roland and Molina announced that CFC's are depleting Ozone Layer in 1974, and it was believed there was a steady decline of 4% of depletion per decade of the ozone layer. -
RCRA
The goal of this act is to "protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal..." The act wants to reduce the amount of generated waste and dispose of it thoroughly. -
Clean Water Act
This act gives a basic structure of how to regulate pollutants in water. It was also an ammendment of the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
A law that regulates coal mining and the effects of it. The act includes inspection, standards of performance, and enforcement. -
Love Canal
NY & Lois Gibbs have toxic waste leaks into residential houses. A chemical company buried nuclear waste, aand then sold the land for $1. later, the schools and houses built on it started to have toxic waste leaks. -
3 mile island nuclear accident
2 nuclear reactors had a nuclear mettdown on 3 mile island. The meltdown allowed reactor coolant to leak, resulting in a cleanup that cost $1 billion. -
Alaskan Lands Act
A law that outlined 43.5 million acres of land to Alaskan national parks. It also gave 53.7 million acres to the National Wildlife Refuge System and 56.4 million acres to the Wilderness Preservation System. -
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CIRCLA
A series of 3 acts passed in 1980, 1986, and 1990 known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compenstaion, and Liability Act. -
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan was definitely against all of the government agencies created that were dedicated to benefiting the environment. Also, he wanted to deregulate the EPA. -
Bhopal, India
A gas leak occured in India which resulted in the deaths of 2,000 people. At a pesticide plant chemicals leaked out exposing over 500,000, immediately killing 2,259. Many others sustained partial injuries or disabilities. -
Chernobyl
Yet another major disaster, Chernobyl was a nuclear accident in Ukraine started by an explosion that released radioactive particles, spreading throughout Russia and western Europe. -
Montreal Protocol
A treaty with a goal to protect the ozone layer from many substances. -
World population reaches 5 billion
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Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker traveling in Alaska until is was run aground sending hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil into the sea. -
Energy policy act
An act that set goals to use alternative fuels and help save the environment from depletion. -
Desert Protection Act
Law that established Death valley, the Joshua tree national parks, and the Mojave national reserve. -
Julia Butterfly Hill sat in tree Luna for 700+ days to protest deforestation
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Kyoto Protocol
An agreement to cut emissions between many nations. -
World population reaches 6 billion
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World population reaches 7 billion
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First Earth Day
