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Agricultural revolution
10,000 years ago majority of the earths poulation where nomads moving from place to place and useing the resources along the way. Some nomads started to set up permanet farms and domesticating animals thus started the agricultural revolution -
Endagered Species act
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Industrial Revolution
in this time period people started to use machines to replace human labor making itmes at a much higher effeicancy causing a boom in produced goods more jobs but a much hiuger carbon footprint because of the engines used to power the machines -
Thomas Mathus
He predicted that exponential population growth would outpace linear food prduction leading to starvation. -
John Muir
he was a enviromentalist that supported the conservation of wilderness, his essays and books lead the way for the founding of multiple parks -
Homestead Act
This act gave 160 acres of land to people that met the requiremnts or people that promised to plant trees. this was made to help small farmers make a living -
Yellowstone
was the first national park. the idea spread worldwide. It is the center of the larger intact ecosystem in the eathts temnperate zone -
American Forestry Ascoiation
It was designed to promote the orginized conservation of trees. it was the oldest orginazation to promote forest conservation -
Yosemite and Sequoia National
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genral revsion act
Repealed the Timber Culture and Preemtion act and authorized the President Under the Forest Reserve act to create forest reserves -
Sierra Club
founded by John Muir this club is the laregest grassroots enviromental orginazation in the usa -
Lacey act
this act created punishment for violations against wildlife thus protecteing wildlife from illeagl trading. this law is still in affect but has been amended several times -
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Enviromental history
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Golden Age of Conservation
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First National Wildlife Refuge Established
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Aldo Leopold
he was an author scientist and enviromentalist that wrote A sand county Almanac. -
Audubon Society
A non-profit enviromental orginization dedictaed to preaervation. -
US Forest Service
This Service Keeps up all the parks and national forests. which incompasses 190 million acres of forest -
Gifford Pinchot
He was the first Cheif of the US forest Service and coined the term conservation ethic. -
Antiquities Act
Alloed the president to turn prehistoric ruin in public land into a park or reserve. -
Congress ecame upset with how much land is being reserved
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US nation park service founded
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Dust Bowl
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CCC founded
A Public work relief program that made to provide jobs to the unemployed -
Soil conservation Service
An Agency of the USDA that provides technical assistance to farmers in need -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp
A stamp required by law to hunt migratory birds. -
Talyor grazing act
Is a law that gives a regulation on grazing on public lands to improve thier condition. -
Fish PLus Wildlife Service Founded
A goverment agency that is dedicated to mangement of fish wildlife, and their natural habitats. -
Jane Goodall
Was a primatologist that went to africa on a 45 year tip to studie primates along with being UN messenger of Peace -
Silent Spring
Writen by Racheal Carson this book help launch the american enviromental movemnet. -
wilderness Act
Created the Legal definition of wilderness protectinf 9.1 million acres of land. -
Tragedy of the commons
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Wild and scenic river act
It reccomended that the nation proctect wild rivers form devolpment that would change thier scenic nature. -
Richard Nixon
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NEPA
A national law that promotes the enhancement of the enviroment. -
Cuyahoga river caught fire
It when Time magazine wrote an article about how polluted the river was witch was the reason why it could catch fire. -
Enviromental protection agency established
was created to protect humans and the enviroment by laws passed by congress. -
First Earth Day
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FIFRA
a law that set up the basic system that regulates pesticide to protect humans and the enviroment -
OPEC oil embargo
When OPEC decided to put an oil embargo on the US. -
Endangerd species act
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CFC's are depleting the ozone layer
Announced by Sherwood Roland And Molina, this chemical was proved to be depleting the ozone layer -
RCRA
Is the federal law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes. -
clean water act
this act made a law whose goal was to eleminate water pollution. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation act
a law tha regulates the effects of coal mining in the use -
Love Canal
This disaster causeed by hooker chemical by dumping toxic waste into the land and then selling it to the school syetm causing them to build on allowing the chemical waste to spread. -
3 mile island
A nuclear disaster that leeked radioactive gas into the enviroment. -
Alaskan lands Act
this act added 43 million acres to the national wildlife refuge system. -
CERCLA
An Act desigend to clean up areas with toxic substances. -
Ronald Regan
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Bhopal
When poisonos gas was released into the air killing thousands of people. -
Chernobyl
A nuclear disaster that happend in europe that released toxic particles into the air. -
Montreal Protocal
A international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer. -
World pop Reaches 5 Billion
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Exxon Valdez
An oil tanker ran aground and spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into the ocean. -
energy policy act
Created goals and mandates for clean energy use in the US. -
Desert Protection act
Establish the death vally and joshua tree park and mojave national reserve. -
Juila Hill Sat in a tree
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Kyoto Protocal
Internation treaty that binds countrys to reduce thier emesions of greenhouse gases. -
World population reaches 6 Billion
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World population reaches 7 billion