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Set aside public lands as forest reserve; to preserve natural resources for future generations
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Obligates federal agencies that manage public lands to preserve for the historic, scientific, commemmorative, and cultural values; also allows the President to protect landmarks, structures, and objects by designating them to be a national monument
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Gave the Secretary of Agriculture the ability to purchase forested, cut-over, and exposed lands to use for navigable streams and opened to possibility of there being nationl forests in the east also
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Created a system of wilderness reserves and a specific management guidance for the wilderness areas that were authorized by the Congress
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Requiring the branches of government to assess any major federal action that may significantly harm the environment
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Brings awareness to the environment and to improving the state of the earth and preserving nature
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Established to protect the earth and its nature, also to protect the safety of the public
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A fictional story written by Dr. Seuss that sends environmental messages to the audience
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Provides a partnership with the states and federal government to work together to protect the coastal lines from environmentally harmful overdevelopment and also provides federal funding to participating coastal states to execute measures for conserving coastal lines
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Creates the basic structure for regulating discharged pollutants into the waters of the U.S.; first enacted in 1948, but significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972
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Provides for the scenic, scientific, historical, and ecological values of federal lands and allows the public to manage them.
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Supports the use of deep geological repositories for the safe storage or disposal of radioactive waste
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Requires companies to disclose information about toxic chemicals released into the air and water and disposed of on the land
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Prohibits transportation of waste within coastal waters by a vessel without a permit or any other marking
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Also called the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. Prohibits transportation of materials from U.S. for ocean dumping, of materials from anywhere for ocean dumping by U.S. agencies or U.S.-flagged vessels, and of materials from outside U.S. to U.S. territorial seas; permit required to be an exception
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Defines the responsibilities of the EPA to protect and improve the nation's air quality and the ozone layer
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Requires oil facilites and vessels to prepare spill-resonse plans and to provide for its execution efficiently
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About sending environmental messages to advocate awareness of nature
