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Agricultural Revolution
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Industrial Revolution
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John Muir
John Muir was a Scottish- American naturalist, born in 1838 and died 1914. His activity in the world helped preserve national parks such as Yosemite. -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walden is a book written about living simply in nature as apart of his soul searching expidition. -
Homestead Act
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Yellowstone National Park founded
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American Forestry Association founded
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Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park founded
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Sierra Club founded
Founded by John Muir, it is the oldest Nature organization in the United States. It's function is to promote exploring nature -
Lacey Act founded
A law in the United States prohibiting the selling of wildlife in any form that was illegally possessed. -
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Golden Age of Conservation (Teddy Roosevelt)
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First National Wildlife Refugee Established
the national wildlife refugees are created to conserve wildlife by putting aside public lands and waterways. -
US Forest Service founded
Created Feburary 1st, 1905, it's job is to make sure the United States forests remain in good health and plentiful. -
Gifford Pinchot
An American politican who was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service. -
Aldo Leopold
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Audubon Society founded
A non profit organization dedicated to coserving wild birds -
Antiquities Act
An act put into place enabling the president to restrict use of public land. -
US National Park Service founded
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Civilian Conservation Corps founded
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Taylor Grazing Act
A law that provides for the regulation of grazing on public lands. -
Migaratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
A stamp used as a pass to hunt waterfowl and birds. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded
an organization created to manage wildlife, fish, and thier natural habitats -
Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson
A book written to inform people about the way humans treat birds and use pesiticdes that cause harm to the birds -
Wilderness Act
Created a legal definiton for wilderness and protects the federal lands -
Wild and Sceneic Rivers act
Designation for certain protected areas in the country -
Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire
River has caught fire 13 times and the first fire caused an enviromental movement -
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Law that promotes the enhancement of the environment -
First Earth Day
celebrated on April 22 every year, it is a day to promote the Earth and environment -
Environmental Protection agency established
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Clean Air Act established (revised 63,65,70,77,90)
A law made to control air pollution -
Endangered Species Act
a law created to help protect species of animals that are on the verge of extinction. -
FIFRA- Federal, Intesticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act (Revised 72, 75, 78, 88)
Law set up to help regulate the amount of pesticides used in the environment -
OPEC and oil embargo
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is made to control the countries that export oil -
Roland and Molina (UCI) announce that CFC's ae depleting the ozone layer
They discovered that chlorine atoms, produced by the decomposition of CFCs, catalytically destroy ozone -
RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
created to govern the disposal of waste -
Clean Water Act
Primary law in the United States about governing the water pollution. -
Surface mining control and relimation act
Regulates the affects that coal mining does to the environment -
Love Canal, NY
A neighborhood in NY that was oe used as a chemical dumping ground -
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
a partial nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania -
Bhopal, Island
a very tragic gas leak in india that killed more than 2,500 people -
Chernobyl
Nuclear plant accident that happened in Ukraine -
CERCLA (superfund)
An act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites. -
Montreal Protocol
an international treaty designed to protect the ozone -
Exxon Valdez
an oil tanker that spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean -
Energy Policy Act
set goals, created mandates, and amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency -
Desert Protection Act
Established Death Vally, Joshua Tree national park, and mojave national preserve in California -
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Kyoto Protocol
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IPCC Report on climate change
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DeepWater Horizon oil spill
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World Population hits 6 billion
