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Agricultural Revolution: 10,00 years ago
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Industrial Revolution
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John Muir
He was a naturalist. He was one of the first advocates for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. -
Walden by David Thoreau
It is a book written by an american trancedentalist author. The book is considered a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. -
Homestead Act
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American Forestry Association founded
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Yellowstone National Park founded
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Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park founded
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Sierra Club Founded
The Sierra Club’s mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wildlife of the earth. They also want to promote safe practice of earths ecosystems. -
Lacey Act Founded
The Lacy Act is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken. The act was signed into law by President William McKinley on May 25, 1900 -
Golden Age of conservation ( Theodore Roosevelt) - 1909
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First National WIldlife Refuge Established
The National Wildlife Refuge System is a system of public lands and aquatic areas's set aside to preserve America's wildlife. The refuge has grown to cover 150,000,000 acres of wildlife adn wetland. -
Taylor Grazing Act
The Taylor Grazing Act was intended to "stop injury to the public grazing lands. This Act was pre-empted by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). -
Aldo Leopold
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US Forest Service Founded
It is an agency that administers the nation's natural forrest and grasslands. Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and the Research and Development branch. -
Aududon Society Founded
It is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to conservation. Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world that uses science ,education and grasswork advocacy to advance their mission. -
Antiquities Act
This law gives the President of the United States the authority to restrict the use of particular public land owned by the federal government. It was signed in my Theodore Rosevelt. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
It is a designed system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment. It is administered by the EPA. -
US National Park Service Founded
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Civilian Conservation Corps Founded
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Fish plus Wilife Service Founded
It is dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. Some of their service's responsibilities are enforcing federal wildlife laws, protecting endangered species. -
Gifford Pinchot
He was an American forester and politician. Pinchot served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service. -
Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson
Silent Spring is an environmental science book that documents the detrimental effects on the enviroment, particularly on birds. This book inspired an environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Clean Air Act established
It was designed to control air pollution on a national level. it requires the EPA to develop and force regualtions on airborne contaminatns. -
Wilderness Act
It created the definiton of wilderness in the United States. It protects 9.1 million acres of federal land. -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
The commission recommended that the nation protect wild rivers and scenic rivers from development that would substantially change their wild or scenic nature. It was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
National Enviromental Policy Act
A law that established a U.S. national policy promoting the enhancement of the environment. This set up procedural requirements for federal government agencies to prepare environmental assessments. -
First Earth Day
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Enviormental Protection Agency Established
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OPEC and Oil Embargo
OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations. -
Endangered Species Act
This act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. It was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction. -
• 1974: Roland and Molina (UCI) announce that CFC’s are depleting the ozone layer
In June 1974, Rowland and Molina published a landmark paper in the journal Nature that identified CFCs’ role in ozone depletion. -
RCRA
This the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste. It set goals of protecting human health, energy conservation, and reducing the amount of waste. -
Surfacing Mining Control and Reclamation Act
This is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. It created two programs; one for regulating active coal mines and another for reclaiming abandoned mine lands -
Clean Water Act
It is the primary federal law on governing water pollution. The Clean Water Act does not directly address groundwater contamination. -
Three Mile Island Nuclea Accident
It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident was rated a five on the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale. -
Bhopal, Island
This incident was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to MIC gas and other chemicals. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was considered a catastrophic nuclear accident. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe. -
CERCLA
Is a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. -
Montreal Protocol
It is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. -
Exxon Valdez
The vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef resulting in the second largest oil spill in United States history. The size of the spill is estimated to 750,000 barrels. -
Energy Policy Act
It was passed by Congress and set goals, and utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the U.S. -
California Desert Protection Act of 1994
This established the Death Valley, Joshua Tree National as National Parks. It was ]signed by President Bill Clinton. -
1997-2006 Kryto Protocol
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World Population Hits 6 Billion
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IPCC Report on Climate Change
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire
The 1969 Cuyahoga River fire help with water pollution control activities, resulting in the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). As a result, large point sources of pollution on the Cuyahoga have received significant attention from the OEPA. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
It is now know as the Federal Duck Stamp, equires each waterfowl hunter 16 years of age or older to possess a valid Federal hunting stamp. -
Love Canal, NY.
Love Canal was the subject of nternational attention because it was revealed to the press that the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste by Hooker Chemical Company. The construction of housing development, combined with rainstorms, released the chemical waste, leading to a public health emergency.
