Environmental Timeline By Anthony Chiarelli Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 2010 Environmental Events Apr 21, 1838 John Muir is born Sep 22, 1854 Walden by Henry David Thoreau Sep 22, 1872 Yellowstone National Park founded Sep 22, 1875 American Forestry Association founded Sep 22, 1890 Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park founded Sep 22, 1892 Sierra Club founded Sep 22, 1900 Lacey Act Period: Sep 22, 1901 to Sep 22, 1909 Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt) Sep 22, 1903 First national wildlife refuge established Sep 22, 1905 Audubon Society founded Sep 22, 1905 U.S. forest Service founded Sep 22, 1906 Antiquities Act Sep 22, 1909 Aldo Leopold Sep 22, 1912 U.S. National Park service founded Period: Sep 22, 1930 to Sep 22, 1939 Dust Bowl Sep 22, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps founded Sep 22, 1933 Soil Conservation Service founded Sep 22, 1934 Taylor Grazing Act Sep 22, 1940 Fish plus Wildlife Service founded Sep 22, 1962 Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson Period: Sep 22, 1963 to Sep 22, 1990 Clean Air Act 63, 65, 70, 77, 90 Sep 22, 1969 Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire Sep 22, 1969 NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) Sep 22, 1970 First Earth Day Sep 22, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency established Sep 22, 1973 Endangered Species Act Sep 22, 1973 OPEC oil embargo Sep 22, 1974 Roland and Molina (UCI) announce that CFC*s are depleting the ozone layer Sep 22, 1976 RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) Sep 22, 1977 Clean Water Act Sep 22, 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Sep 22, 1978 Love Canal, NY (toxic waste leaks into residential houses) Sep 22, 1979 3 Mile Island Nuclear accident Sep 22, 1984 Bhopal, Indian (chemical toxic cloud kills 2,000) Sep 22, 1986 Chernobyl Sep 22, 1987 Montreal Protocol Sep 22, 1989 Exxon Valdez Sep 22, 1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992 Sep 22, 1994 Desert Protection Act Period: Sep 22, 1997 to Sep 22, 2005 Kyoto Protocol