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Forest reserve act
allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain -
Lacey Act
bans trafficking in illegal wildlife -
Antiquities Act
gives the president power create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. -
National Park Service Act
United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior -
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
implement the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Great Britain -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
requires each waterfowl hunter 16 years of age or older to possess a valid Federal hunting stamp -
Taylor Grazing Act
provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands (excluding Alaska) to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use -
Soil Conservation Act
allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment. -
Price-Anderson Act
governs liability-related issues for all non-military nuclear facilities constructed in the United States before 2026. -
Clean Air Act
United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level -
Wilderness Act
created the National Wilderness Preservation System and recognized wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. -
Land and Water Conservation Act
provide funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water -
Resource Recovery Act
major research program, run by the EPA, to develop new and innovative ways of dealing with solid waste -
Water Pollution Control Act
Established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States -
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Prohibits the killing of all marine mammals in the U.S. and prohibits the import or export of any marine mammal body parts. -
Endangered Species Act
provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threatened -
Safe Drinking Water Act
protects public drinking water supplies throughout the nation. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste. -
Clean Water Act
Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources…etc. -
Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act
provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment