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Jay Norwood Darling, a political cartoonist, was hired by Roosevelt to be chief of US biological survey and created the National Wildlife Federation.
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a federal act that made it necessary to label all economic poisons with warnings and instructions to prevent injury.
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federal grants may be given to build water treatment plants
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research must be put into pesticides to find out if they are related to wildlife populations dying off.
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A law that enforces the protection of endangered species
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Prohibits surface mining on unsuitable lands
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an environmental education program aimed at urban teenagers.
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NWF launches campaign to reestablish populations of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and other areas of the Northern Rockies. Federation attorneys file lawsuit to block U.S. government from setting weak precedent for settlement of damages caused by toxic wastes under federal Superfund law.
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campaign to encourage parents and youngsters to get outdoors.
