Summer 2013 Wildlife History Timeline By J Dunlap Dec 27, 1831 Darwin sets sail on HMS Beagle Jan 1, 1832 "Nation's Park" proposed by artist George Caitlin after travels in western wilderness Jan 1, 1854 Thoreau's Walden published, establishing genre of nature writing Jan 1, 1855 1855 Painter Asher Durand calls for new genre of American wilderness painting Jan 1, 1861 Yosemite recorded by camera by Carleton Watkins Jan 1, 1863 Central Park in New York City completed Jan 1, 1866 Term "Ecology" coined by German biologist Ernest Haekel Jan 1, 1872 Yellowstone founded as first National Park Jan 1, 1873 Field and Stream, magazine for fishers and hunters, founded Jan 1, 1887 Boone and Crocket Club founded Theodore Roosevelt & others Jan 11, 1887 Aldo Leopold's birthday Jan 1, 1900 Lacey Act originally limits commercial trafficing of birds across state lines Jan 20, 1900 Yale Forestry School Founded yyyyyyyyyy Jan 1, 1903 1st National Wildlife Refuge created by President Theodore Roosevelt Jan 1, 1914 Last known passenger pigeon dies in zoo Jan 1, 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 Jan 1, 1934 First easy to use bird field guide popularizes bird watching (Roger Tory Peterson's guide) Jan 1, 1949 Bottlenosed dolphins exhibited for entertainment at zoos and aquariums Apr 22, 1970 1st Earth Day Learn about Earth Day & its founder here. Jan 1, 1973 Endangered Species Act passed Jun 20, 1975 Jaws movie released to public Jan 1, 1978 TEDs, or turtle excluder devices, become available for shrimp fishers to protect sea turtles Jan 1, 1984 Red wolf captive propagation program developed by Fish & Wildlife Service and Point Defiance Zoo Jan 1, 1989 African Elephant Conservation Act Jan 1, 1995 Shad conservation & education program initiatied by Maryland teacher Sandy Burke Jan 1, 2007 Cross River Gorillas protected with regional action plan from World Association of Zoos and Aquariums May 15, 2008 Polar Bears listed as threatened under US Endangered Species Act Period: Jun 20, 2013 to Jul 20, 2013 Phone Invented
