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Teddy Roosevelt's birth
Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City, his childhood home. -
Teddy Roosevelt's school
Teddy Roosevelt attended Harvard college in 1880. While he was there, and before he dropped out, Theodore Roosevelt studied many topics including forensics, zoology, German, natural history, and composition. -
Teddy Roosevelt's presidency
This started his contributions to the environment. -
Established Crater Lake National Park
Scientists marvel at its purity: fed by rain and snow, it’s the deepest lake in the USA and one of the most pristine on earth. Artists, photographers, and sightseers gaze in wonder at its blue water and stunning setting atop the Cascade Mountain Range. -
Established Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave, one of the longest and most complex caves in the world. Named for barometric winds at its entrance, this maze of passages is home to boxwork, a unique formation rarely found elsewhere. -
Created the first federal bird reserve
Roosevelt was the first president to create a Federal Bird Reserve, and he would establish 51 of these during his administration. -
Helped to create the national parks service
The idea was to conserve forests for continued use. An adamant proponent of utilizing the country's resources, Roosevelt wanted to insure the sustainability of those resources. -
President Roosevelt signs 16 million acres of western forest into Federal Protection.
President Roosevelt was working with a man named Gifford Pinchot who believed that tree harvesting should be managed scientifically in order to reduce excessive soil erosion, runoff, flooding, or water pollution. -
Established Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archaeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from 600 to 1300 CE. Today, the park protects nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States -
Created the 1906 American Antiquities Act
The Antiquities Act obligates federal agencies that manage the public lands to preserve for present and future generations the historic, scientific, commemorative, and cultural values of the archaeological and historic sites and structures on these lands. It also authorizes the President to protect landmarks, structures, and objects of historic or scientific interest by designating them as National Monuments. -
Teddy Roosevelt's death
Roosevelt died at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Cove Neck, NY. This marks the end of his amazing contribution to environmentalism and mother nature. -
Sources / thank you, by Isaac Soles, Damien Fenn
