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Agricultural Revolution
People stoped roaming the land and started liveing in one place. It is when people stoped huntig and gathering and started farming. -
Industial revolution
A blossom in technology. Inventers came to be, more factories, and the printing press was made. -
John Muir
He was the first person that presented the preservation of wildlife. He was an american naturalist. -
Walden by Henery David Thoreau
This book talks about living in nature and just things in nature in general. -
Homestead Act
Signed into act by Abraham Lincon. It encouraged settlers by giving them 160 acers of public land. -
Yellowstone National Park Founded
It is 3,500 acres that has a lot of different animals and sites that people can go and see. -
American Forestry Association Founded
It was founded to help restore forest and there ecosestems. -
Yosemite Plus Sequoia National Park
John Muir founded Yosemite National Park in Yosemite Valley. -
General Revision Act
The General Revision Act let congress reserve the land. -
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is an environmental science orginization that does a lot of preservation. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey act bans people from trading in illegal animals and was also changed to ban people from trading in wood and paper obtained illegally. -
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Golden Age of Conservation
After becomeing president one of Roosevelts main consernces became protecting wildlife. So throughout his presidencey he did a lot to protect the land and the wildlife in it. -
Fist National Wildlife Refuge Established
The first national wildlife refuge was Pelican Island Which was created to protect birds from going extenct because of plume hunting. -
US Forest Service Founded
This program was fouded to protect forests and grasslands for us and future generations to have. -
Ginford Pinchot
He was the first cheif of the US Forestry Service. -
Aldo Leopold
He was the writer of the Sand County Almanac and a consevationalist. -
Audubon Society Founded
The Audubon Society's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosyestems. -
Antiquities Act
The first law that said achelogical sites on public lands are important public resources. -
Congress became upset because Roosovelt was waving so much forest land so they banned further withdrawls.
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U.S. National Park Service Founded
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Dust Bowl
In the midwest dust storms came through damaging the crops and everything else in the area. Many people died because of the dust in there lungs. -
Civilan Conservation Corps Founded
It was a public work relief program for uneployed people as part of the New Deal. -
Soil Conservation Sevice Founded
It provides technical assistance to farmers and other private land owners and managers. -
Taylor Grazing Act
This act provides the regular grazing of public lands in order to improve rangland conditions and regulate there use. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
This was put into place so that hunters over the age of 16 that hunts waterfowls has to have a Federal Hunting Stamp. -
Fish Plus Wildlife Service Founded
This was founded for the management of wildlife, life, and natural habitates. -
FIFRA
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act. -
Silent Spring Published By Rachel Carson
This book is about the effects that irrisponsible use of pestisides hasve on the environment. -
Wilderness act
It is responsible for creating the National Wilderness Preservetion System. -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
his act is to preserve certain and important rivers. -
Cuyahoga River in Clevland, Ohio, Caught fire
This river caught fire after years of being poluted and caused $100,000 in damage. -
National Environmental Policy Act
IT established the presidents council and promoted environmental enhancement. -
First Earth Day
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Environmental Protection Agency Established
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Clear Air Act
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Love Canal, NY (toxic waste leaks into residentioal houses)
It was here that a chemical company buried 22,000 tons of toxic waste and when a school tried to build there the waste started to leak out which cause problems. -
Endangered Species Act
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OPEC Oil Embargo
This embargo jacked up the gas prices in the US from $3 to $12 -
Rolans and Molina (UCI) announce that CFCs are depleating the ozone layer
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This governs the law of waste removal. -
Clean Water Act
The goal for this is so we can keep polution from destroying water ways. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
This law regualtes the effect of mining on the environment. -
3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident
This was the worst Nuclear disaster in US history and was rated a 5 on a 7 point nuclear disaster scale. -
Alaskan Lands Act
This act gave Alaska many national parks and forests. -
Comprehensive Environmental Responce, Compensation, and Liabillity Act a.k.a Super-fund)
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Bhopal, Indian (Chemicaklk toxic cloud kills 2,000)
Over 500,000 people were exposed to a chemical known as MIC. -
Chernobyl
A catosrophic nuclear event that had a 7 out of 7 on the nuclear disaster scale. -
Montereal Protocol
An international program desined to protect the ozone layer. -
Exxon Valdez
An oil spill in alaska that spilled between 11 and 38 gallons of crud oil over a few days. -
Enegy Policy Act of 1992
This act addresed energy effetioncy, energy manegment, and energy conservation. -
Desert Protection Act
Law that established Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Park. -
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Kyoto Protocol
It makes countries decrease greeen hous gas use. -
World Population Hits 6 Billion
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BP Oil Spill
This was a oil spill in the gulf of mexico. -
COP21
This is a confrence on how to manage climate control.
