Ecology

By 16bfuller

  • George Perkins Marsh

    George Perkins Marsh
    An American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and the precursor to the sustainability concept

  • John Muir

    John Muir
    John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Gifford Pinchot

  • Cuyahoga river burning

    1868-1952-1969

  • Alice Hamilton

    Alice Hamilton
    Alice Hamilton was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health.

  • Yellowstone National Park Established

    Yellowstone National Park Established
    Is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872

  • Franklin Roosevelt

  • Aldo Leopold

    Aldo Leopold
    Aldo Leopold was an American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist.

  • Lacey Act

    Lacey Act
    Is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold.

  • First national wildlife refuge established

  • US forest service founded

  • Antiquities Act

  • Rachel Carson

  • US national Park service founded

  • Jimmy Carter

  • Edward Abbey

    Edward Abbey
    Edward Paul Abbey was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views.

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal.

  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.

  • migratory bird hunting stamp act

  • Pittman–Robertson Act

  • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

  • The Love Canal Incident

  • Al Gore

  • Wilderness Act

    Wilderness Act
    The Wilderness Act of 1964 was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society. It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, and protected 9.1 million acres of federal land.

  • First Earth Day

    First Earth Day
    Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

  • The Clean Air Act 1970, 1977, 1990

    The Clean Air Act 1970, 1977, 1990
    The Clean Air Act is a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It is one of the United States' first and most influential modern environmental laws, and one of the most comprehensive air quality laws in the world.

  • OSHA

    OSHA
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed.

  • National Environmental Policy Act

  • The Clean Water Act 1972, 1977, 1987

    The Clean Water Act 1972, 1977, 1987
    The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and non point pollution sources.

  • OPEC Oil Embargo

  • Endangered Species Act

  • Convention On International Trade in Endangered Species

  • TMI Nuclear Accident

    TMI Nuclear Accident
    The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

  • Superfund

  • Union Carbide Plant Explosion In Bhopal India

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Explosion

  • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Montreal Protocol

  • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

  • Oil Pollution Act

  • The Kyoto Protocol

  • BP Gulf Coast