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National Park Service Act
A law established by Woodrow Wilson that started the National Park Service, which is part of the United States Department of the Interior. -
Soil Conservation Act
This law established the Soil Conservation Service, the SCS survey the U.S and it publishes maps of soil erosion and other related problems. -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
This law established the FIFRA who’s goal is to provide federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use. -
Clean Air Act
This is a law that forces the EPA to control pollution on a national level. They must develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from pollutants that can be hazardous to human health. -
Fish and Wildlife Act
This established a policy to protect national fish, shellfish, and wildlife resources policy with a heavy emphasis on commercial fishing. Also they must regard that every citizen has a right to fish for pleasure, or enjoyment. -
Price-Anderson Act
first passed in 1957 and since renewed several times, which governs liability-related issues for all non-military nuclear facilities constructed in the United States before 2026. -
Wilderness Act
This law created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States and protected 9.1 million acres of federal land. -
Land and Water Conservation Fund
to provide funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water, for the benefit of all Americans. -
Water Quality Act
this act established the goals of eliminating releases of high amounts of toxic substances into water, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983. -
Water Resources Planning Act
this was set up to establish governing bodies that would overlook the creation and protection of water resource locations. -
Species Conservation Act
this law set up a list of species native to the United States that qualified as endangered. The animals on this list were then afforded certain protections from the National Wildlife Refuge System. -
Freedom of Information Act
this allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. -
National Trails System Act
this was created to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nation -
National Environmental Policy Act
this established a U.S. national policy promoting the enhancement of the environment and also established the President's Council on Environmental Quality -
Clean Water Act
this is the main law about governing water pollution in the U.S, it expanded the federal water pollution control act. -
Marine Mammal Protection Act
this was the first act of Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management and conservation. It limits the act of hunting, killing, capture, or harassment of any marine mammal. -
Endangered Species Act
this was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation. -
Renewable Resources Planning Act
this law authorizes long-range planning by the United States Forest Service to ensure the future supply of forest resources while maintaining a quality environment. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers who implement these standards. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
this is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
