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William Penn One tree survives for 5 cut down
-William Penn ordered colonists to conserve 1 tree for every 5 cut downs.
-The first conservation act to save trees.
-It saved lots of trees -
Yellowstone Act
-Yellowstone became the first national park
-Started a huge act to save land via national parks
-Many more national parks came -
Burton Act
-Preserves Niagra Park hydroelectic power facilities
-It kept Niagra Falls preserved
-Made Niagra Falls a bigger producer of fresh water -
National Park Service
-Congress established the National Park service
-Saved a lot of land from modern world
-40% 0f US land is national parks -
Salt Lake City air pollution survey
-Salt Lake City conducts air pollution survey
-First city to do so
-Led to other cities doing so -
Emergency Conservation Work Act
-FDR created the CCC to save trees
-It created jobs in the depression, and saved trees
-saved lots of trees -
First Ethanol Plant
-in Kansas, the first ethanol plant was made
-it showed that alternative energies are useful
-Started the use of ethanol -
Bald Eagle Preservation Act
-Congress passed a law to protect bald eagles.
-It was revolutionary to saving animals
-It started a trend of preserving animals -
Antarctic Treaty
-Prevented people from dumping nuclear waste into Antarctica
-US and Soviets agreed on this
-Kept Antarctica pure for Science and studies -
Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
-Rachel Carson pubnished silent spring
-One of first books published about pollution
-outlawed pesticides called DDT by Federal Government
