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10,000 BCE
Agricultural Revolution*
The agricultural revolution was the shift from a hunter gatherer lifestyle to a agricultural lifestyle -
Industrial revolution*
The industrial revolution was the shift from the use of hands and farming to the use of machinery in a factory -
John Muir*
He was the main advocate for the environmental movement and advocated for the protection of wildernesses -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau*
This was a book written by transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, this emphasizes finding the meaning of life -
Homestead act*
The homestead act was signed by Abraham Lincoln, this was to help the development of the American west -
Yellowstone National Park founded*
This is a national park on top of a volcano in Wyoming, this was also the first national park founded -
American Forestry Association founded*
This is a non-profit conservation organization, used to protect and restore forest ecosystems -
Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park founded*
This park was founded on the first of October, it was founded to protect the animals in the area from the threat of humans -
General Revision Act*
This was a federal law signed by Benjamin Harrison, this was used to reverse previous policies such as the Timber Culture Act -
Sierra Club founded*
This was an environmental organization founded by John Muir -
Lacey Act*
This act was created to stop the illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish or plants -
Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt)*
Theodore Roosevelt was dedicated to protect as nature and wildlife as much as he can, he tried to create new conservation laws -
First national wildlife refuge established*
Theodore Roosevelt established the first wildlife refuge on pelican island for birds, this was the first time a national wildlife refuge was created -
U.S. forest Service founded*
An agency of the department of Agriculture, it administers 154 national parks and 20 grasslands -
Aldo Leopold*
Aldo Leopold is viewed by many as the father of wildlife ecology and the wilderness system -
Gifford Pinchot*
He was the fourth chief in the Division of Forestry and the first head of the United States Forest Service, he also believed in the conversation of land -
Audubon Society founded*
A non profit environmental organization that has devoted itself to protect birds and the land they use -
Antiquities Act*
This gave protection to cultural and natural resources of historical federal lands -
Congress became upset because Roosevelt was waving so much forest land, so they banned further withdrawals*
Roosevelt was requesting a bunch of different things to protect the lands -
U.S. National Park service founded*
An agency in the US government that manages national parks, national monuments and other recreational properties -
Dust Bowl*
A period in the 1930s that was full of dust storms that damaged the American ecology and agriculture -
Civilian Conservation Corps founded*
With the founding of the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, the CCC allowed single men between the age of 18-25 to help improve Americas public land -
Soil Conservation Service founded*
The soil conservation service was founded to control floods, help to maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors and stop soil erosion -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act*
This makes people who want to hunt for birds such as ducks and geese, they must purchase an adhesive stamp -
Taylor Grazing Act*
This ended open grazing on public land and helped establish the division of grazing -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded*
The Fish and wildlife services were founded in June 1940, their main purpose is to protect and conserve fish and wildlife habitats -
FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act)*
This is the statue that looks over and administrates the distribution, sale and use of pesticides in the US -
Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson*
Silent springs focused on and tried to bring attention to the environmental problem of the overuse of pesticides -
Wilderness Act*
This was passed to preserve and protect land in their natural states so they would be available for now and future generations -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act*
This was passed to preserve rivers with outstanding natural and recreational values for present and future generations to observe -
Cuyahoga River in Clevelend, Ohio, caught fire*
The fire in the Cuyahoga river was supposedly caused by a build up of oily debris under two wooden trestles -
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)*
NEPA is a law that promotes growth of the environment and created the president’s council on environmental quality -
First Earth Day*
During this time their was no environmental agencies to help protect the environment, so Senator Gaylord Nelson created this day to help promote protecting the environment -
Environmental Protection Agency established*
This was designed to help protect human and the environmental health -
Clear Air Act*
This is the federal government’s primary air quality law, this was passed to help reduce and control air pollution -
OPEC oil embargo*
The 1973 oil embargo started when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, these countries declared and oil embargo -
Endangered Species Act*
This gives the government the framework to help protect endangered species and habitats, domestically and abroad -
Roland and Molina (UCI) announce that CFCs are depleting the ozone layer*
Roland and Molina declared that CFC’s are depleting the earths ozone layer which block out the harmful sun UV rays -
RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) *
This gives the EPA the power to control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste -
Clean Water Act*
The is the federal governments primary law controlling water pollution, the goal is to restore and maintain the waters integrity -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act*
This prohibits coal mining on the surface near any national park system -
Love Canal, NY (toxic waste leaks into residential houses)*
The area around the love canal was used as a dumping ground for 22,000 tons of chemical waste, led to multiple public health problems over the next three decades -
3 Mile Island Nuclear accident*
Their was a malfunction and operating error which led to problems with the water cooling and led to a partial meltdown -
Alaskan Lands Act*
This helped with the conservation of public lands and national wildlife refuge system in Alaska -
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act a.k.a Super-Fund)*
CERCLA provided a federal superfund help clean up spilled hazardous waste -
Bhopal, Indian (chemical toxic cloud kills 2,000)*
An explosion at a Union Carbide pesticide plant led to the death of 2,000 people and injured 200,000 people as well -
Chernobyl*
A nuclear accident that happened at reactor number four at Chernobyl -
Montreal Protocol*
An international treaty designed to help regenerate the ozone layer by adjusting out production of substances that damage the ozone layer -
Exxon Valdez*
The Exxon Valdez was a supertanker, this tanker struck a Bligh Reef, this tore open the ships hull, which spilled eleven million gallons of crude oil into the water -
Energy Policy Act of 1992*
This encouraged the use of alternative fuels in daily activities and improve energy efficiency in the US -
Desert Protection Act*
This emphasizes the protection of the Mojave desert in California, this also established the Mojave National Preserve -
World population hits 6 billion*
The population had doubled from 1950-1999 -
Kyoto Protocol*
An international treaty that extended the United Nations framework laid down during 1992 on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lower climate change