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Agricultural Revolution
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Industrial Revolution
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John Murir
naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. -
Walden by Henry Dvid Thoreau
a reflection written on a the simpliesty of living in a natural surrounding -
Homestead Act
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Yellowstone National Park Founded
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American Forestry Association founded
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Yosemite plus Sequoia National Par founded
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Sierra Club Founded
The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States. -
Lacy Act founded
Prohibits trade i n wildlife, fish, and plants, that have been illegally taken, possessed, or sold. -
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Golden Age of Conservation
He moved the Forest Reserves from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and extended the reserves. through 1909 -
First National Wildlife Refuge Established
system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants -
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot is known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States -
Aldo Leopold
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Audubon Society
conserve and restore the environment -
Antiquities Act
The act restricted the use of particular public land owned by the federal government -
US National Park Service founded
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Civilian Conservation Corps founded
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Taylor Grazing Act
preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
the migratory bird hunting stamp act; conservationists were alarmed by a rapid decrease in wild ducks and geese. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded
dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. -
Silent Spring
Silent Spring is an environmental science book written by Rachel Carso -
wilderness act
the act protected 9.1 million acres of federal land -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
The act preserve certain rivers with natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. -
Cuyahoga River in Ohio
an oil slick caught fire on the cuyahoga river -
First Earth Day
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Clean Air Act
regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. -
Enviroonmental Protection Agency Established
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FIFRA
provide federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use -
Endangered Species Act
it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction -
Roland and Molina
elucidating the threat to the Earth's ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases. -
RCRA
The act is to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States. -
Clean Water Act
Th act is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters -
Love Canal, NY
the site had formerly been used to bury 21,000 tons of toxic waste -
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
The Three Mile Island reactor partially melted down on March 28, 1979. -
Bhopal, Island
was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worst industrial disaster. -
Chernobyl
a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power -
CERCLA (Superfund)
an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. -
Montreal Protocol
an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. -
Exxon Valdez
A ship that caused an oil spill. -
Energy Policy Act
The act set goals, created mandates, and amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the United States. -
Deset Protection Act
The Act establishes the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Mojave National Preserve in the California desert. -
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Kyoto Protocol
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World population hits 6 billion
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IPCC Report on climate change
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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National Environmental Policy Act
The act requires federal agencies to integrate environmental issues into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. -
US Forest Service Founded
administers harvesting and development of the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. -
OPEC and Oil Embargo
The embargo banned petroleum exports to targeted nations and put cuts in oil production.
