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Agricultural Revolition
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Period: 100 to
TImeline
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Industrial Revolution
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John Muir
He was an advocate for preservation of wilderness in the US.known as the "Father of the Naitonal Parks", because he fought for them. -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
A book that Thoreau narrates of him going to live out by Walden pond. He wrties about going out in the wilderness with only the needed supplies. -
Homestead Act
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Yellowstone National Park
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American Forestry Association
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Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park
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Sierra Club
A enviromentlal origanication that focuses preservation of public lands and limiting pollution. It was created by John Muir, its first president. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act is an conservation law that was introduced by John F. Lacey and signed by President McKinely. It prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold. -
Golden Age of Conservation (Teddy Roosevelt)
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First National Wild Life Refuge
Protects certain areas for Wildlife by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Pelican Island was the first refugee. -
Adubon Society
Is an environmental organization that focuses to conserve wildlife to benefit humanity. It was named after John James Audubon, who was a naturalist. -
US Forest Service
The US Forest Service was stablished within the Department of Agriculture. The agency protects forests and grasslands for present and future generations. -
Gifford Pinchot
He was the 1st Chief of the United States Forest Service in 1905. He was fired from office in 1910. -
Aldo Leopold
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Antiquities Act
Is an act that restricts the use of certain public land owned by the government. This land is protected for historic and scientific interests. -
US National Park Service Founded
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Civilian COnservation Corps
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Taylor Grazing Act
This Act was created to regulate grazing on federal public lands. It uses a permitting system to manage livestock grazing on the land in order to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
This act was created by there was decrease in ducks and geese due to overshooting. The Stamp was basically a hunting liscense that allowed the people to limit the killing of birds. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service
A agency that conserves and protects fish, plants, wildlife, and their habitats. The also enforces federal wildlife laws to the public. -
Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson
This book recorded all of the hurtful effects on the enviroment. This book was an result of Carson's attention to conservation. -
Wilderness Act
It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States. It also protected 9.1 million acres of federal land. -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
This act protects wild rivers and scenic rivers from development that would substantially change their wild or scenic nature. This act was signed by President Johnson. -
National Environmental Policy Act
Is a policy that promotes enhancements of the enviornment. It also shows how people can leave less of a damging footprint on the environment. -
Cuyhoga River in Ohio caught fire
The river at been polluted by industrial waster causing a oil slick.After the fire the city spent money to finally clean up the river. -
First Earth Day
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Enviormental Protection Agency
Is an agency that was created for protecting human health and the environment enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. It was proposed by Richard Nixon. -
Clean Air Act
This act was created to control air polluiton. Also created funds to research air pollution. -
FIFRA
It controls the use of pesticide distribution, sale, and use. All pesticides used in the USmust be registered by EPA. -
OPEC and Oil Embargp
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries imposed an embargo against the United States, because of their interference with the war between arabs and israel. -
Endangerd Species Act
It was created to protects species that are clsoe to extinction. It was signed by Richard Nixon. -
Roland and Molina announce that CFC's are depleting the Ozone Layer
Their anouncement stated that chlorofluorocarbon was staying trapped in the atomosphere and never disappeared. Since it never got rid of, it was slowlying destroying the Ozone Layer. -
RCRA
This act mageses the disposal of waste and hazardous materails be thrown out with certain rules. These rules were made to protect our enviornment. -
Clean Water Act
A act that manages the water pollution. It also regulates the quality standards for surface waters. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
They regulated the lands that could be mine. Also the reclammation of abandoned mines. -
Love Canal, NY
A company burried ton of toxic waste and then sold the land. Now the land can't be used. -
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
There were mechanical errors at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating plant and resulted in an accident that caused a partial meltdown. Some radioactive were let into the atomosphere because of the accident. -
Bhopal, Island
There was an industrial gas link in India, and is considered one of the worst industrial tragedy's in the world. The toxic gas surrounded the town around the factory and there was over 2,000 immediate deaths. -
CERCLA (Superfund)
It is a US federal law that was created to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. They also get substances that may endanger public health or welfare or the environment. -
Chernobyl
A nuclear accident that occured in Ukraine and was an level seven event. There were 31 deaths at the time of the acceident, and long-term effects such as cancers and deformities are still being found. -
Montral Protocol
It is a nternational treaty that protects the ozone layer by limiting the production of substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. As a result of the treaty the ozone hole in Antarctica is recovering. -
Exxon Valdez
A EXXOn Valdez oil tanker spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. -
Energy Policy Act
It amended utility laws to increase clean energy use and improve overall energy efficiency in the US. The Act was created to lessen the nation's dependence on imported energy, provide incentives for clean and renewable energy. -
Desert Protection Act
The Act establishes the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Mojave National Preserve in the California desert. -
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
