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Yosemite Grant-Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln signed a legsliation saying that if no one was going to develop it, he would then preserve it. -
Forest Transfer Act/National Forest Service-Theordore Rooselvelt
The early years of the Forest Service were a period of pioneering in practical field forestry in the United States. It was mainly created to start conservation. -
John Muir- National Park Organic Act
John Muir and other supporters formed the Sierra Club. John Muir was the Club's first president, an office he held until his death in 1914. The club was created in 1982. Its main purpose was to cnserve Natinal Parks. -
Publication of Silent Spring
The book documented the detrimental effects on the environment, mainly on birds, & of the un properly use of pesticides. -
Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was created by the Federal Goverment , which means its a Federal Goverment Law purposley to control air pollution on a national level. -
First Earth Day
In today's timel, Earth day is now an annual event but leading up to this events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection . -
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act was created by Federal Water Pollution Control Act, is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters. -
Endagnered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act was a law passed to protect endangered species so they wouldn't become extinct. -
Montreal Protocol
The Montrea Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion -
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was created signed & dated to lower the carbon dioxide nationally across all the countries across the world. The carbon dioxide was being created by electricity, coal & steel plants.
