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Yosemite Grant
Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite grant act to protect the Yosemite valley and mariposa grove. -
Forest transfer act
Forest transfer act was the first forestry law to be passed. This act was significant because it caused the National Forest Reserves to shift roles, from a recreational role to a more scientific role. In March 1905, the Division of Forestry was renamed the United States Forest Service. -
National Park Organic Act
The National Park Service Organic Act is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The Act was signed into law on August 25, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson, and is located in Title 16 of the United States Code. -
Publication Of SIlent Spring
Silent Spring is an environmental science book written by Rachel Carson. The book documented the detrimental effects on the environment—mostly on birds—of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation and public officials of accepting industry claims unquestioningly. Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially environmental problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. She then wrote Silent Spring. -
NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act)
The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. -
First Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. -
NOAA
is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep citizens informed of the changing environment around them. -
Clean air act
The Clean Air Act is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Among other things, this law authorizes EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards to protect public health and public welfare and to regulate emissions of dangerous air pollutants. -
Clean water act
The Clean Water Act establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the few dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
