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Agricultural Revolution
This was an era of technological advances in the field of agriculture and science. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a time of advancement in industry and mass productions of things. This is a time when machines started producing things rather than humans. -
John Muir's Importance
John Muir was a very early spokesperson for the preservation of nature. He has published many books that have been read by millions, and have influenced others to preserve nature as well. -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walden is a book published by Henry David Thoreau, which focuses on living simply in natural environments. He has many writings on natural history. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act influenced many Westerners to migrate, as 160 acres of land would be provided. This came with a cost of a small fee and 5 years residence to gain full ownership of the land. -
Yellowstone National Park founded
Yellowstone National Park was founded in 1872. This was founded as a public U.S park, where all people can come and respect and enjoy nature all around us. -
American Forestry Association
The American Forestry Association was founded for the sake of keeping forests how they should be, full of life and free of human creation. They influence and encourage all citizens of the U.S to preserve the earth, as it has given us so much to strive. -
Yosemite plus Sequoia National Park founded
The Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks are located in California. Sequoia National Park is a huge home to giant Sequoia trees. -
General Revision Act
The General Revision act was a federal legislation initiative that was made to increase the size of publicly available lots, and decrease the amount of land available to western land owners. -
Sierra Club founded
John Muir, another topic in this timeline, was the founder of the Sierra Club in San Francisco, California. The mission that is being put forth by this club is to preserve many things in the wilderness such as clean water and air preservation acts. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act of 1900 bans all imports and smuggling acts of illegal wildlife. this also includes many plants species such as trees, and things made from trees such as paper. This was the world's first ban of several timber products. -
Golden Age of Conservation
Since Theodore Roosevelt was such a positive and reliable influence, many people couldn't help but to follow him. This opened up a lot of opportunities to do some good in the world, and Theodore Roosevelt saw the opportunity and took it. Teddy release and approved many acts to conserve the wilderness that he saw we were more and more depleting. -
First National Wildlife Refugee
This refuge took place on Pelican Island, and was approved by Theodore Roosevelt. This was created to save egrets an other birds from extinction. -
U.S Forest Service
The U.S Forest Service was founded by Gifford Pinchot in 1905. The objective or mission of the United Stated Forest Service is to sustain the diversity and productivity of over 20 grasslands, and 154 National Forests worldwide. There mission is to preserve the wildlife for our future generations. -
Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot was a very well educated young child, as he took many opportunities to travel to foreign countries. His birthday is August 11th, 1865. -
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was the author of The Sand County Almanac, along with many other environmental conservation books. His birthday is January 11, 1887. -
Audubon Society founded
The Audubon Society's main objective is to preserve the lives of birds. -
Antiquities Act
This act was founded by Theodore Roosevelt. It's purpose was to influence other presidents to create national monuments and preserve national wildlife. -
Ban on withdrawals from Roosevelt
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U.S National Park Service founded
The U.S National Park Service was created in order to regulate the National Parks in America such as Yellowstone. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a time where many massive clouds of dust would flow about, along with the permanent decrease in the air quality. Many people died due to the clogging of their lungs, including many children. There was so much dust everywhere, houses were swept multiple times a day just to keep the dust down. The Dust Bowl was caused by wind erosion and failure to practice dryland farming methods. -
Civilian Conservation Corp.
The Civilian Conservation Corp. was founded in hopes of improving civilian working conditions. This was in one of Roosevelt's New Deal Programs. -
Soil Conservation Service founded
This was founded due to the Dust Bowl, They have programs consisting of the Farm Bill, Grassland Reserve, and other bills. -
Taylor Grazing Act
This act was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to stop destruction and injury to grazing lands for cattle and other domesticated animals. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
This act created many licenses and permits, which had to be owned if someone wanted to hunt ducks. This helped the duck population as hunters couldn't poach and mass kill these birds without penalty. -
Fish plus Wildlife Service founded
This was created in order to further the technology to catch fish, along with finding ways of how fish and other wildlife can influence humans in a more positive way. -
FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act
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Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson
Silent Spring was created by Rachel Carson. this book's main purpose was to document and describe the detrimentality of humans effects on the environment. -
Wilderness Act
The main objective of the Wilderness Act was to describe the true definition of what the wilderness was. It put in into terms as "an area where the earth is untrammeled by man." -
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Meant to preserve the rivers in America with lots of purpose and functionality which could further influence humans. -
Cuyahoga River Caught Fire
Many years of industrial waste were dumped into the Cuyahoga river, causing it to eventually catch fire. Over 100,000 dollars of damages were done, which adds up to over 650,000 dollars today. -
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
NEPA is in charge of the United States council that deals with environmental conservation. -
First Earth Day
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Environmental Protection Agency Established
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Clear Air Act
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OPEC oil embargo
The price of oil worldwide quadrupled, and US prices for crude oil increased even more. This was considered the first oil crisis, with another to come in 1979. -
Endangered Species Act
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Roland and Molina (UCI) announced that CFC's are depleting the ozone layer
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RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
this was the framework in which described how solid waste and hazardous materials are to be handeled. -
Clean Water Act
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
This is the main set of laws that regulates coal mining in the US. -
Love Canal, NY
22,000 barrels of toxic waste were emptied here, causing much harm to the health of the people living in this Superfund site. -
3 Mile Island Nuclear accident
An accident occurred on 3 Mile Island, due to the failure of supplying cooling agents properly to the reactor. -
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
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Alaskan Land Act
Over 157,000,000 acres of land were protected in Alaska. President Jimmy Carter was the signer of this act. -
Bholpal, Indiana (chemical toxic cloud kills 2,000)
Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate, killing over 2,000 people. The toxic cloud unfortunately also made it into other towns nearby. -
Chernobyl
In 1986, a nuclear meltdown occurred in Chernobyl. A light water graphite cylinder malfunctioned, resulting in a catastrophic leak of radiation. This resulted in desertion of Chernobyl for another 220 years. -
Montreal Protocol
This protocol banned the usage of ozone depleting substances in poor ozone conditioned areas. These substances include CFC's, HCFC's and other depleting substances. -
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez is a very large oil tanker, meant for transporting and refining oil overseas. After running aground, this ship spilled over 750,000 barrels of oil. This was documented as the second largest oil spill in history. -
Energy Policy Act of 1992
The mission or objective of this act was to improve the quality of the energy used for common utilities. -
Desert Protection Act
This is a law that was signed by Bill Clinton in order to preserve the natural environment and deserts in America. -
Kyoto Protocol
This is a protocol meant to reduce harmful emissions. -
World Pop. Hits 6 billion
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BP oil spill
BP spilled lots of oil into the ocean, threatening lots of marine life. -
COP21
An international agreement on climate change.
