The Early Conservation Age

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The Early Conservation Age

• 1832-1960

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Henry David Thoreau

• Wrote Life in the Woods, Walden Pond, and other
  nature novellas
• Early conservationist
• To get a better feel for nature he built a log
  cabin on Walden Pond and lived there for 2 years,
  alone.

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George Perkins Marsh

• Published Man and Nature in 1864, helped
  legislators see the need for resource
  conservation.
• Member of Congress, Vermont.
• Questioned the idea that all resources are
  limited.

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1870- The First Wildlife Refuge

• Established in Lake Merritt, California.

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1872- Yellowstone National Park Established

• Established by American Forestry Association
• Organized by private citizens to protect forests.

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1880- Killer fog in London

• Kills 700 people

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1890-Yosemite Park founded

• Government declares the countrys frontier closed.

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1891- The Forest Reserve Act

• Authorized the president to set aside forest
  reserves.

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1892- John Muir founded Sierra Club

• Promote increased perseveration of public land.
• More killer fog!
• Muir advocated lands from human exploitation
• Became law in 1964
• Proposed that National Park system should be
  created on public lands

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1904- Kids die due to lead poisoning

• Traced back to lead based paint

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1905-US Forest Service

• Manages and protects forest reserves
• Pioneered scientific management of forest
  resources on public lands using sustainable yield
  and multiple use

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1906- Antiquities Act

• Allows the president to protect areas of
  scientific or historical interest on federal land
  as national monuments
• Used to protect the Grand Canyon

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1908- First warning of Global Warming

• Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius argues that
  increased emissions form burning fossil fuels
  will lead to global warming

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1916- National Park Service Act

• Declared parks were to be maintained in a manner
  that leaves them unimpaired for future
  generations
• Established National Park Service to manage
  system
• First head was Stephen T. Mather

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1920- Public Health Boards established

• Pretty much.

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1933- Civilian Conservation Corps established

• Put 2 million unemployed people to work
• Plant trees, develop and maintain park and
  recreation areas, restore silted water waste,
  build levees and dams for flood control, control
  soils erosion, protect wildlife

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1935- Soil Conservation Act

• Established Soil Erosion Service as part of the
  Department of Agriculture to correct the enormous
  erosion problem
• Name was changed to Soil Conservation Service, is
  now called National Resources Conservation Service

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1956-Water Pollution Control Act

• Provides grants to states for water treatment
  plants

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Made By

• Rebecca Faust
• Brooke Perry
• Leah Holleman
• Jenna Colhouer
• Misha Nelson