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Yellowstone Park is Established
President Grant developed the first national park. It covers more than 2 million acres. Yellowstone preserves the environment and the animals living in park area. -
Pellican Island Is Established
President Roosevelt orders the creation of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge—the first national wildlife refuge. It was the birthplace of the National Wildlife Refuge System. -
Taylor Grazing Act
It requires fees and permits to graze livestock on public lands and limits the number that can be grazed. It prevents injury to grazing lands by stopping overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide and improve for their own use and to develop and stabilized the public livestock industry -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
It’s created to manage national wildlife refuges and protect endangered species. -
Wildlife Act
Established the National Wilderness System on which there is to be no development. It keeps trees from being cut down and other negative environmental factors. -
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is established, the first earth day is held, over the next decade Congress passes the laws that are the basis of the today’s environment protection. Earth Day is now a national holiday and there are thousands of groups that protect endangered animals -
Bottle Beverage Recycling
Oregon passes the first law for beverage bottle recycling. It decreased trash and waste. -
Endagered Species Act
Government now identifies endangered and threatened plant and animal species. This act showed government that current species could be extinct if they didn’t do anything. Now the government protects plants and animals from extinction -
Clean Water Act
This law that helped improve the quality of the nation’s water. It decreased the amount of untreated waste pouring into streams. Now streams and bays suitable for swimming and fishing. -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act prohibited interstate shipment of wildlife killed illegally. It also banned the import into the United States of exotic species that could interfere with the growth of plants. prohibited interstate shipment of wildlife killed illegally. It also banned the import into the United States of exotic species that could interfere with the growth of plants.
