APES+History+&+Laws


 * APES Historical Events & Laws (in no specific order)**

Agricultural Revolution Industrial Revolution Waldon by Thoreau Homestead Act Yellowstone National Park Founded American Forestry Association Founded Yosemite & Sequoia National Park Founded John Muir born Sierra Club founded Lacey Act Beginning of the Golden Age of Conservation (Theodore Roosevelt) First national wildlife refuge founded US forest service founded Gifford Pinchot Aldo Leopold Audubon Society founded Antiquities Act US National Park Service founded Civilian Corps founded Dust Bowl Soil Conservation Serviced Founded Taylor Grazing Act Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act Fish & Wildlife Service Founded Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson Wilderness Act Wild & Scenic Rivers Act Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, OH catches fire EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) established Clean Air Act 1963 Clean Air Act 1965 Clean Air Act 1970 Clean Air Act 1977 Clean Air Act 1990 Endangered Species Act FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Control Act) 1988 OPEC oil embargo Roland & Molina announce that CFC’s are depleting the ozone layer RCRA (Resource Conservation & Recovery Act) Love Canal, NY disaster Clean Water Act Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act 3 Mile Island Nuclear accident Alaskan Lands Act Bhopan, India disaster Chernoyl CERCLA (Superfund) Montreal Protocol Exxon Valdez Energy Policy Act of 1992 Desert Protection Act World Population hits 6 billion Kyoto Protocol Gulf Oil Spill