ENVIRSCI 214 Lecture Notes - National Environmental Policy Act, Marginal Cost, Externality
2 Feb 2014
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America (before 1850): henry david thoreau wrote about living in harmony with the natural world, george perkins marsh wrote about humans as agents of environmental change in his. 1864 book, man and nature : conservation became a popular movement during the early 20th century, as far back as. Irate congresscreatures from the northwest passed legislation in 1907 canceling the president"s authority to designate additional federal public lands as national forests. 21 new national forests (w/ 16 million acres), after which he signed the bill: theodore roosevelt appointed gifford pinchot as the first head of the u. s. Pinchot supported expanding the nation"s forest reserves and managing forests scientifically. 1890, largely in response to the efforts of naturalist john muir, who also founded the sierra club: the antiquities act of 1906 authorized the president to set aside national monuments with scientific, historic, or prehistoric importance, e. g. , the. Workers planted trees (largely to reduce wind erosion; see below.
