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In 1891, president Benjamin Harrison signed this law because he was majorly concerned about the immense amount of logging happening in the late 1800’s.
What is the Forest Reserve Act
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This act was designed to protect human health and the environment from waste hazards. It was also designed to dispose of waste (garbage) in an environmentally safe way, creating less waste.
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
100
this Act regulates the “trafficking of illegal wildlife, fish, and plants”
What is the Lacey Act
100
is a federal law that authorizes long term planning by the US Forest Service, to be able to ensure future supply of timber and other forest goods, while in the same part maintaining a healthy environment
What is the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
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says that migratory birds and their habitat will be managed and kept up with so that these animals will not go extinct. The birds and their habitat will be managed by strict laws and regulations
What is The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
200
This transferred the 63 million acres of forest reserves to what is now the united states forest service to use for the greatest good for the longest time.
What is the Transfer Act
200
this act requires each waterfowl hunter 16 years old or older to have a valid Federal hunting stamp.
What is the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
200
The goal of this act is to have federal agencies act as responsible stewards of our nation's resources when their actions affect historic properties.
What is the National Historic Preservation Act
200
This Act was passed to monitor the commercial and national defense uses of atomic energy
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act
200
This act was established in 1976 to protect our national forests from timber harvesting, manages renewable resources and states what chemicals may or may not be used on plants
What is the National Forest Management Act
300
This act requires the operator of the mine to restore the land enough to be able to support what the land had supported in the past
What is the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
300
was created in 1938, to ensure safety of food and products so they are safe to eat for consumers.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
300
This act prohibits the ability to possess, sell, hunt, or trap Bald Eagles
What is the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
300
was enacted in 1947 in response to the rapidly increased use and availability of pesticides after WWII.
What is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
300
gave the federal government the ability to give aid to states for protection and restoration of game fish that are of some value.
What is The Federal aid in sport fish restoration act, also known as the Dingell- Johnson Act was created.
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was put in place in 1992 to help protect exotic bird species from international trade
What is The Wild Bird Conservation Act
400
The purpose of this act is to administer the NATIONAL FOREST to be used for outdoor recreation, range, watershed, timber, and wildlife and fish purposes. The management part is meant to manage the several renewable resources of these forests so they will be used in ways “that will best meet the needs of the American people.”
What is the Multiple Use Act - Sustained Yield Act - MUSY
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This act was made to reduce the natural fuels that are in the forests and also actions to prevent wide spread wild fires such as clearing vegetation and trees to create shaded fuel breaks, and research to prevent destructive insects
What is The Healthy Forest Initiative Act
400
This act provides funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water, for the benefit of all Americans.
What is the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
400
Also known as the Farm Bill, it gave $288 billion to agriculture subsidy and the continuation of pursuing energy, conservation, nutrition, and rural development.
What is the Food, Conservation and Energy Act
500
to preserve specific rivers with outstanding recreational, natural, and cultural values for the enjoyment of future generations.
What is the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
500
is designed to control air pollution.
What is The Clean Air Act
500
is to ensure federal, state, and local agencies consider the impact their decisions and actions have on the environment.
What is the National Environmental Protection Act
500
the act was put in place to stimulate the economy, to help people get and keep jobs, to give millions of people tax breaks and more benefits to the employed and unemployed people.
What is the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act,
500
The act is trying to stop the spread of diseases and toxic in the drinking water system.
What is The Drinking Water Protection Act