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Historical Development of Conservation Movements

Historical Development of Conservation Movements. Review. Major cultural changes The Agricultural Revolution The Industrial Revolution The Information and Globalization Revolution New technologies Expansion of the population Increased resource consumption Increased environmental impact.

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Historical Development of Conservation Movements

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  1. Historical Development of Conservation Movements

  2. Review • Major cultural changes • The Agricultural Revolution • The Industrial Revolution • The Information and Globalization Revolution • New technologies • Expansion of the population • Increased resource consumption • Increased environmental impact

  3. Conservation Movements in the U.S. *1600-today • Expansion/Exploitation 1600 ~ 1900 • Early Warnings 1830s ~ 1880s • First Conservation Movement 1870s ~ 1920s • Second Conservation Movement 1920s ~ 1940s • Environmental Movement 1962 ~ 1976 • Pragmatism/Reassessment 1976 ~ today *This is the one time you need to know dates.

  4. Expansion/Exploitation 1600-1900 • Land Acquisition by Federal Government • Indian Treaties • Land give-away or Homestead Act • Texas land settlement nationalgeographic.com

  5. Early Warnings 1830’s-1880’s • Resources not endless • Romantic view of nature • Writers and Painters • Closing of the American Frontier

  6. First Conservation Movement 1870’s-1920’s • Establishing national & state parks • Establishing national forests • State regulation of fish and game

  7. Conservation of Natural Resources

  8. Conservation "There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country."Confession of Faith Speech, Progressive National Convention, Chicago, IL, August 6, 1912

  9. Conservation "The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others." Address to the Deep Waterway Convention, Memphis, TN, October 4, 1907

  10. Conservation Legacy 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 Natural Game Preserves 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 24 Reclamation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences & Commissions

  11. Conservation Efforts Boone and Crockett Club Protection of Yellowstone Pelican Island Bird Reservation 1905 ~ Gifford Pinchot ~ U.S. Forest Service 43,000,000 to 194,000,000 acres of national forest John Muir - Yosemite

  12. Second Conservation Movement 1930-1940 • Civilian Conservation Corp [CCC] – 2 million people • Dam Building in the American West • Tennessee Valley Authority www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

  13. Environmental Movement 1962-1976 • Quality of life • Chemical threats -- Silent Spring • Federal Legislation • Earth Day

  14. Pragmatism/Reassessment 1976-today • Climate Change • Biodiversity • Energy

  15. For further reading... • Wilderness and the American Mind - Roderick Frazier Nash • Theodore Rex - Edmund Morris • John Muir: America’s Naturalist - Thomas Locker

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