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| 1st wave of N.R. conservation |
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| 2nd Wave of N.R Conservation |
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| 3rd Wave of N.R Conservation |
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| 1970-1980 (Decade of the environment) |
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| made many new laws to protect our resources |
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| Counter balanced econ. growth w/ environmental concern |
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Attempted to force people to conform to new standards.
Also lead to a lot of litigation from companies and fed. government |
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| Solid Waste Disposal-1976 |
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Improved disposal techniques of toxic waste
reduced amount of waste generated from the population
insured proper management of land fills |
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| National Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 |
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Esrablished federal grant to encourage coastal states to develop coastal zone management programs
Established a national estuarine reserve system |
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| Forest Reserves Management Act of 1974, 76 |
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| managed, and regulated outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, wildlife and fish, and wilderness |
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| Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 |
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called for management of renewable resources
1976 reorganized and expanded 1974 act requiring secrretary of Ag. to assess forest lands and management plans for national forest system |
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| Surface mining control and reclammation act-1977 |
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created two programs:
1 for regulatin coal mines
1 for reclaiming abandoned mine lands |
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Surface Mining Control and Reclammation Act 1977
(cont.) |
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| created the Office of Surface Mining, under the Dept. Of the Interior. |
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| Promulates regulations, funds state regulatory/reclammation efforts, and ensures consistency among state regulatory programs |
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| Endangered American wilderness Act 1978 |
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added 13 new wilderness areas
expanded 4 more in 10 western states
total of 1.3 million acres of national forest lands to the National Wilderness Preservation System. |
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| Endangered American Wilderness Act 1978 |
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| the Endangered American Wilderness Act stated, "[these] areas are lands not being adequately protected or fully studied for wilderness suitability by the agency responsible for their administration." |
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- Intellugence
- Promotion
- Prescription
- Invocation
- Application
- Appraisal
- Termination
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