Standard 11.11.5
Trace the impact of, need for, and controversies associated with environmental conservation, expansion of the national park system, and the development of environmental protection laws, with particular attention to the interaction between environmental protection advocates and property rights advocates.
John Muir- One of the earliest environmental conservationists (Theodor Roosevelt's Presidency)
The need...
  - To conserve America's natural beauty
  - To conserve natural resources
  - To protect wildlife
  - To prevent extinction of animals and plants
Causes for federal regulations
  - Dried up crops in the Great Plains after the Dust Bowl.
  - Soil Erosion- soil lacking the required nutrients for plants.
Acts
  - Taylor Grazing Act- place 140 million acres of damage under stricter control.
  - Wilderness Act- Preserved millions of acres of forest, desert, and wetlands.
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