Acts and legislation Flashcards
A conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold. Protects both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for those who violate the rules and regulations. The law authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to aid in restoring game and birds in parts of the U.S. where they have become extinct or rare. It also regulates introduction of birds and other animals to places where they have never existed before
Lacey Act 1900, first federal wildlife law
Who introduced the Lacey Act, and which President signed it into law?
John F, Lacey, Iowa Republican, and President William McKinley on May 25, 1900.
created to protect animals and plants that were in danger of becoming extinct. The lead federal agencies for implementing ESA are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service. The FWS maintains a worldwide list of endangered species. Species include birds, insects, fish, reptiles, mammals, crustaceans, flowers, grasses, and trees.
Endangered Species Act 1973
Richard Nixon
was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society. It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, to protect federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness
Wilderness Act 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964 after over sixty drafts and eight years of work.
“A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
definition of wilderness
Officially titled “An Act to set apart a certain Tract of Land lying near the Head-waters of the Yellowstone River as a public Park,” this landmark legislation created the first national park.
Yellowstone National Park Protection Act
March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant
member of the Washburn Expedition and advocate of the Yellowstone National Park Act, was appointed to the unpaid post of superintendent
Nathaniel P. Langford
legislation gave California the Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove “upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation.”
Yosemite Land Grant 1864
President Abraham Lincoln June 30, 1864
