Chapter 3 Flashcards
What happened in 1860?
Deforestation in Midwest and Northeast
What happened in 1900?
U.S. Naturalist began to voice concerns
George Perkins
Book: “Man and Nature”
Marked beginning of environmental protection in America
Theodore Roosevelt
Established U.S. Forest Service
Appointed Gifford Pinchot
Conservationist
Gifford Pinchot
Appointed Cheif forester of the U.S. forest service
Conservationist
Define Utilitarian Conservation
Viewed forest in terms of usefulness to humanity
John James Audubon
Painted Birds
Henry David Thoreau
Book: “Warden”
About: The relationship between humans and nature
Advocated a simplistic lifestyle
First National Park?
Yellowstone 1872
John Muir
Founded “Sierra Club” 1892
Known as “Father of National Parks”
Define Biocentric Preservationist
Protecting nature from human interference
What bill did John Muir help pass?
Yosemite national park bill
What is the Antiquities Act?
1906
Authorized president to set aside land as national parks
Who made the Antiquities Act?
Theodore Roosevelt
How is a national park made?
Act of congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Establoshed civilan conservation corps
Planted trees
Established soil conservation service 1935
Aldo Leopold
Book: "Wilderness Society" "Father of wildlife conservation" Book: "Game Management" About: Taxing sporting weapons, etc. Book: "Sand County Almanac" About: Humanities relationship w/nature
Wallace Stegner
Book: “Wilderness Essay”
Helped Wilderness Act of 1964
Rachel Carson
Book: “Silent Springs”
About: Raising Awareness of pesticides
Emphasized Systems Perspective
Define Systems Perspective
Changes in activity in one area can affect another completely different area that is far away/future
Paul Ehrlich
Book: “Population Bomb” 1970
About: Effect of a huge population on the earth
Julian Simon
Countered Paul Ehrlich sayings that tech advancements outpaced negative impacts
Gaylord Nelson
Created Environmental Movement
When is earth day?
April 22
Wangari Maathai
Established Greenbelt movement
Showed women they could improve conditions
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
1970
Government must consider environmental impacts of proposed actions
Environmental Impact Statements
Describes nature and purpose of proposed deals
National Income Accounts
To income of nations goods and service (GDP)
Is GDP a good measure? Why?
No, Doesn’t include environmental impacts
Define External Costs
Negative Externalities
What types of pollution control did the government use?
Regulations and Incentives
