Boy scouts timline

Plymouth Colony passed a law to control the cutting & sale of timber on colony lands

People in Newport, RI agree to restrict deer hunting to 6 months a year

William Penn decreed that 1 acre must be left forested for every 5 acres that are cleared

People such as artist George Catlin and naturalist Henry David Thoreau were writing about the need to preserve some of the unique environments of North America and National Parks

The American Forests Group was founded

The Appalachian Mountain Club was founded

The New York Audubon Society was founded

The Boone and Crockett Club was founded

The Sierra Club was founded

The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society was founded

The Izaak Walton League of America was founded

Yellow Stone National Park was founded

Congress passed the Creative Act

The Forest Reserve Act was passed

The Bureau of Forestry became The Forest Service

Congress established the National Parks Service

The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act was passed

A scientific study by M.C. Marsh showed how fish were hurt by industrial wastes released into water sources

Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring"

First official Earth Day

The Woodcraft Indians was started in Connecticut by the naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton

Seton spoke before Congress in support of legislation to protect migratory birds

Daniel Carter Bard founded Sons of Daniel Boone

Seton and Bard merge separate boys clubs into the Boy Scouts of America