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Boy scouts timline
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Brody Stefanik
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Environmental science merit badge
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Events
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
