Boy scouts timline
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Updated: 27 Nov 2017
Environmental science merit badge
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Plymouth Colony passed a law to control the cutting & sale of timber on colony landsPeople in Newport, RI agree to restrict deer hunting to 6 months a yearWilliam Penn decreed that 1 acre must be left forested for every 5 acres that are clearedPeople 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 ParksThe American Forests Group was foundedThe Appalachian Mountain Club was foundedThe New York Audubon Society was foundedThe Boone and Crockett Club was foundedThe Sierra Club was foundedThe American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society was foundedThe Izaak Walton League of America was foundedYellow Stone National Park was foundedCongress passed the Creative ActThe Forest Reserve Act was passedThe Bureau of Forestry became The Forest ServiceCongress established the National Parks ServiceThe Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act was passedA scientific study by M.C. Marsh showed how fish were hurt by industrial wastes released into water sourcesRachel Carson published "Silent Spring"First official Earth DayThe Woodcraft Indians was started in Connecticut by the naturalist Ernest Thompson SetonSeton spoke before Congress in support of legislation to protect migratory birdsDaniel Carter Bard founded Sons of Daniel BooneSeton and Bard merge separate boys clubs into the Boy Scouts of America
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