United States conservation movement

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The United States conservation movement is a broad historical effort to protect and manage the nation’s natural resources and landscapes through policies, public advocacy, and the creation of parks and protected areas.

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instanceOf conservation movement ⓘ
environmental movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedFrom Romanticism ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ
concerns about resource depletion ⓘ
scientific forestry ⓘ
emergedInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
hasComponent environmental regulation advocacy ⓘ
forest conservation ⓘ
national park advocacy ⓘ
preservationism ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ
utilitarian conservation ⓘ
water conservation ⓘ
wilderness preservation ⓘ
wildlife conservation ⓘ
hasInfluenced U.S. environmental policy ⓘ
creation of national forests system ⓘ
creation of national parks system ⓘ
creation of national wildlife refuges ⓘ
land use planning in the United States ⓘ
wilderness protection worldwide ⓘ
hasKeyConcept biodiversity protection ⓘ
ecosystem management ⓘ
habitat preservation ⓘ
multiple-use management ⓘ
public trust doctrine ⓘ
sustained yield forestry ⓘ
wilderness character ⓘ
wise use of resources ⓘ
hasKeyDebate dam construction versus free-flowing rivers ⓘ
federal versus state control of lands ⓘ
logging and grazing on public lands ⓘ
preservation versus conservation ⓘ
recreation access versus ecological integrity ⓘ
resource extraction versus protection ⓘ
hasKeyEvent creation of Yellowstone National Park ⓘ
creation of Yosemite National Park ⓘ
creation of the National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
creation of the U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
establishment of national forests ⓘ
establishment of national monuments ⓘ
establishment of state parks ⓘ
establishment of the National Park Service ⓘ
establishment of wilderness areas ⓘ
passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906 ⓘ
passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ⓘ
passage of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ⓘ
passage of the Weeks Act of 1911 ⓘ
passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Aldo Leopold ⓘ
Bob Marshall ⓘ
George Bird Grinnell ⓘ
Gifford Pinchot ⓘ
John Muir ⓘ
Rachel Carson ⓘ
Stephen Mather ⓘ
linked to: Stephen Tyng Mather

Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization National Audubon Society ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
National Wildlife Federation ⓘ
Nature Conservancy ⓘ
Sierra Club ⓘ
The Wilderness Society ⓘ
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
hasMainGoal creation of parks and protected areas ⓘ
preservation of wilderness areas ⓘ
prevention of resource depletion ⓘ
protection of forests ⓘ
protection of natural resources ⓘ
protection of scenic landscapes ⓘ
protection of watersheds ⓘ
protection of wildlife ⓘ
sustainable management of natural resources ⓘ
influencedBy frontier closing thesis ⓘ
linked to: frontier thesis

industrialization in the United States ⓘ
progressive era reform ⓘ
scientific ecology ⓘ
urbanization in the United States ⓘ
westward expansion in the United States ⓘ
relatedTo climate change movement ⓘ
global environmental movement ⓘ
outdoor recreation movement ⓘ
public lands movement in the United States ⓘ
wildlife management in the United States ⓘ

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Organic Act of 1916 → relatedTo → United States conservation movement ⓘ
Benton MacKaye → influenced → American conservation movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement
The Mountains of California → influenced → American conservation movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement
John James Audubon → subjectOf → Audubon movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement
Stephen Tyng Mather → movement → American conservation movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial → associatedWith → National Parks movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement
Green Party of California → affiliation → U.S. Green movement ⓘ
linked to: United States conservation movement