Environmental Legislation

Provided broad protection for species of fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered in the U.S. or elsewhere (1973)

• Endangered Species Act

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• National Emissions Standards Act

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Used regulatory and non-regulatory tools to protect all surface waters in the U.S.(1972)

• Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act

• National Park Service Act

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

Provides for a continuing appraisal of U.S. soil, water, and related resources, including fish and wildlife habitats, and a soil and water conservation program to assist landowners and land users in furthering soil and water conservation. (1977)

• Clean Water Act

• National Park Service Act

• Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act

• Clean Air Act

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The act gathered into a single system the fourteen national parks and twenty-one national monuments. The NPS was entrusted with the duty to manage the system. (1916)

• National Park Service Act

• Clean Air Act

• Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act

• National Emissions Standards Act

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

(1970) set emission standards for cars and limits for release of air pollutants

• Clean Water Act

• National Emissions Standards Act

• National Park Service Act

• Clean Air Act

1965, originally known as Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Act is a federal framework within which automobile pollution has been regulated. The purpose of the act was to establish a national automobile pollution standard.

• National Emissions Standards Act

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• National Park Service Act

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3