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Environmental Laws 1903-1918

Environmental Laws 1903-1918. Alec LaLone. Antiquities Act. 1906 Allows president to set aside areas on federal lands as national monuments. Weeks Act . 1911 Allows Forest Service to purchase land at headwaters of navigable streams as part of National Forest System.

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Environmental Laws 1903-1918

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  1. Environmental Laws 1903-1918 Alec LaLone

  2. Antiquities Act • 1906 • Allows president to set aside areas on federal lands as national monuments

  3. Weeks Act • 1911 • Allows Forest Service to purchase land at headwaters of navigable streams as part of National Forest System.

  4. Public Health Service Act • 1912 • Authorized government investigation of water pollution.

  5. National Park Service Act • 1916 • Creation of National Park System and National Park Service

  6. Migratory Bird Act • 1918 • Restriction of migratory bird hunting • Specific provisions in the statute include a Federal prohibition to "pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation, transport, cause to be transported, carry, or cause to be carried by any means whatever, receive for shipment, transportation or carriage, or export, at any time, or in any manner, any migratory bird, included in the terms of this Convention”

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