Federal Government Signs Multiple Environmental Conservation Bills, Era of Environmental Legislation Begins

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Federal Government Signs Multiple Environmental Conservation Bills, Era of Environmental Legislation Begins

Subject

Federal Legislation 1961-1965

Description

Prompted by a greater public concern for the environment, in addition to influential novels such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Stewart Udall's Quiet Crisis, the federal government signs several significant acts towards the conservation of nature.

Citation

“Federal Government Signs Multiple Environmental Conservation Bills, Era of Environmental Legislation Begins,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/298.