Unit 1: The Pattern of Federal Lands
Significant Laws and
Events Impacting Federal Public Land
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DATE
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LAW/EVENT
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1784-1785
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Cessation of “Northwest Territories”
to Federal Government
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1785
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Land Ordinance (Federal Land Survey)
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1803
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Louisiana Purchase
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1823-1968
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Road and Canal Land Grants
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1841
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General Improvement Act (grants to 10
states)
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1848
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Mexican Cession
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1850-1872
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Land Grants to Railroads
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1862
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Homestead Act
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1869, 71
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Powell Expedition on Colorado River
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1872
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Yellowstone National Park
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1891
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Forest Reserve Act (beginning of
National Forest system)
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1905
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Transfer Act, USFS established
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1906
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Antiquities Act
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1908-13
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Hetch Hetchy Controversy (first
“environmental” conflict)
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1916
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National Park Service established
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1920
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Mineral Leasing Act
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1924
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Gila “ Wilderness” (administrative
designation)
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1934
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Taylor Grazing Act
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1936
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1st Ski Run on National
Forest (Sun Valley, Id.)
[by 1973 there were 218]
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1960
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Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act
(USFS)
5 Basic Uses: Outdoor Recreation,
Range, Timber, Water-shed, Wildlife and Fish
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1964
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·
Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act
·
Wilderness Act
·
Classification
and Multiple Use Act (BLM)
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1968
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·
National Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act
·
National Trails
Act
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1970
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·
National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
·
First “Earth
Day”
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1976
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Federal Land and Policy Management Act
(FLPMA)
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1980
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Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act
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1996
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Establishment of the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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2000
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Public Lands class offered at BYU
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