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The National Environmental Policies Act Of 1969

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The first major law created was the National Environmental Policies Act in 1969. This law required federal agencies to look at, and report problems within the environment impacted by human development of land, and use of resources. The problems are than reported to the public allowing for informed decisions on what environmental consequences there might be for project development. Next, came the National Forest Management Act created in 1976 that developed the idea that forests would be managed based on the land use plans of the area of the forest while also developing forest diversity, and diversity of wildlife in them. In 1973 the Endangered Species Act was created. The point of this law was to have federal departments to work with wildlife
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