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Siskiyou National Forest

Siskiyou National Forest in California; detail of a DOCUMERICA image. ()

The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. Recognized by many as the birth of the U.S. environmental movement, the nationwide demonstration spurred a dramatic rise in public concern about environmental issues. It also secured political action that led to the creation of the by President Richard Nixon later that year and the passage of important environmental protection legislation including the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts throughout the 1970s. In the 50 years since its creation, Earth Day has grown into an event observed by a billion people in nearly 200 countries each year. For many, the global challenge to preserve and protect the environment continues with increasing urgency.

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DOCUMERICA Project

For the DOCUMERICA Project (1971鈥�77), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 digitized part of the series . More than 15,000 of these images are available in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog. You can read about the project in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 exhibition and see the items on 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥�  .

Documerica collage of images

 

Featured Document Display


 

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Featured Document: Earth Day poster by Artist Robert Rauschenberg (Records of the U.S. Information Agency)

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Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, ca. 1872, photo by William Henry Jackson. (Records of the U.S. Geological Survey)

Virtual Events

(recorded author talks available on YouTube)

Jeffrey H. Ryan, author of This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America鈥檚 Public Lands, discusses how America鈥檚 public lands鈥攐ur city parks, national forests, and wilderness areas鈥攃ame into being. 

In The Rule of Five: Makig Climate History at the Supreme Court, Richard J. Lazarus tells the gripping story of the most important environmental law case ever decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Originally streamed April 22, 2021)

In Making America's Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands, Adam Sowards synthesizes public lands history from the beginning of the republic to recent controversies. (Originally streamed April 19, 2022)

 

Education Resources & Lesson Plans for Teachers

Record Groups of Agencies Dealing in Environmental Affairs

  • , RG 412
  • , RG 22 (Explore from the Fish and Wildlife Service)
  • , RG 95
  • , RG 79
  • , RG 370

 

Presidential Engagement on Earth Day

  • (2020)
  • (2016)
  •  (2015)
  • (2004)
  • (2000)

 

NARA Publications and Blogs

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