President Roosevelt and John Muir and the Reforms they PassedClara Gomez & Gudalupe Rodriguez period 5

Theodore Roosevelt He graduated from Harvard in 1880 When the Spanish-American War broke out

in 1898, Roosevelt volunteered as commander of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry

Became the president when he was 43 years old

He use his office and its power to convince America of the need to change and to push through his reform proposals

Conservations

After he won reelection in 1904, Roosevelt felt more empowered to make significant changes in this domain

Roosevelt was the nation's first conservationist President

He helped pass laws that helped conserve the environment

Roosevelt was a Conservationist Everywhere Roosevelt went, he preached the

need to preserve woodlands as places of refuge and retreat

He believed the Western and frontier heritage had shaped American values, behavior and culture

The President wanted the US to change from exploiting natural resources to carefully managing them.

He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.

In 1902, Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Bill

It used money from federal land sales to build reservoirs and irrigation works to promote agriculture in the arid West

In March, 1903, Roosevelt visited Pelican Island in Florida, a nesting ground for numerous shorebirds.

Roosevelt was well aware of the danger of massive extinction

Reforms Roosevelt passed

Reforms Roosevelt created Pelican Island Bird

Reservation It was a plan that permanently set aside the

three-acre island as a wildlife sanctuary; and made Pelican Island the first National Wildlife Refuge.

Bureau of Forestry In 1905, Roosevelt created the Bureau

of Forestry Roosevelt set aside 125 million acres of

timberlands as federal reserves This guaranteed the preservation of

some natural resources for future generations

John Muir John Muir was America’s most famous and influential

naturalist and conservationist. He was a writer who taught the importance of experiencing

and protecting our natural heritage. His writing contributed greatly to the creation of Yosemite,

Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon National Parks. His writing contributed greatly to the creation of Yosemite,

Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon National Parks.

The National Reclamation President Roosevelt wanted the federal government to help

western states build huge reservoirs to hold and to conserve the water.

The National Reclamation Act gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed.

The purpose of the act was to control the precipitation in seventeen western states and use it to encourage families to move to the west.

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