Wilderness Act (1964) a. Draft Year: b. Amendment Year: c. International or Nati

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Wilderness Act (1964) a. Draft Year: b. Amendment Year: c. International or National?: d. Description of Function/Environmental Issues Affected: e. Agency/Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement: Land and Water Conservation Act (1965) a. Draft Year: b. Amendment Year: c. International or National?: d. Description of Function/Environmental Issues Affected: e. Agency/Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement: Clean Air Act (1970) a. Draft Year: b. Amendment Year: c. International or National? d. Description of Function/Environmental Issues Affected: e. Agency/Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement:

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12.Wilderness Act(1964): This act was created by Howard Zahniser to protect 110 million acres of wilderness stretching coast to coast.

a. Draft year: 1956

b. Amendment year: 1964(The Act came into being in 1964 and stayed as ammended)

c.International or National: It is a National Act

d. Description of functional/environmental issues affected:The Act sets guidelines for the use of wilderness responsibly. It also sets specific guidelines and rules for Land management, Wilderness protection, wildlife protection,etc

e. Agency /group responsible for regulation and enforcement: This ACT encompasses the work of four agencies- National Park service, U.S. Forest service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife service and Bureau of Land Management.

13. Land and water conservation Act(1965):

a. Draft year: 1962( By the Kennedy govt but was not passed)

b. Amendment year: Every 25 years it comes up for reenactment. The last was in Jan 2015 but it has still not been passed and has been blocked from reauthorization.

c.International or National: National

d.Description of functional/environmental issues affected: This is a fund set up by the Act of congress for funding activities including-Acquisition of national natural property including Land and water, Protection of forests, wildlife areas, which are used for recreation and conservation activities.

e.Agency /group responsible for regulation and enforcement:National Parks conservation association, Environement America, The wilderness society,The land Trust Alliance and the Nature conservatory.

14. Clean Air Act(1970)

a. Draft year:1970

b. Amendment year:1970 and 1990

c.International or National: National

d.Description of functional/environmental issues affected: The act states that every mobile or stationar vehicle will be monitored for emissions.It is one of the most cpomprehensive air quality laws in the world.

e.Agency /group responsible for regulation and enforcement: Environmental protection agency

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