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He set aside five national parks as president and 18 national monuments. The most important law that was passed while he was president as far as conservation was the American Antiquities Act of 1906, which gives the President the power to proclaim national monuments without acquiring Congressional approval.

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Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the American Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the President to declare national monuments at his discretion. Using it, he set aside 14 national monuments including a large portion of the Grand Canyon. Congress is the only governing body with the power to create national parks, and Theodore Roosevelt signed 5 national parks into law.

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Rachel Carson and himself say that we should save our national parks in the USA for the future so they can look good for people to visit and is good for the nature while Joseph G. Cannon says that we shouldn't save them because they are nothing but waste for the USA. (Probably Cannon is an indoor person).

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TR established the US Forest Service,created 150 national forests, and hired Gifford Pinchot as the first director of the USFS. Overall, he conserved over 230 million acres of land as national forests, national parks, national monuments, and wildlife refuges during his presidency.

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He set aside 194 million acres as nature preserves, monuments and national parks.

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