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∙ 15y agoTo conserve Natural Resources and preserve national heritage.
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∙ 15y agoTheodore Roosevelt
He set aside 194 million acres as nature preserves, monuments and national parks.
Roosevelt closed off more than 100 million acres of forestland.. NOVANET
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Franklin D. Roosevelt a.k.a Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt closed off more than 100 million acres of forestland
Roosevelt got Congress to give him the power to set aside government property as permanent public property. He set aside 150 million acres of forest reserves, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, and 51 federal bird sanctuaries.
roosevelt created the U.S forest service. Gliford Pinchot helped him. Roosevelt had 100 million acres of protected national forests, 5 national parks, and 51 federal wildife reserves.
He was a California naturalist by the name of John Muir
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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americans Theodore Roosevelt was a prime mover in setting up national parks in the US. I think that Hot Springs , AK, was the first. --------- National parks first came about in Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. A strong supporter of conservation, he set aside 194 million acres of land for protection, more than all previous presidents combined.