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The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act was a law passed by the 42nd US Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, creating Yellowstone National Park. [1] Yellowstone was the first national park in the US and is considered to be the first national park in the world. [2] Yellowstone National Park Protection Act
Congressman John F. Lacey was an enthusiastic defender of Yellowstone National Park and in 1894, in response to the inability of park administrators to punish poachers of the park's wildlife, Lacey sponsored legislation to give the Department of Interior authority arrest and prosecute law violators in the park. Although only known as the Lacey ...
The National Park Service General Authorities Act of 1970 [1] is an amendment to the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916. The amendment included the following: Congress declares that the National Park Service, which began with establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, has since grown to include superlative natural, historic, and recreation areas in every major region of the ...
The “first national park” was born 151 years ago, on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act. Yellowstone National Park is ...
April 20, 1871: Enforcement Act of 1871; March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park founded; May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872; May 23, 1872: Amnesty Act of 1872; June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196; February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873; March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act
Yellowstone National Park is symbolic of the American West to many. It became the world’s first national park when President Ulysses Grant signed it into existence in 1872. Most Yellowstone ...
Each park or monument was managed individually or, alternately in some cases, by the United States Army, each with varying degrees of success. The first National Park in the world was Yellowstone National Park, which was established by the Yellowstone National Park Act of 1872. This act set aside over 2 million acres that were prohibited from ...
“The Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act would create a historic opportunity to protect important natural and cultural resources, protect hunting and fishing for ...