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    Conservation in the United States can be traced back to the 19th century with the formation of the first National Park. Conservation generally refers to...
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    multiple United States government programs support forest conservation efforts. The earliest efforts of forest conservation in the United States were in 1891...
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    The United States is the second-largest single consumer of energy in the world. The U.S. Department of Energy categorizes national energy use in four broad...
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    conservation and environmental issues. The term "conservation" appeared in 1908 and was gradually replaced by "environmentalism" in the 1970s as the focus...
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    Over the past 200 years, the United States has lost more than 50% of its wetlands. And even with the current focus on wetland conservation, the US is losing...
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  • The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural...
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    The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...
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  • Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally...
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  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture...
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    In the United States, a conservation easement (also called conservation covenant, conservation restriction or conservation servitude) is a power invested...
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    Energy in the United States is obtained from a diverse portfolio of sources, although the majority came from fossil fuels in 2021, as 36% of the nation's...
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    industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized as "Big Oil", the industry...
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    for polar bear conservation in Russia. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 afforded polar bears some protection in the United States. It banned hunting...
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    the Indigenous peoples of the United States or portions thereof, such as American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United...
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    of conservation ethics focusing on sentient individuals include ecofeminism and compassionate conservation. In the United States of America, the year...
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    National Conservation Area is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States. They are nature conservation areas managed by the Bureau of...
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  • the conviction that “the United States of America has the opportunity, the obligation and the interests to advance the conservation of natural resources...
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    page gives an overview of the complex structure of environmental and cultural conservation in the United Kingdom. With the advent of devolved government...
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    The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...
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    The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The service manages...
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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States: United States of America – federal republic located primarily...
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    Abortion is a divisive issue in the United States. The issue of abortion is prevalent in American politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans...
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    foreign governments in international conservation efforts; and distributing money to fish and wildlife agencies of U.S. states through the Wildlife Sport Fish...
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    The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...
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    In the United States, public opinion and jurisprudence on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights have developed significantly since the...
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  • The United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources was established in 1909 and terminated in 1921. Joseph M. Dixon (R-MT) 1910–1913...
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    The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the...
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    Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms...
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    The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet: A - B - C - D - E...
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    The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...
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