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2004 Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94

1996 Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69

1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure

1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act

1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps

1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation

1927 Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist

1893 Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author, conservation flora

1892 Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature

1818 James Prescott Joule, physicist, discovered conservation of energy


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