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AICP Years

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Established in 1879 to survey and classify all public domain lands   show
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1903 Pelican Island, FL by Theodore Roosevelt   show
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show National Park Service  
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Established in 1927 to bring water from the Colorado River to southern California   show
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Created in 1933 to provide work for unemployed youth and to conserve the nation’s natural resources   show
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show Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)  
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show Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)  
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1934- Regulated the use of the range in the West for conservation purposes   show
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Created in 1939 to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for public works   show
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show Grand Coulee Dam  
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Largest concrete structure in the United States   show
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Regional plan comparable in its scope to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)   show
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Main project of the Columbia Basin Project in 1941   show
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show Grand Coulee Dam  
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First Earth Day   show
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Launched in 1972 to acquire high-resolution images of the earth’s surface to identify, evaluate, develop, and conserve the planet’s natural resources   show
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Nickname for Earth Resources Technology Satellite   show
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Created a fund in 1902 from the sale of public land in the arid western states to supply water there through the construction of water storage and irrigation works   show
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Nickname for U.S. Reclamation Act   show
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Established in 1905 to encourage the wise use of forest resources   show
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show Soil Conservation Act  
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Act in 1935 administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture   show
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Act that made the prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility   show
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Act that established a Service to conduct soil erosion surveys and implement erosion measures   show
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show Wilderness Act 1964  
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Act that established a National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964 of federally owned land designated by Congress as wilderness areas   show
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show 1969  
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Established a broad national framework for environmental protection in 1969   show
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Act that requires an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)   show
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show NEPA 1969  
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show NEPA 1969  
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Term that refers to implementation of a NEPA process   show
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show Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)  
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NEPA step after Environmental Assessment (EA)   show
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Describes a proposed action and the need it will address, the alternative measures considered, and the likely environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternatives   show
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Lengthy NEPA document   show
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show EA  
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show 1970  
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show 1970  
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Coastal Zone Management Act YEAR   show
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show 1972  
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National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) YEAR   show
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Endangered Species Act YEAR   show
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show 1974  
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show 1975  
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show 1976  
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show 1976  
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Land Ordinance of ____   show
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show 1924, 1926  
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Standard City Planning Enabling Act YEAR   show
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Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act) YEAR   show
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show 1949  
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Hosing Act that established section 701 planning grants to local governments YEAR   show
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show 1966  
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show 1968  
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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act YEAR   show
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show 1994  
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show 2000  
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Disaster Mitigation Act YEAR   show
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Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook YEAR   show
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) YEAR   show
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) YEAR   show
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show 1996  
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Years Grand Central Station Constructed Between   show
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show 1897  
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show 1923  
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First limited access highway YEAR   show
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Los Angeles County Plan of Highways YEAR   show
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show 1943  
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show 1955  
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show 1956  
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Urban Mass Transportation Act YEAR   show
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Energy Policy Conservation Act YEAR   show
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Americans with Disabilities Act YEAR   show
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) YEAR   show
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) YEAR   show
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show 1977  
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show 1996  
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show 1921  
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show 1931  
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Washington DC plan YEAR   show
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World’s Columbian Exposition YEAR   show
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Regional Plan for New York City and Its Environs YEAR   show
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New York World’s Fair YEAR   show
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New York City Tenement House Law YEAR   show
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Hull House in Chicago founded YEAR   show
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Tenement House Law YEAR   show
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First national conference on city planning YEAR   show
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Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) created YEAR   show
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show 1938  
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show 1970  
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show 1976  
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show 1932  
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Home Owners Loan Corporation expired YEAR   show
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show 1934  
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show 1937  
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show 1947  
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Agency predecessor to Housing and Urban Development (HUD)   show
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show Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill  
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Urban Renewal YEARS   show
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show 1959  
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Housing Act YEAR that included federal funding for home rehabilitation loans (Section 312) and housing assistance for moderate-income households   show
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show 1965  
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Civil Rights Act YEAR   show
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Housing and Urban Development Act YEAR that enacted the New Communities Act   show
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show 1970  
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show 1974  
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Housing and Community Development Act YEAR that instituted CDBG program,   show
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show 1975  
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show 1986  
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show 1986  
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Stewart B. McKinney Act YEAR   show
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show 1988  
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Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) YEAR   show
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show 1992  
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CDBG program instituted YEAR   show
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HOPE VI program established YEAR   show
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show 1992  
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show 1994  
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Housing Opportunity Extension Act YEAR   show
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show 2000  
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First department store YEAR   show
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show 1880-1884  
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California State Land Settlement Act YEAR   show
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show 1933  
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show 1935  
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Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act YEAR   show
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show 1991  
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show 1862  
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Farmland Protection Policy Act YEAR   show
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Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) system developed YEAR   show
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show 1990  
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show 1996  
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Plan of Chicago YEAR   show
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show 1916  
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First full-time planner employed by an American city YEAR   show
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First president of the ACPI YEAR   show
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First regional planning commission established in U.S. (Los Angeles) YEAR   show
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show 1925  
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show 1949  
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