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12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley

  • 12th January 2023
  • Tagged as: Charity, England, Landscape, National Trust, nature, Northern Ireland, Preservation, United Kingdom, Wales

Describing itself as ‘a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and spaces – for ever, for everyone’ the National Trust is one of the largest landowners in the United Kingdom.

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1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

  • 1st March 2022
  • Tagged as: Grant, National Park, nature, Yellowstone

Yellowstone became the first national park in the world after President Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication law.

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12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division

  • 12th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Dynamite, Explosion, nature, Oregon, Whale
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/11-12-The-exploding-whale.mp3

The Oregon State Highway Division blew up a dead whale that had washed up on a beach.

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7th July 1911: North Pacific Fur Seal Convention signed for wildlife conservation

  • 7th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, conservation, hunting, Japan, nature, Russia, seal, USA, Wildlife
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/07-07-North-Pacific-Fur-Seal-Convention-signed.mp3

The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, the first international treaty that dealt with wildlife conservation issues, was signed.

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