when america was great
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When America was Great…
Glacier National Park – 1910
Grand Canyon - 1919
Denali National Park – 1917
Biscayne - 1980 Big Bend - 1944
Acadia – 1919
Sequoia – 1890 Virgin Islands - 1956 Yellowstone - 1872
Everglades - 1934
We created incredible National Parks
With over 300,000,000 visitations in 2015.
We created incredible National Wildlife Refuges
Upper Mississippi River - 1924 Chincoteague - 1943
Okefenokee - 1937
With over 50,000,000 visitations in 2015
We declared phenomenal National Marine Sanctuaries
Channel Islands - 1980
Three reserves - 1980
Cordell Bank - 1989 Florida Keys - 1990
Olympic Coast - 1994
Letting fish populations recover and nourishing millions of people and tourism
We created our National Forest System Six Rivers - 1947
Talladega - 1936
To strengthen our nation’s soil, water, lands and people
We created the Environmental Protection Agency – 1970 as Nixon was facing down Communism and opening China
Cleaner Air Protecting Water
Less Lead around Children Eliminate DDT deaths
Sewage Treatment Reduced Deadly Pollution
Better fuel efficiency Less deadly herbicides in people
Toxic waste cleanup Shrunk the ozone hole
Less toxic chemicals in household products Less ocean dumping of raw sludge…
…all before 1992, but ongoing today.
Protecting 323 million people, our safety and economy
We had a more vast abundance of life 1957 1979
2007
The same Key West pier.
88% drop in
Prizewinning size.
After oysters filter water
We had a much more vast abundance of life.
We had huge oyster reefs, but we removed them and aren’t letting them recover. (One of many examples.)
We did NOT have vast oceanic Garbage Patches when America was Great.
Suffocates out life, and plastic particles enter our food chain
Pollute with coal
Release Mine Poison into rivers, killing all life within
Poison children and adults
Contribute to global warming
America is NOT GREAT when we…
Nor is America Great when we…
Poison our water with anything, including gas and combined sewer overflow.
Promote coastal erosion, lifeless beaches De-oxygenate our waters through over-intensive development
Sit idly by while the world deforests, pollutes, overfishes… damaging the web of life we love and need
Make America Great Again!
Bald Eagle release These animals are starting to recover from past chemical poisoning
Joseph Basralian, Chatham, NJ [email protected], (917) 596-7807
Make America Great Again!
Bald Eagle release These animals are starting to recover from past chemical poisoning
When America was Great… We created National Parks We created National Wildlife Refuges We created National Marine Sanctuaries We created our National Forest System We created the Environmental Protection Agency We had a more vast abundance of life -- NOT when we developed a vast garbage patch in the ocean, polluted our air and rivers with coal and mining waste and sewage overflow, tempted fate by catapulting global warming, and sat idly by amidst rapid deforestation and the emptying of so much life from our land and seas.
Make America GREAT Again!
Joseph Basralian, Chatham, NJ [email protected], (917) 596-7807