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Native Americans cleared of their land as European settlers arrive. Europeans cleared land for farming, cut forests for ship building, and began hunting and trapping.
1630:Massachusetts Bay Colony offers a one shilling bounty per wolf killed.
1646:Portsmouth Rhode Island enacts the first closed season on deer hunting.
1650s: Beavers nearly eliminated from East Coast

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More settlers arrive in the US and Canada leading to an expansion in the hunting and trapping market.
1748:South Carolina ships 160,000 deer pelts to England. 􀀕
1768:􀀛􀀚􀀜􀀞 The Steller’s sea cow is declared extinct.

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Lewis and Clark travel west exploring and recording their findings from 1804 to 1806. By the early 1800's trading post's are all over the West leading to more trappers and what Native American tribes were left to continue trapping and hunting.
1832:Carroll's Island Cub, the first hunting club is formed in Baltimore.
1833:American Fur Company ships 43,000 buffalo hides, mostly obtained through trade with the Native Americans.
1836: Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes Nature, one of the first writings to focus on wildlife as important , not just for our use.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson quote)

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Public Trust Doctrine states that wildlife and fish in the US belong to the people, and stewardship of those fauna are entrusted within the states.
1844: New York Sportsmen’s Club drafts laws that regulate the fishing of trout, and the hunting of woodcock, quail, and deer.
1854: Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden, his essay on the importance of nature.

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The annual bison kill in 1865 was one million animals; by 187, 5 millions kills.
1872: President Grant establishes Yellowstone National Park, 3,348 square miles
1886: Only 540 bison remain in the entire US, mainly in Yellowstone.

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Hunting, conservation, and scientific organizations form. Organizations lobbied for stricter laws to stop market hunting for hide, meat, and for feathers.
1887: 􀀕􀀜􀀜􀀛􀀞 Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell form the Boone and Crockett Club, with a mission to preserve the big game of North America.
1892: John Muir and others form the Sierra Club to preserve the Pacific Coast and the Sierra Nevada wilderness.