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Environmental History Topic Leads
Use the topics listed below as search terms to query the Russell, Hargrett and Brown Media Archives databases.
AGRICULTURE
poultry industry
peanut industry
peach industry
naval stores (turpentine)
timber industries (paper, wood products)
cotton industry
textile industry
Scientific farming
AG Train
mechanized agriculture
sharecropping
agribusiness
Land
wilderness preservation
parks
public lands
Okefenokee Swamp
Cumberland Island
Jekyll Island
Stone Mountain
construction industry in Georgia
growth of suburbs
growth of Atlanta
Wetlands conservation
Drilling for oil in ANWAR
Fracking
soil conservation
erosion
Providence Canyon
beach erosion
salt water marsh conservation
INSECTS
Pests
Fire ants
Boll Weevil
mosquito control
Beneficial Insects
Beekeeping
policy
appropriations
politics
honey
Pesticides
DDT use
DDT ban
PUBLIC HEALTH
sanitary commissions
clean water
clean air
environmental racism
Country Life Commission
toxic sites
Environmental Protection Agency
Air
Clean Air mandates
value of fresh air
Smog
Atlanta air pollution
Emission testing for cars
carbon emissions
Cap and Trade
Climate change
Global Warming
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT/STEWARDSHIP
Government agencies
US Soil Conservation Corps
US Environmental protection Agency
US Department of the Interiors
GA Department of Natural Resources
Georgia Agricultural Commissioners
Phil Campbell
Tommy Irvin
United States Department of Agriculture
GA Commissioner Economic Development
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA)
Advocacy/Activism
Georgia River Keepers
Coastal Georgia Environment Oral History Project
Reid Harris
Gene Odum
ENVIRONMENT AS RESOURCE
Water
water control
dams
reservoirs
Water Wars (Georgia Tennessee Florida)
water conservation
coastal GA ocean pollution
sea rise
Drought
Flooding
ports
drinking water
contamination
super fund sites
Wetlands
marshes
beach erosion/sea level rise
acid rain
stream pollution
water flow
drought
Environmental Milestones or key events
Rachel Carson Silent Spring 1962
Earth Day
Climate Change conferences and Conventions (Kyoto, Geneva)
Chernobyl Accident
Three Mile Island
Hurricanes:
1993 Georgia Flooding of Flynt Water System
Tornadoes
Kyoto Protocol