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The Lacey Act, the first far-reaching federal wildlife protection law, was signed in what year?

1900, by President William McKinley.

  1. 1900 ✔
  2. 1937
  3. 1918

Why: Representative John Lacey of Iowa pushed it through Congress in 1900. It still lets officers go after people who trade in illegally taken wildlife.

Huh, didn't know that: The Lacey Act was amended in 1981 and 2008 and today covers fish, wildlife and plants.

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Sources

  1. USFWS: Nation Marks Lacey Act Centennial https://fws.gov/story/2000-05/nation-marks-lacey-act-centennial
  2. Connecticut DEEP Hunter Safety Manual, Chapter 9 https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/hunting_trapping/pdf_files/Hunter_Safety_Manual/Chapter9.pdf

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