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The 1960s and 1970s produced major environmental legislation including the Clean Air Act (1963); the Wilderness Act (1964); the Clean Water Act (1964); National Wild & Scenic Rivers and National Historic Trails Act (1968); the National Environmental Policy Act (1970) and the Endangered Species Act (1973). With these legislative triumphs why are environmentalists disillusioned? Have these acts been effective? Have they changed American society?
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