Year |
President |
Governor |
Movies |
Culture |
Minnesota Environmental Law and Conservation |
National Environmental Law and Conservation |
1953 |
Eisenhower |
C. Anderson |
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Hillary climbs Mt. Everest |
Majority of MN citizens now live in cities |
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act |
1954 |
On the Waterfront |
Site selected for Met Stadium |
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1955 |
Freeman |
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Reserve Mining begins operation near Silver Bay |
Watershed Act, Water Resources Board created |
Commission created to deal with sea lamprey infestation in Great Lakes |
1956 |
The King and I |
1st game in Met Stadium (Mpls Millers) Southdale opens |
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Soil Bank Program created |
1957 |
12 Angry Men |
Sputnik launched |
1st Watershed District created |
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1958 |
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1st Russian in space |
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1959 |
Some Like it Hot |
1st Metro Interstate miles laid |
Corn yield: 39 bu/ac Soybeans: 19 bu/ac |
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1960 |
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FDA approves birth control pill |
1961 |
Kennedy |
E. Anderson |
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Twins and Vikings both arrive Berlin Wall goes up |
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Gov. Freeman appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and tries to cut production |
1962 |
Lawrence of Arabia Chinatown |
Skyways built in Minneapolis John Glenn orbits earth |
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Silent Spring is published |
1963 |
Rolvaag |
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Guthrie Theater opens |
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Land and Water Conservation Fund created |
1964 |
Johnson |
My Fair Lady |
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1965 |
Sound of Music |
Gatorade invented |
St. Paul sees highest flood peak on Mississippi River (others in 52, 69, 97, and 01) |
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1966 |
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1967 |
LeVander |
The Graduate |
Nicollet Avenue Mall |
State Soil Conservation Committee (1937) becomes Soil & Water Conservation Commission; Met. Council forms; MPCA replaces the Water Pollution Control Commission. |
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1968 |
2001 |
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1969 |
Nixon |
Butch Cassidy Easy Rider |
Vikings lose Super Bowl; Apollo Mission lands on moon |
Shoreland Management Act; Metropolitan Waste Control Commission takes control of wastewater system |
Cuyahoga River burns in Cleveland |
1970 |
M*A*S*H Patton |
Control Data Building built Windsurfer patented |
Norman Borlaug wins Nobel Peace Prize; Mankato floodwall construction begins |
Clean Air Act Amendments, Water Quality Improvement Act, first Earth Day |
1971 |
W. Anderson |
The French Connection |
IDS Tower tops out; deer hunting season canceled |
Water pollution Control Fund, Environmental Rights Act (MERA), Air & Sold Waste Permits, Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Council |
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1972 |
The Godfather |
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act, Noise Control |
1973 |
American Graffiti |
Civic Center opens for hockey; Vikings lose second Super Bowl; Wendell Anderson on cover of Time |
Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), Environmental Quality Board (EQB) Established, Public Waters Protection, Wild & Scenic Rivers Act |
Endangered Species Act, phaseout of leaded gasoline starts |
1974 |
Ford |
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Reserve Mining ordered to cease discharge; Vikings lose third Super Bowl |
Hazardous Waste Control, Metropolitan Land Use, County Planning Authority |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
1975 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jaws |
First home computer marketed |
SWCC (1967) becomes Soil & Water Conservation Board; first Minnesota River Fish Consumption Advisory due to elevated PCBs |
Voyageurs National Park created |
1976 |
Rocky |
Vikings lose fourth Super Bowl |
Public Waters and Wetlands Protection |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Forest Management Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act |
1977 |
Carter |
Perpich |
Star Wars |
Apple II computer marketed |
SWCD Cost-Share Program established |
Clean Air Act Amendments, Clean Water Act, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
1978 |
Deer Hunter |
Science Museum opens; first GPS satellites launched |
Creation of Lake Improvement Districts, Area II MN River Basin Projects Inc. forms, BWCAW established |
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments |
1979 |
Quie |
Apocalypse Now |
3-Mile Island nuclear incident |
Local Floodplain Management |
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1980 |
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Miracle on Ice |
EIS Categories; Waste Management Board created |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“Superfund”) |
1981 |
Reagan |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
IBM PC marketed |
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1982 |
E.T. |
Memorial Stadium demolished; Pheasants Forever founded |
Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act |
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1983 |
Perpich |
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City Center opens |
Superfund Act |
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1984 |
Ghostbusters |
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Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments |
1985 |
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Ordway Theatre opens; Decade-long sewer separation starts in metro |
County Water Management Act; Solid Waste Management Act mandates recycling |
Farm Bill creates Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) |
1986 |
Platoon |
Zebra mussels found in the U.S. Mounds View pipeline rupture Chernobyl nuclear explosion |
Re-Invest in Minnesota Reserve (RIM) |
Safe Drinking Water Amendments, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
1987 |
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Eurasian Water Milfoil found in MN Twins win World Series |
Board of Water and Soil Resources created from organizations founded in 1937, ’55, and ’71 |
Water Quality Act |
1988 |
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup Liens, Environmental Trust Fund |
Endangered Species Act Reauthorization, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Amendments |
1989 |
Bush |
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Exxon Valdez spill |
Groundwater Protection Act; Mankato floodwall construction completed. |
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1990 |
Dances With Wolves |
World population at 5 billion; Hubble space telescope |
Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Plan |
second Farm Bill |
1991 |
Carlson |
Silence of the Lambs |
MOA opens |
Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) |
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1992 |
Unforgiven |
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Pilot Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) |
1993 |
Clinton |
Schindler’s List |
First Minnesota Envirothon held |
WCA amended to require less mitigation in counties with >80% of pre-settlement wetlands; Minnesota River flood of record |
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1994 |
Forrest Gump |
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BWSR Coastal engineer established, Amendments to the WCA |
WRP goes national, Soil Conservation Service becomes NRCS |
1995 |
Toy Story |
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Farm Bill |
1996 |
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Amendments to the WCA |
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1997 |
Titanic |
First cloned mammal |
Major Red River flood |
Kyoto treaty |
1998 |
Saving Private Ryan |
Hunting and fishing amendent |
RIM matched with WRP and CREP, Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group |
Minnesota River is 2nd Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program created |
1999 |
Ventura (Janos) |
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New Science Museum built |
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2000 |
Gladiator, Chocolat |
Great Lakes Aquarium opens |
BWSR State Soils Office established w/ U of M Amendments to the WCA |
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2001 |
Bush |
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September 11 attack, Afganistan War begins |
Amendments to the WCA |
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2002 |
Spider-Man |
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Large Red River flood in June, BWSR coastal engineering program terminated |
Farm Bill |
2003 |
Pawlenty |
Finding Nemo |
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SWCD statute modernization |
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2004 |
Ray |
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2005 |
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CREP II established |
Energy Bill pushes ethanol |
2006 |
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Red Lake re-opens for walleye |
Clean Water Legacy Act, Clean Water Council created, PCA approves statewide mercury TMDL |
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2007 |
Juno |
Wind energy tops 1,000 MW |
corn yield: 146 bu/ac soybeans: 41 bu/ac |
Energy Independence and Food Security Act pushes ethanol, CRP enrollment peaks in Midwest |
2008 |
Iron Man |
35W bridge collapse |
3/8 of 1 % sales tax amendment passes; Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council created |
Farm Bill |
2009 |
Obama |
The Hurt Locker |
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BWSR expands to 20-members, Technical Service Areas consolidate from 11 to 8 |
Hydraulic fracturing technology radically alters energy sources, trade, and environmental impact. |
2010 |
Avatar |
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Lake Vermillion State Park, Conservation Apprentice Academy funded by LCCMR |
2011 |
Dayton |
Moneyball |
2nd Gulf War ends |
AIS controls and enforcement expanded |
2012 |
Argo, Zero Dark Thirty |
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Comprehensive changes to water planning statutes |
Major farm bill discussion fails |
2013 |
Captain Phillips |
One World Trade Center tops out |
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2014 |
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DNR moves to est. Groundwater Mgmt. area |
Farm bill passes linking conservation to subsidized crop insurance and ‘sodsaver’ provision |