John F. Lacey

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John Fletcher Lacey (30 May 1841 - 29 September 1913) was a United States congressman from the state of Iowa. He is significant in the history of the conservation movement for his role in writing (with the help of anthropologist Edgar Lee Hewett) and enacting the Antiquities Act, pivotal for the preservation of major archaeological sites in the Southwestern United States. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal game across state lines. As the first federal conservation law, it remains one of the foundations of conservation law enforcement.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Nation marks Lacey Act centennial, 100 years of federal wildlife law enforcement. US Fish and Wildlife Service press release. May 30, 2000. [1]

[edit] External links

Lacey biographical sketch at congress.gov