August 1 — Hawaii National Park Created (1916)
August 2 — White Giraffes Found in Kenya (2017)
August 4 — Liang Congjie, Pioneering Chinese Environmentalist, born (1932)
August 5 — First Traffic Light Installed in U.S. (1914)
August 6 — Michael Regan, EPA Administrator, Born (1976)
August 6 — Rajendra Singh, the Waterman of India, Born (1959)
August 7 — World’s Oldest Tree Cut Down, Accidentally (1964)
August 7 — Elinor Ostrom, Noble Laureate in Economics, Born (1933)
August 8 — World’s Biggest Dam Disaster (1975)
August 9 — Smokey Bear Born (1944)
August 10 — John Kirk Townsend, Pioneering Naturalist, Born (1809)
August 11 — Gifford Pinchot, Father of American Forestry, Born (1865)
August 12 — “The Lorax” Published (1971)
August 13 — Roald Amundsen Completes Northwest Passage (1905-1906)
August 14 — Hetch Hetchy Began Producing Power (1925)
August 15 — Sponge Act passed (1914)
August 16 — E. F. Schumacher, Environmental Economist, born (1911)
August 17 — Cape Hatteras National Seashore created (1937)
August 18 — Margaret Murie born (1902)
August 19 — Cickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefield established
August 20 — Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Peace Laureate in Climate Change Research, Born (1940)
August 20 — The Great Fire (1910)
August 21 — “Bambi” Released (1942)
August 22 — Loch Ness Monster first seen (565)
August 23 — Chile’s Atacama Desert Blooms (2017)
August 24 — Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, Established (2016)
August 25 — National Park Service Born (1916)
August 26 — Krakatau Volcano Erupted (1883)
August 27 — First Oil Well Drilled (1859)
August 28 — Roger Tory Peterson, Ornithologist, Born (1908)
August 29 — Henry Bergh, Founder of ASPCA, Born (1813)
August 30 — International Whale Shark Day