February 1 — Afobaka Dam and Operation Gwamba (1964)
February 3 — Spencer Fullerton Baird, First U.S. Fish Commissioner, Born (1823)
February 3 — George Adamson, African Lion Rehabilitator, Born (1906)
February 4 — Congress Overrides President Reagan’s Veto of Clean Water Act (1987)
February 5 — National Wildlife Federation Created (1936)
February 6 — Colin Murdoch, Inventor of the Tranquilizer Gun, Born (1929)
February 7 — Karl August Mobius, Ecology Pioneer, Born (1825)
February 8 — Lisa Perez Jackson, Environmental Leader, Born (1982)
February 8 — President Johnson Addresses Congress about Conservation (1965)
February 9 — U.S. Fish Commission Created (1871)
February 10 — Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet, born (1944)
February 11 — International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 12 — Judge Boldt Affirms Native American Fishing Rights (1974)
February 13 — Thomas Malthus Born (1766)
February 14 — Nature’s Faithful Lovers
February 15 — Complete Human Genome Published (2001)
February 16 — Alvaro Uglade, Father of Costa Rica’s National Parks, Born (1946)
February 16 — Kyoto Protocol, Controlling Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, Begins (2005)
February 17 — Sombath Somphone, Laotian Environmentalist, Born (1952)
February 17 — R. A. Fischer, Statistician, Born (1890)
February 18 — Julia Butterfly Hill, Tree-Sitter, Born (1974)
February 18 — World Pangolin Day
February 19 — Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Established (1962)
February 20 — Ansel Adams, Nature Photographer, Born (1902)
February 21 — Carolina Parakeet Goes Extinct (1918)
February 23 — Italy’s Largest Inland Oil Spill (2010)
February 24 — Joseph Banks, British Botanist, Born (1743)
February 25 — First Federal Timber Act Passed (1799)
February 26 — Four National Parks Established (1917-1929)
February 27 — International Polar Bear Day
February 28 — Watson and Crick Discover The Double Helix (1953)