January 1 — NEPA Enacted (1970)
January 2 — Bob Marshall Born (1901)
January 3 — Canaveral National Seashore Created (1975)
January 4 — The Real James Bond Born (1900)
January 6 — Wild Kingdom First Airs (1963)
January 7 — Albert Bierstadt, American landscape painter, born (1830)
January 7 — Gerald Durrell Born (1925)
January 8 — Alfred Russel Wallace Born (1823)
January 9 — Muir Woods National Monument Created (1908)
January 10 — National Houseplant Appreciation Day
January 11 — Aldo Leopold Born (1887)
January 12 — National Trust of England Established (1895)
January 13 — MaVynee Betsch, the Beach Lady, Born (1935)
January 14 — Martin Holdgate Born (1931)
January 15 — British Museum Opened (1759)
January 16 — Dian Fossey Born (1932)
January 17 — Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Environmentalist, Born (1706)
January 18 — White Sands National Monument Created (1933)
January 19 — Yul Choi, Korean Environmentalist, Born (1949)
January 19 — Acadia National Park Established (1929)
January 20 — Penguin Appreciation Day
January 21 — The Wilderness Society Founded (1935)
January 22 — Iraq Sabotages Kuwaiti Oil Fields (1991)
January 23 — Sweden Bans CFCs in Aerosols (1978)
January 24 — Baden-Powell Publishes “Scouting for Boys” (1908)
January 25 — Badlands National Park Established (1939)
January 26 — Benjamin Franklin Disses the Bald Eagle (1784)
January 27 — National Geographic Society Incorporated (1888)
January 28 — Bermuda Petrel, Thought Extinct for 300 Years, Re-discovered (1951)
January 29 — Edward Abbey, author of “Desert Solitaire,” Born (1927)
January 30 — England Claims Antarctica (1820)
January 31 — Stewart Udall, Secretary of Interior, Born (1920)