By 1975, 23 states had acts protecting wetlands or shorelands

Evidence

The trend soon became even more distinct. In 1972, Florida passed a new kind of statewide land-use act, and several states then followed Florida’s lead: In different ways, the laws all gave state agencies the power to regulate land use in “areas of critical state concern” and to review proposals for “developments of regional impact.” The land-use acts of the mid-1960s also served as models for legislation in the early 1970s. New York established a regional agency to regulate the use of privately owned lands in the vast Adirondack State Park. By 1975, the number of states with acts to protect wetlands or shorelands had risen to 23. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 935

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hawaii passed the first statewide land-use zoning law in 1961 to protect plantations — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 931; Sprawl-generated fear of resource loss drove wetlands regulation in 15 states within a decade — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 662

Broader Connections

• Sprawl-generated fear of resource loss drove wetlands regulation in 15 states within a decade #corroborates (0.80) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 662