The statement is false.
The conservation movement is a political environmental and social movement that seeks to protect natural resources. The conservation efforts can be traced back to 1662 when John Evelyn published a book advocating the importance of preserve the forest.
The conservation movement reaches the United States at the beginning of the 1900s, but in 1970 appeared in the national agenda with the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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