1927 in the environment

Events

• The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 occurred, due in part to the denuding of the Southern landscape, causing widespread and costly damage and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, the vast majority of whom were African Americans.
• The last known specimen of the Syrian wild ass was shot.
• The last of the European bison in the Western Caucasus were shot.

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• The last confirmed sighting of the Australian paradise parrot was made and it is now considered to be extinct.
• The Indian Forest Act, 1927 is passed 21 September 1927.

References

References

1. "The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Laid Bare the Divide Between the North and the South". Smithsonian.
2. "Final Report of the Colored Advisory Commission Appointed to Cooperate with The American National Red Cross and the President's Committee on Relief Work in the Mississippi Valley Flood Disaster of 1927". PBS.
3. Maas, Peter. (2008-01-26). "Equus hemionus hemippus".
4. (21 September 1927). "The Indian Forest Act, 1927".