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For the first time in the national historiography, a comprehensive study of the state of formation of the US environmental policy, which lasted from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War, was carried out. The factors of the growing interest of American society in the protection of natural resources, the basis and principles of governmental activity in this area are considered. The peculiarities of the US environmental policy during the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt are revealed. The role of leaders in protecting the environment of the United States of America is revealed. The main stages of the US National Park Service are described. The author analyses the peculiarities of environmental protection activities during the "progressive era", the "prosperity" era, the economic crisis and recession of the 1930s. The environmental aspects of the New Deal and the effectiveness of using the environment as an anti-crisis tool are revealed.

The theoretical and practical achievements of the US environmental policy on the eve of the Second World War are evaluated.

The monograph is addressed to scholars, teachers of educational institutions, politicians, students, and all those interested in environmental history and the history of the United States of America and seeking to contribute to the improvement of Ukraine's environmental policy.