American Farm Bureau Federation

Wise Use Movement Founded as Industry-Funded Anti-Environmental Grassroots Campaign

1988-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In August 1988, Ron Arnold and Alan Gottlieb convened the Multiple Use Strategy Conference in Reno, Nevada, launching the “Wise Use” movement. The conference brought together 250 representatives from timber, mining, ranching, and oil interests to coordinate an industry-funded campaign …

Ron Arnold Alan Gottlieb Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise American Petroleum Institute National Mining Association +2 more environmental astroturf corporate-lobbying public-lands regulatory-capture +1 more

Endangered Species Act Signed, Industry Groups Immediately Begin Weakening Campaign

1973-12-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On December 28, 1973, President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law after it passed the Senate 92-0 and the House 355-4. The near-unanimous votes masked deep industry opposition that would fuel decades of efforts to weaken the law through administrative action, litigation, and …

Richard Nixon American Mining Congress National Forest Products Association American Farm Bureau Federation Western States Petroleum Association +1 more environmental endangered-species-act regulatory-capture corporate-lobbying wildlife