'Wise Use' Activists Steering Federal Policy Under Bush

"The 'Wise Use' movement was launched by right-wing extremists, mostly in the American West, who aimed to convince lawmakers and the public that environmentalism infringed on property rights, cost jobs, and hurt the nation’s economy. Backed by mining, timber, development, and energy interests, the movement was linked to militia groups. It created a climate that encouraged violence against environmentalists such as anti-logging activist Judi Bari, who was maimed in 1990 when a bomb exploded under the seat of her car in Oakland, California.
Although the Wise Use movement lost momentum for a while during the later 1990s, Wise Use supporters and their monied sponsors today steer environmental policy for the Bush Administration."