Wise use movement
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The wise use movement in the United States is a loose-knit coalition of groups promoting the expansion of private property rights and reduction of government regulation of publicly held property. This includes advocacy of expanded use by commercial and public interests, seeking increased access to public lands, and often opposition to government intervention. Wise use proponents describe human use of the environment as "stewardship of the land, the water and the air" for the benefit of human beings. The wise use movement arose from opposition to the mainstream environmental movement, and some critics see it as anti-environmentalist.
Organized opposition efforts have generally targeted environmental legislation, such as the Endangered Species Act, and wetland protection measures by the Environmental Protection Agency. Wise use proponents contend that mainstream environmentalist ideology is excessive and radical, and argue that such ideology aims to make revolutionary changes to the existing political and economic orders.
