James Morton Turner’s article, “The Specter of Environmentalism: Wilderness, Environmental Politics, and the Evolution of the New Right,” explores the…

In 1964, the Wilderness Act was passed with broad support among both parties. As people banded together from all walks…

The Sagebrush Rebellion and Wise Use movement, both were heavily tangled and involved in the rise of the New Right…

During the 1980s and 1990s, two interrelated movements—the Sagebrush Rebellion and the Wise Use movement—emerged from the American West in…

According to the Turner article the Sagebrush rebellion and the Wise Use movement were more of a forcefully response to…

Turner’s perspective on the Sagebrush Rebellion and the Wise Use movement provides a unique perspective on the environmental turmoil surrounding…

The sagebrush rebellion began as backlash against increasing federal regulations of public lands in the late 1970s. The rebels wanted…

The sagebrush rebellion was a populist protest against public lands reform supported by western citizens, the natural resource industries, and…

The Sagebrush Rebellion and Wise Use movement of the 1980s and 1990s were part of a growing backlash against federal…

The Sagebrush Rebellion and the Wise Use movement were both major conservative backlashes against federal environmental regulation in the Western…