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The 1990’s is absolutely NOT where the term “wise use” originated in terms of wildlife conservation. The ideas of multiple uses and sustainable yields originated in the time of Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir and Gifford Pinchot. This was a time when National Parks and other lands were being preserved for the first time in human history. Wise Use was terminology used by the battling factions of this time to fight for reasonable management of the country’s natural resources. There’s so much known history there it should not be hard to locate. Sheesh!

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