Ron Arnold
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Ron Arnold has been the Executive Vice-President of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
since 1984. He is a prolific writer on natural resource issues and one of the most effective adversaries of the environmental movement
, according to the Environmental Grantmakers Association, which noted in a 1992 retreat that Arnold had "imposed a language and a set of messages into the grass roots community that is extremely effective." http://www.undueinfluence.com/ega-tapes-threats.htm A key U.S. Senate staffer writing in 2011 noted his impact on federal legislation. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=27258214&trk=tab_pro
and studied business administration at the University of Texas at Austin
and the University of Washington
.
for Boeing
from 1961 until he left in 1971 to found Northwoods Studio. In 1974 he began contributing to Western Conservation Journal, which exposed him to the suffering of logging and mining families caused by environmentalist lawsuits, and marked the beginning of his public opposition to environmentalism. Between 1978 and 1981, Arnold was a contributing editor of Logging Management Journal. His 1979 magazine series, "The Environmental Battle", analyzed the utilization / preservation conflict, and won the American Business Press 1980 Editorial Achievement Award.http://www.insightmag.com/news/2000/10/16/PictureProfile/Arnold.Pulls.Back.The.Veil.Of.green.Tyranny-213323.shtml
In 1981, Arnold wrote the authorized biography
of Interior Secretary
James G. Watt
. Between 1982 and 1990, he wrote a weekly column for the Bellevue (Washington) Journal-American. In 1987, he founded the Free Enterprise Press, and began writing a series of highly acclaimed books on the environmental
movement. His "EcoTerror" was included in the "100 Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century" Random House / Modern Library Reader's List.
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-nonfiction/
Arnold also gained note as a historian with his discovery of the actual founder of the National Forests of the United States after a century of mystery shrouded the origin in conflicting claims. An almost forgotten politician named William S. Holman created the concept and the initial legislation, as revealed in documents Arnold discovered in the National Achieves. He was honored to present a paper on "The Unknown Founder of the National Forests" at the centennial symposium of the Forest Service in 1991.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822312522
Environmentalists have challenged Arnold’s “Wise Use Movement,” launched at a Reno, Nevada conference in 1988, as inappropriately co-opting the term from utilitarian conservationist and first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, who held different views on man and nature than Arnold and his movement. Arnold readily admits the borrowing, but disputes arguments that it is improper, a controversy that continues unresolved.
He has been successful at mobilizing political allies by exposing the large sums of foundation money that funded environmental groups and using case histories of environmentalist excesses in influencing policymakers to adopt his ideas. Many consider the policies of President George W. Bush to be taken directly from Arnold's work. Playboy magazine's May 2004 issue featured a profile of Arnold in the Playboy Forum, by reporter Dean Kuypers. Titled, Guru of Wise Use, its headline read: The spiritual father of the bush administration's environmental policies says we shouldn't be timid about timber.
http://business.highbeam.com/137462/article-1G1-116437613/guru-wise-use-spiritual-father-bush-administration
Arnold has built a network of academic colleagues to help analyze large-scale social movements, and told the Boston Globe that environmentalism is "the third great wave of messianism to hit the planet, after Christianity and Marxism-Leninism." The Globe commented, "'Wise users' charge that the environmental crisis has been largely trumped up as an excuse to take control of the nation's natural resources."
https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61875472.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+20%2C+1992&author=Scott+Allen%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%60Wise+use%27+groups+move+to+counter+environmentalists
Arnold's conclusion that movements of social change, including environmentalism, are fundamentally a kind of war was examined and found valid by sociologist Luther P. Gerlach in the RAND research document, "Networks and Netwars."
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0833030302
His website, The Left Tracking Library, has become a standard source for profiles of activists, foundations and organizations that is used by policymakers, media, industry, and researchers.
http://www.left-tracking-library.org
In late 2010, Arnold began writing an influential weekly column for the Washington Examiner; one was placed in the Congressional Record in early 2011.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2011-03-10/pdf/CREC-2011-03-10-pt1-PgE448-3.pdf#page=1
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise or CDFE is a wise use think tank which describes itself as "an educational foundation for individual liberty, free markets, property rights and limited government".CDFE was founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb....
since 1984. He is a prolific writer on natural resource issues and one of the most effective adversaries of the environmental movement
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
, according to the Environmental Grantmakers Association, which noted in a 1992 retreat that Arnold had "imposed a language and a set of messages into the grass roots community that is extremely effective." http://www.undueinfluence.com/ega-tapes-threats.htm A key U.S. Senate staffer writing in 2011 noted his impact on federal legislation. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=27258214&trk=tab_pro
Biography
Arnold was born in Houston, TexasHouston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
and studied business administration at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
and the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
.
Career
Following his graduation, Arnold worked as a technical writerTechnical writer
A technical writer is a professional writer who designs, creates, and maintains technical documentation...
for Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
from 1961 until he left in 1971 to found Northwoods Studio. In 1974 he began contributing to Western Conservation Journal, which exposed him to the suffering of logging and mining families caused by environmentalist lawsuits, and marked the beginning of his public opposition to environmentalism. Between 1978 and 1981, Arnold was a contributing editor of Logging Management Journal. His 1979 magazine series, "The Environmental Battle", analyzed the utilization / preservation conflict, and won the American Business Press 1980 Editorial Achievement Award.http://www.insightmag.com/news/2000/10/16/PictureProfile/Arnold.Pulls.Back.The.Veil.Of.green.Tyranny-213323.shtml
In 1981, Arnold wrote the authorized biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of Interior Secretary
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
James G. Watt
James G. Watt
James Gaius Watt served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior for President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983.-Early life and career:...
. Between 1982 and 1990, he wrote a weekly column for the Bellevue (Washington) Journal-American. In 1987, he founded the Free Enterprise Press, and began writing a series of highly acclaimed books on the environmental
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
movement. His "EcoTerror" was included in the "100 Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century" Random House / Modern Library Reader's List.
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-nonfiction/
Arnold also gained note as a historian with his discovery of the actual founder of the National Forests of the United States after a century of mystery shrouded the origin in conflicting claims. An almost forgotten politician named William S. Holman created the concept and the initial legislation, as revealed in documents Arnold discovered in the National Achieves. He was honored to present a paper on "The Unknown Founder of the National Forests" at the centennial symposium of the Forest Service in 1991.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822312522
Environmentalists have challenged Arnold’s “Wise Use Movement,” launched at a Reno, Nevada conference in 1988, as inappropriately co-opting the term from utilitarian conservationist and first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, who held different views on man and nature than Arnold and his movement. Arnold readily admits the borrowing, but disputes arguments that it is improper, a controversy that continues unresolved.
He has been successful at mobilizing political allies by exposing the large sums of foundation money that funded environmental groups and using case histories of environmentalist excesses in influencing policymakers to adopt his ideas. Many consider the policies of President George W. Bush to be taken directly from Arnold's work. Playboy magazine's May 2004 issue featured a profile of Arnold in the Playboy Forum, by reporter Dean Kuypers. Titled, Guru of Wise Use, its headline read: The spiritual father of the bush administration's environmental policies says we shouldn't be timid about timber.
http://business.highbeam.com/137462/article-1G1-116437613/guru-wise-use-spiritual-father-bush-administration
Arnold has built a network of academic colleagues to help analyze large-scale social movements, and told the Boston Globe that environmentalism is "the third great wave of messianism to hit the planet, after Christianity and Marxism-Leninism." The Globe commented, "'Wise users' charge that the environmental crisis has been largely trumped up as an excuse to take control of the nation's natural resources."
https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61875472.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+20%2C+1992&author=Scott+Allen%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%60Wise+use%27+groups+move+to+counter+environmentalists
Arnold's conclusion that movements of social change, including environmentalism, are fundamentally a kind of war was examined and found valid by sociologist Luther P. Gerlach in the RAND research document, "Networks and Netwars."
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0833030302
His website, The Left Tracking Library, has become a standard source for profiles of activists, foundations and organizations that is used by policymakers, media, industry, and researchers.
http://www.left-tracking-library.org
In late 2010, Arnold began writing an influential weekly column for the Washington Examiner; one was placed in the Congressional Record in early 2011.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2011-03-10/pdf/CREC-2011-03-10-pt1-PgE448-3.pdf#page=1
