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The George Wright Society champions stewardship of parks, protected & conserved areas, cultural sites, and other kinds of place-based conservation by connecting people, places, knowledge, and ideas. By uniting people from many different backgrounds around a common passion for protecting Earth’s natural and cultural heritage, we create the collaboration needed to meet today’s greatest conservation challenges.

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INNOVATING ACROSS BOUNDARIES FOR
Parks • Cultural Sites
Protected / Conserved Areas


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University of Montana, Missoula  •  October 20–23, 2025

Plan to join us as we launch a new series of annual workshops exploring the latest in place-based conservation!

Call for Proposals now open through April 1!

GWS ParkForum 2025 1-min Intro

GWS ParkForum 2025 1-min Intro

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The first-ever biography of our namesake — the visionary who revolutionized management of America‘s national parks

“Emory’s enumeration of Wright’s accomplishments—including a survey of wildlife in Western parks, the first of its kind—is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Highly recommended for nature lovers and park enthusiasts.” LIBRARY JOURNAL

Watch our virtual chat
with author Jerry Emory!
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Parkwire,  GWS’s daily global digest

of park news  •  Follow on FB

Latest top headlines  •  12 February 2025

Trump has picked a vocal oil industry official to lead USBLM, and a Wyoming state official to lead USFWS. https://buff.ly/42Uzuix

The Trump administration has started to relent with respect to its USNPS seasonal hiring freeze. The agency has gotten permission to hire some seasonal law enforcement rangers and dispatchers. https://buff.ly/4hYrMsd

The site of a notorious Indian Residential School in British Columbia has been named a Canadian NHS. https://buff.ly/41eamST

The Revelator has published its annual descriptive list of species declared extinct in 2024 — including the first documented bird extinction from Europe / North Africa / West Asia. https://buff.ly/4iciOYz

Cambodian exports of long-tailed macaques will remain legal until November 2025, despite recommendations for suspension due to concerns over poaching and the misrepresentation of wild-caught monkeys as captive-bred. https://buff.ly/4aXO0rT

Some 20,000 animals were rescued by a recent international crackdown on wildlife trafficking in which 138 countries collaborated. https://buff.ly/42MGQVh

A group of senators — 23 Democrats and 2 Independents — sent a letter to Burgum asking him to resolve the USNPS seasonal hiring freeze immediately. https://buff.ly/3Qet1HG

House Democrats are asking more questions about DOGE activities in NOAA.. https://buff.ly/4jPigt9

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