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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 next year 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  •  8 January 2025

Biden gave up on a promise to issue an old-growth forest protection policy. https://buff.ly/4h9Apjk

A mandated O&G lease sale in a portion of Arctic NWR (ANWR) has ended without a single bidder stepping up.https://buff.ly/409R8fb

Biden proclaimed 2 NMons on California at opposite ends of the state: Chuckwalla NMon and Sáttítla NMon. https://buff.ly/4gEKFjw

As expected, Biden banned O&G drilling along most of the US coasts. Trump vowed to reverse the ban, but many legal experts think he will not be able to. https://buff.ly/3DJuJOu

The state of Montana is suing to overturn the Yellowstone NP bison management plan. https://buff.ly/3Pm6AjG

After consultations, Biden renamed Pacific Remote Islands Marine NMon to Pacific Islands Heritage Marine NMon.  https://buff.ly/41YfvPD

Haaland announced a new wilderness proposal for Nevada's Ruby Mountains, and confirmed that the deal to add the long-sought Kelly Parcel to Grand Teton NP is final. https://buff.ly/3ZPzWM0
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