top of page

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.

lisa-yount-EXfSMKl9M-w-unsplash.jpg

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

gws_parkforum_2025_logo_v3.png

​

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!

Check out the latest issue  of our open-access journal, Parks Stewardship Forum

psf_403_cover.jpg

Call for Papers: Park-Based Education About Climate Change (deadline November 1; click the image below for a PDF)

INSPIRED BY GEORGE MELÉNDEZ WRIGHT

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!
pw_logo.jpg

Parkwire,  GWS’s daily global digest

of park news  •  Follow on FB

Latest top headlines  • 14 October 2024

Brazil has upgraded the protection status of the site where the country's tallest trees are found, changing it to a State Park. https://buff.ly/3Y29Swl

Biden designated Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, which was conceived by the Chumash Nation and will be the first NMS with Tribal involvement built in from the beginning. https://buff.ly/4f44LCN

The new Living Planet Report delivers a dire headline: a 73% drop in the average size of wildlife populations since 1970. But there are some caveats, and, from some scientists, criticism of how that figure is calculated. https://buff.ly/3NialFs

The US Coast Guard says it is not responsible for cleaning up hazardous waste at a site now within Cape Hatteras NS; instead, it blamed the Navy. https://buff.ly/3Ur1RQH

Australia announced a huge expansion of the MPA around Heard and MacDonald Islands. Now 52% of the country's territorial seas are in MPAs. https://buff.ly/483diDI
bottom of page