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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Latest top headlines • 5 November 2025
After his first nominee failed, Trump has tapped an ex-House member to head USBLM. https://buff.ly/oDVXLBq
Brazil is proposing a new multilateral fund to pay tropical countries to keep their forests from being cut down and converted to other uses. https://buff.ly/iBMhPhS
Trump launched plans to revoke a ban on O&G development around Chaco Culture NHP. https://buff.ly/ddOW0XW
The latest annual Antarctic conservation summit is in the same old rut: once again, progress on new MPAs was blocked by China and Russia. https://buff.ly/xXmrtMG
As it prepares to host the global climate summit, Brazil's recent actions on the environment present a mixed picture. https://buff.ly/ObuDAqW
A new report says the world is on track to heat up by 2.3ºC by 2100 — lower than the projections made when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 but higher than the 2.0º target in the Agreement. https://buff.ly/aYzDXsK
A judge halted a plan to use poisons in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness to get rid of non-native trout. https://buff.ly/v5I40UJ
The last remaining USNPS employee in charge of capping 93 leaking "orphan" O&G wells in various NPs around the country was laid off. DOI wouldn't explain what will happen next. https://buff.ly/v7FkK3I
The US federal government shutdown is causing havoc behind the scenes in NPs, as crucial resource management and monitoring activities go undone. https://buff.ly/sS0cbgv
A case that could determine the future of presidential power to abolish NMons is languishing in a federal circuit court. https://buff.ly/i4FLRgr
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
