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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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  • 17 October 2024

Over 9 tons of scales from the endangered pangolin were seized in Nigeria, They were intended for the medicinals market in East Asia. https://buff.ly/3U9s7Pm

Rejecting entreaties from Republicans in Congress, Arlington National Cemetery will remove a Confederate monument. https://buff.ly/4hlhUcy

Parks Canada has vowed that "Indigenous knowledge systems, governance structures and stewardship practices will guide our collective efforts" under a new Indigenous Stewardship Policy. https://buff.ly/4hbKjBx

For the first time, scientists have shown that corals can be selectively bred to tolerate more heat. https://buff.ly/4hbbmNg

Kenya is moving 50 excess elephants from a forest reserve to Aberdare NP — a sign, the government says, that poaching is now under control. https://buff.ly/3YqyiRB

A recent excavation discovered a large tomb with skeletons and grave offerings in the Petra World Heritage Site in Jordan — a find that the archaeologists called "stunning." https://buff.ly/4eLfIJs
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