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 • 14 November 2025
The USNPS director under Obama issued a stark warning about what the Trump administration is doing to NPs. https://buff.ly/UeUmlL5
At this year's COP30 climate summit, Indigenous people are more prominent than ever before. https://buff.ly/nJZluec
A poll by an NP advocacy group finds Trump's attacks on USNPS highly unpopular. https://buff.ly/R1aEDBV
As USNPS prepares to go back to work with the impending end of the shutdown, a leading candidate to direct the agency has withdrawn from consideration. https://buff.ly/IVKiteb
Trump is reported to be readying a try at opening areas off California to oil drilling, but it's not at all clear that the proposal will get anywhere. https://buff.ly/fYLjgck
Trump pardoned a trail runner who had been convicted of a misdemeanor in using a closed trail at Grand Teton NP. The case was a cause cèlébre for a right-wing legal group. https://buff.ly/e2GxMne
Conservation job opportunities in the US have plunged since Trump took office this year. https://buff.ly/jwmsO3s
Park advocates point to recent remarks by Burgum to warn that the outside assistance keeping NPs open with a semblance of normal operations may be used to justify permanent budget cuts. https://buff.ly/Jegyop2
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
