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 • 30 September 2026
Trump is considering reducing the scale of border wall construction inside Big Bend NP, but details are murky. https://buff.ly/FpLWotc
In a twist, a conservative legal NGO is representing an Arizona company that is suing to overturn Trump's huge fee hike on foreign visitors to NPs. https://buff.ly/GhepTg4
A Grauer's gorilla that had been set free in DR Congo's Virunga NP has given birth. https://buff.ly/q4inDCv
In less than a month since Trump cut Bears Ears NMon's size by 90+%, some 6 dozen mining claims have already been filed in the newly removed areas. https://buff.ly/KkDg0zB
Major League Baseball has floated the idea of playing a game in a NP — and Grand Teton NP has come up as a possible location. The White House distanced itself from the idea, but didn't rule it out. https://buff.ly/d8YUenK
Guyana is making some 1.5 million hectares of forest as PAs as part of its 30x30 goals. https://buff.ly/DMgQaWq
Salmon are returning to the Klamath River faster and in bigger numbers than anyone expected, now that several dams have been removed. https://buff.ly/nBG5eyt
The residents of a village in Slovenia that was named a WHS in the 1990s are fed up with the constant flow of tourists. https://buff.ly/a7filvl
A man who violated regulations in Yellowstone NP and then claimed that the superintendent had no power to enforce them lost his case in court. https://buff.ly/xD8DDXA
As expected, a Trump-dominated board ended a required review process of his arch project. https://buff.ly/8ESsTL8
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
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