What people are saying.

  • "This remarkable, vibrant history fills a large gap in our understanding of – and appreciation for – a person who left a lasting legacy.”

    — Dayton Duncan
    Writer/Producer of “The National Parks: American’s Best Idea”

  • “[Wright’s] story deserves to be told, and Emory has done that well. It will inspire readers to lives in service to conservation of the planet upon which we all depend.”

    — Jonathan B. Jarvis
    Former director of the National Park Service

  • “Emory’s telling of Wright’s story superbly captures the full-to-the-brim life of this underappreciated pioneer of nature protection […] Emory’s own prose sings with the spirit of [Wright] and leaves us inspired to carry on his work in our own time.”

    — David Harmon
    Executive director of the George Wright Society

Press—Reviews—Articles

Review: George Melendez Wright: The Fight For Wildlife And Wilderness In National Parks. National Parks Traveler. May 2023.
Review: 5 Must-Read Books for Your Spring Reading List. Sierra Magazine. May 2023.

Review: Biblio File – We Recommend The Great Outdoors, Stanford Magazine. September 2023, “Almost a century after his death, a dedicated young biologist remains a role model for conservationists.”

Review: Jerry Mitchell, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 88, Issue 1, January 2024

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“Portrait: George Meléndez Wright (1904–1936),” Forest History Today Magazine, Spring/Fall 2022 Issue (released fall 2023).

“Letter From Woodstock,” Rolf Diamant, “To Lift All Boats: An Interview with Jerry Emory, Author of George Meléndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks.” Park Stewardship Forum, Volume 39, Issue 3, 2023.

We Might Not Have Trumpeter Swans Without George Meléndez Wright. Audubon. April 2023.

Am I Visionary, or Just Crazy? An excerpt from George Meléndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks. Parks Stewardship Forum. Volume 39, Issue 2, 2023.

Jerry Emory’s “George Meléndez Wright.” The Page 99 Test, June 2, 2023

Appearances & Events

UPCOMING

Glacier National Park Conservancy’s Book Club. Join us online. November 2024.

PAST

Big Bend National Park and Alpine, Texas. November 11-13.

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, U.C. Berkeley. October 11.

A. Starker Leopold Lecture, “Origins and Innovations of Science in the U.S. National Parks,” U.C. Berkeley. September 27. Lecture Review, Parks Stewardship Forum, Vol. 40, Issue 1, 2024.

Yosemite National Park. September 12.

California Historical Society Webinar. August 22, 2023.

Radio Interview with Jay Shell, WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE,KGVM-FM, Bozeman, MT.

Places Worth Fighting For: Preserving Public Lands. The Bay Area Book Festival. May 7, 2023.

George Meléndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks. Seminar hosted by the George Wright Society. May 2, 2023.