The George Wright FORUvolume 20 number 4 • MDecember 200 3 Voices from Durban Reflections on the 2003 World Parks Congress Origins Founded in 1980, the George Wright Society is organized for the purpos es of promoting the application of knowledge, fostering communication, improving resource management, and providing information to improve public understanding and appreciation of the basic purposes of natural and cultural parks and equivalent reserves. The Society is dedicated to the protection, preservation, and management of cultural and natural parks and reserves through research and education. Mission The George Wright Society advances the scientific and heritage values of parks and protected areas. The Society promotes professional research and resource stewardship across natural and cultural disciplines, provides avenues of communication, and encourage public policies that embrace these values. Our Goal The Society strives to be the premier organization connecting people, places, knowledge, and ideas to foster excellence in natural and cultural resource management, research, protection, and interpretation in parks and equivalent reserves. Board of Directors DENNIS B. FENN, President • Flagstaff, Arizona ABIGAIL B. MILLER, Vice President • Alexandria, Virginia DwiGHT T. PITCAITHLEY, Treasurer • Rcston, Virginia GILLIAN BOWSER, Secretary • College Station, Texas JERRY EMORY • Mill Valley, California BRUCE M. KILGORE • Poeatello, Idaho DAVID J. PARSONS • Florence, Montana JOHN J. REYNOLDS • Castro Valley, California RICHARD B. SMITH • Placitas, New Mexico STEPHEN WOODLEY • Chelsea, Quebec Executive Office DAVID HARMON, Executive Director ROBERT M. LINN, Membership Coordinator EMILY DEKKER-FIALA, Conference Coordinator P. O. Box 65 • Hancock, Michigan 49930-0065 USA 1-906-487-9722 • fax 1-906-487-9405
[email protected] • http://www.georgewright.org The George Wright Society is a member of US/ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites—U.S.