In 1924, forester Aldo Leopold convinced his superiors in the regional office of the U.S. Forest Service to set aside thousands of acres in the Gila National Forest in southwest New Mexico as ...

One hundred years ago, one of America’s most consequential and controversial conservation ideas was born when the U.S. Forest Service designated a chunk of the remote Gila National Forest in ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the a statement celebrating the 100th anniversary of the designation of the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico, the first-ever designated wilderness in the ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds of thousands of acres of land in New Mexico are celebrating a birthday of sorts. In 1924, on June 3, the U.S. government designated 755,000 acres as a “wilderness” ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. SILVER CITY — While hiking a ridgeline trail, one’s vision of the Gila Wilderness can be funneled like the wind ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Iron Fire, burning in the Gila Wilderness north of Silver City, “did not show significant growth” on Monday, May 5, a spokesperson for the Gila National Forest said. The ...

We Wisconsinites who value the natural world and outdoor recreation hold Aldo Leopold in especially high esteem. Not only was Leopold a pioneering ecologist, forester and author who profoundly ...

BARABOO, WI, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- An upcoming speaker series will examine designated wilderness from diverse perspectives using the ...

ALBUQUERQUE— A federal judge today upheld efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to remove feral cattle from the Gila Wilderness, America’s first designated wilderness and one of the Southwest’s largest ...

In 1851, deep in the Arizona wilderness, the Oatman family was brutally attacked while traveling west. Six were killed. Two daughters were taken captive. When Olive Oatman returned five years later, ...