Jun. 2—SILVER CITY — While hiking a ridgeline trail, one's vision of the Gila Wilderness can be funneled like the wind between towering green hills and craggy mesas. It's a phenomenon that offers a ...

Jun. 2—SILVER CITY — While hiking a ridgeline trail, one's vision of the Gila Wilderness can be funneled like the wind between towering green hills and craggy mesas. It's a phenomenon that offers a ...

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. — Seven short documentary films made by New Mexico State University students will headline the Gila Film Showcase this weekend. It’s part of a week of festivities hosted by the U.S.

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” ...

Elizabeth Hightower Allen's Introduction to First & Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100 illuminates that “in 1924, the Forest Service officially created the Gila Wilderness.” The term 'Gila,' however, ...

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 ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This year marks a major milestone for the Gila: 100 years since it became a designated wilderness area. “We’re excited to be celebrating the centennial of Aldo Leopold’s bold idea ...

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 ...

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 ...

The New Mexico National Guard rescued a 45-year-old Texas man in the Gila Wilderness after he was bucked off a horse during a hunting trip with friends. National Guard spokesperson Hank Minitrez said ...

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