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” ...

Forest Service public information officers pictured during the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire in the Gila National Forest. A 900-acre fire known as the Iron Fire erupted Sunday in the Whitewater-Baldy ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a gem of the southwestern United States and southwest New Mexico. June of 2024 marks 100 years since the Gila Wilderness became the very first federally designated ...

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 ...

Enjoying a seven-course Thanksgiving dinner while hiking through the Gila backcountry may sound like a contradiction. But for married duo Renee Miller and Tim Beissinger, aka the Thruhikers, it was ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Iron Fire, burning in the Gila Wilderness north of Silver City, was 100 percent contained as of Monday afternoon, May 12, fire officials announced in a news release issued ...

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 ...

COST: Tickets, $15, available online only at aldoleopold24.eventbrite.com GO WILD: To find out about the natural wonders and recreational opportunities in the Gila Wilderness and the Gila National ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. — A three-day symposium focusing in the Gila Wilderness, its water and resources, will take place beginning Wednesday on the Western New Mexico University campus. The symposium, ...

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 ...