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 ...
Officials have given a kill order to wildlife experts in southwestern New Mexico as part of an effort to eliminate feral cows in the Gila Wilderness. The nearly 150 cows in the area have acted ...
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 ...
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 ...
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” ...
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 ...
A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Gila Wilderness is the nation’s first designated wilderness area. The United States Forest Services will celebrate the Gila’s 100th anniversary in June in Silver City. New Mexico State University ...
Few places in the Southwest remain where a river still runs free. The Gila River, winding through deep canyons and cottonwood forests in the heart of America’s first designated wilderness, is one of ...
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