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” ...

Today, there are about 300 Mexican gray wolves confined to parts of New Mexico and Arizona including the Gila National Forest ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a motion to dismiss a New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s removal of illegal feral cattle from the Gila ...

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 ...

Feb. 17—In the wild and rugged backcountry of southwestern New Mexico there is an extraordinary expanse of untouched land — the Gila National Forest and the surrounding wild lands. In 1924, prompted ...

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 ...

Ten years ago, New Mexico Wild was proud to welcome over 1,100 people from across the country to Albuquerque to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. This year, we’re excited to ...

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