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 ...
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 ...
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) — A new fire is burning in the Gila National Forest near Silver City, New Mexico. The Goose Fire, 18 miles northwest of Silver City, started this week and is now 110 acres in ...
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 ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first designated wilderness in the United States. That first was the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico, championed by the visionary ...
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 ...
The seeds for America's federally designated wilderness areas were sown by the actions of a man concerned about the ever-growing encroachment of civilization into the remaining wild areas of the ...