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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

Before he sets out into the Gila Wilderness on the southwestern edge of New Mexico, Grant County Search and Rescue President Russ Imler always does his best to determine where the water is — and ...

On a hot, stagnant day in May 2016, our team set off on a trip that had been two years in the making. The 16- day expedition would string us along the last free flowing watershed in New Mexico, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – After nearly a year of back and forth debate, the U.S. Forest Service says it will move forward with a plan to shoot feral cattle roaming in the Gila Wilderness. The ...

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 ...

This summer, we've been exploring some Latino heritage sites around the nation that are seeking federal protection. Today we're heading to New Mexico for a dip into the Gila River, a place that Ray ...