ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico is known for its beautiful outdoors. This year, one area is celebrating a century of beauty. “It’s really an honor to be a part of the Gila and part of the ...

Both are surrounded by the Gila National Forest, a 3.3-million-acre buffer that is less restrictive in terms of access, which includes allowing cars. The mountainous region can be hard to navigate.

In 1924, on June 3, the U.S. government designated 755,000 acres as a "wilderness" area. It was the world's first designated wilderness area, and now it is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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 ...

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 ...

Prescribed burns may return to the Gila National Forest in April or May under stricter checklists implemented after the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in northern New Mexico last year, a Forest ...

I stayed in Silver City, on the edge of the National Forest, which makes a good base for exploring. From there, it's a 90-minute drive to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.

Over 80,000 acres of Gila National Forest land has burned so far this year due to wildfires. Take a look at the status of the wilderness area so far this summer.

High in the forested hills of western New Mexico's Gila National Forest, a river forges a lifeline, sustaining abundant wildlife in one of the largest and healthiest Ponderosa pine forests on the ...

Time to leave Portal, Ariz., and head northeast to the Gila National Forest, N.M. Back on the highway, we drive through the wide expanse of the Chihuahuan desert. The breeze has picked up; tumbleweed ...