New Mexico Wild’s Grassroots Organizer for the Gila region, Nathan Newcomer, spoke with TJ Trout on News Radio KKOB about the Gila Wilderness, the last
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Honoring the Gila wilderness
By Richard Rubin, Taos News The importance of our American wilderness areas has evolved despite many controversies and deserves enhanced attention now on the one
Read MoreNational Rivers Month hearing should lead to Wild and Scenic protection for our Gila River
By Alicia Edwards – Silver City Daily Press Last month, in the heart of National Rivers Month, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Read MoreDuring National Rivers Month, Legislation to Protect the Gila and San Francisco Rivers Takes Important Step Forward
Small business owners, Tribes, land owners and others have been working on community proposal for nearly a decade Contact: Nathan Newcomer; nathan@nmwild.org; (505) 250-4225 Media Photos
Read MoreConservation Groups Oppose Air Force Proposal for Low-level Supersonic Airspace Over Southern Arizona and Southwest New Mexico
Thirty-four organizations in New Mexico and Arizona submitted comments to the Air Force on Friday expressing their serious concerns with its proposal to authorize low-level
Read MoreRiver Otter Restoration to the Gila River?
The lively, rambunctious river otter is native to New Mexico. However, the last naturally occurring animal in the state was killed on the Gila River
Read MoreThe Gila: river, place, family
The Gila River and the surrounding region have been home to Indigenous people and other traditional communities for centuries, and now for all of those
Read MoreHeinrich, Lujan seek wild and scenic river designation for the Gila
By Hannah Grover | New Mexico Political Report November 5, 2021 In the face of climate change and a history of proposals to dam or divert
Read MoreNew Mexico Wild celebrates reintroduction of legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic
New Mexico Wild is celebrating legislation reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján to protect the Gila, San Francisco and East Fork
Read MoreNew Study Finds Wild Gila and San Francisco Rivers Greatly Contribute to Local Economy
**New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Press Release** SANTA FE, N.M. – Water related outdoor recreation in New Mexico’s Gila River and San Francisco River watersheds stimulates
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