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16 hours ago · The Gila Wilderness, however, was the first. In June 1924, 40 years before Congress passed the Wilderness Act, forest managers set aside this area as the nation’s first protected wilderness ...
2 hours ago · FILE - U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. In 1928, two members of the Gila Indian River Community sued county election officials after being turned away from the polls, only to have the Arizona Supreme Court rebuff their case.
2 hours ago · The community wouldn’t realize the right to vote until 1948 — after World War II and the raising of an American flag at Iwo Jima that included Ira Hayes, who was part of the Gila River community.
3 days ago · The Gila Wilderness, located in southwestern New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, is a remarkable and vast expanse of protected land that holds a special place in the history of conservation and outdoor recreation in the United States. Established in 1924, the Gila Wilderness was the world's first designated wilderness area, predating the ...
May 24, 2024 · The Gila River. The seven mile roadwalk Purple and I take north out of Silver City leads right back into the Gila National Forest. I loved the trail in between Silver City and the Gila River, ecosystems so different than prior sections.
1 day ago · By HALLIE HARRIS Daily Press Correspondent Amid this week’s — and really, this year’s — Gila Wilderness centennial celebration, the Daily Press met up Wednesday with Wendel Hann, a retired Forest Service ecologist and now proprietor of Gila River Ranch, a meat producer in Gila that uses regenerative agriculture on land leased from The Nature Conservancy. Hann discussed the evolution of ...
May 20, 2024 · Visit Website. Audubon Southwest Director of Bird Conservation discusses the importance of revitalizing the Lower Gila River corridor. Pronounced “He La,” the Gila Rivers’ headwaters originate in New Mexico, where it is a wild and scenic mountain river.
