By New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia RichardSilver City Daily Press | November 24, 2020In 2019, I visited Silver City for the annual Outdoor Economics Conference, where I announced my support for federal legislation to preserve the Gila River, New Mexico’s last free-flowing river. The legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Tom Udall […]
By Geoffrey Plant | Silver City Daily PressNovember 27, 2020According to a U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis report released a couple of weeks ago, New Mexico’s $2.4 billion outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.2 percent of the state’s gross domestic product in 2019, and supported 35,000 jobs. In a separate report, also released this month, market […]
By Geoffrey Plant | Silver City Daily PressNovember 24, 2020Water-related outdoor recreation in New Mexico’s Gila River and San Francisco River watersheds stimulates economic activity that supports at least 3,900 jobs in New Mexico, providing $92.4 million of income, according to a new study conducted by Southwick and Associates and commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts.These […]
November 6, 2020Dear editor, I grew up in Las Cruces, and spent quite a bit of time in the Gila hiking, fishing and hunting. The Gila is a special space, and should be protected by the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. This bill has wide grassroots support from traditional users, […]
By Brett MyrickAlbuquerque Journal | October 18, 2020I have long understood the value of our country’s protected lands and rivers. As a child, I went outside to find adventure; today as a veteran, I go there for therapy. In fact, many veterans turn to our public lands and rivers to recover from what they experienced […]
Sportsmen and women, veterans, small business owners, landowners, and others have been working on community proposal for nearly a decadeSilver City, N.M. (September 16, 2020) – The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held a hearing today on the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic […]
September 11, 2020Silver City Daily Press Dear editor, Sept. 3 marked the anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which was signed into law in 1964. It is tradition for many outdoor enthusiasts to celebrate this anniversary throughout the month of September. This year, I think it’s appropriate that we also celebrate our wild rivers. The headwaters […]
Link to StoryMap: https://wildgilariver.org/wild-and-scenic-storymap/Silver City, N.M. (August, 10, 2020) – The Wild Gila River Coalition today released a StoryMap to help visually explore some of the river segments that would be preserved for future generations by legislation introduced by New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich.The StoryMap takes viewers to the center of the […]
By Chon Fierro, Mayor of BayardSilver City Daily Press | July 13, 2020 Last year, the city of Bayard passed a resolution supporting a local effort to conserve the Gila and San Francisco rivers and their tributaries, including the East Fork of the Mimbres River, as Wild and Scenic. We did this because protecting the […]
Guest Column by Rep. Rudy Martinez Silver City Daily Press Monday, June 22, 2020 June is National Rivers Month, a 30-day celebration of the most cherished rivers across the United States. This is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the Gila River, an absolute gem in southwestern New Mexico that also happens to be the last free-flowing river […]
