Small business owners, Tribes, land owners and others have been working on community proposal for nearly a decade Contact: Luke Koenig, New Mexico Wild, (443) 676-3200, luke@nmwild.org Media Photos and B-Roll Available Here Silver City, N.M. (December 2, 2025) – A diverse coalition of local residents in southwest New Mexico is thanking the Senate Committee […]
By Alicia Edwards, Guest Contributor | Silver City Daily PressJuly 1, 2022 Last month, in the heart of National Rivers Month, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held a hearing on the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, S. 3129. As […]
By New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia RichardSanta Fe New Mexican | November 20, 2021Growing up in southwest New Mexico, I developed an appreciation for the Gila River and the ways in which it sustains the communities in the region. Over the decades, the river has been threatened in many forms and community […]
A diverse coalition of local residents in southwest New Mexico today is applauding the reintroduction of the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act by Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, which would protect portions of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and their tributaries as Wild and Scenic. The bill […]
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is preparing to reintroduce legislation to designate portions of the Gila River, its watershed and other rivers in the Gila National Forest as Wild and Scenic Rivers. Senator Heinrich acknowledged the growing support for the Wild & Scenic designation as part of the Gila Wild and Scenic Rivers of Opportunity […]
By Geoffrey Plant | Silver City Daily PressOctober 12, 2021A two-day conference “to reengage the communities of Grant County around reintroduction of the Gila Wild and Scenic Rivers legislation” took place on the campus of Western New Mexico University on Friday — and, on Saturday, along several of the 23 segments of waterways that are proposed […]
Photo Credit: Kat Jacaruso By Kat Jacaruso | Las Cruces Sun-NewsSeptember 19, 2021 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 Gila River. Our […]
By Zorine Bhappu Shirley | Washington TimesJanuary 18, 2021The movement to preserve the Gila River is more than merely conservation. It is the protection of the rich history of our great nation. I was lucky to grow up in New Mexico and experience the beauty of the unique natural lands and rivers throughout the state.My late […]
March 1 | Silver City Daily Press Dear editor, I have been proud to support a community-driven effort to permanently protect our beloved Gila River through federal legislation for the past few years, along with my fellow county commissioners, Harry Browne, Alicia Edwards and Javier Salas. The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River […]