/tags/gila-national-forest Gila National Forest en-US Copyright Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:27:03 GMT /local-news/2025-04-07/cattle-damage-new-mexico-public-rivers-wetlands A newly released report shows widespread livestock grazing is destroying streamside habitats in New Mexico and Arizona. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:27:03 GMT /local-news/2025-04-07/cattle-damage-new-mexico-public-rivers-wetlands Bryce Dix /local-news/2023-06-09/national-geographic-visits-the-gila-wilderness-as-it-nears-its-centenary A hundred years ago this month, the forester Aldo Leopold proposed to the Forest Service that the federal government create the first ever wilderness area in the Gila National Forest, in New Mexico Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-06-09/national-geographic-visits-the-gila-wilderness-as-it-nears-its-centenary /local-news/2023-06-05/forest-service-says-its-not-obligated-to-follow-state-law-on-prescribed-burns The U.S. Forest Service scheduled two prescribed burns last week in the southwest part of the state despite a red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service. Ultimately the agency burned the day before, but not the day of the warning. However, officials also said a new state law does not apply to the federal agency. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 04:16:49 GMT /local-news/2023-06-05/forest-service-says-its-not-obligated-to-follow-state-law-on-prescribed-burns Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-05-31/u-s-forest-service-conducting-prescribed-burns-in-new-mexico-despite-red-flag-warnings The Reserve Ranger District of the Gila National Forest began a prescribed fire on Tuesday at the southwestern part of the state – despite a red flag warning due to start on Wednesday for that quadrant of New Mexico. Wed, 31 May 2023 18:27:42 GMT /local-news/2023-05-31/u-s-forest-service-conducting-prescribed-burns-in-new-mexico-despite-red-flag-warnings Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2019-08-08/bootcamp-to-train-women-wildland-firefighters Women don’t become firefighters at nearly the rate that men do in the U.S. Now, forest service officials in New Mexico are working to have crews that… Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:12:28 GMT /local-news/2019-08-08/bootcamp-to-train-women-wildland-firefighters Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2018-04-23/meet-the-new-mexico-towns-where-less-connectivity-is-more Hillsboro and Kingston, tiny mountain towns on the edge of the Gila National Forest in Southern New Mexico, have a rare quality.It comes from the night… Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:37:44 GMT /local-news/2018-04-23/meet-the-new-mexico-towns-where-less-connectivity-is-more Heath Haussamen