Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited.

Participant Limit: 16, Fee: $30
Difficulty level: moderate
Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 211 N. Hudson St. Silver City at 10 am to carpool to the Mogollon Box Day Use Area.

Participants in this field trip will learn from Dylan Duvergé about historical weather patterns and runoff on the Gila River and its watershed, as well as how climate change is expected to impact the magnitude, frequency, and nature of flow along the Gila. Drawing on information from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources Bulletin 164 (Climate Change in New Mexico Over the Next 50 Years: Impacts on Water Resources) and The Nature Conservancy’s past and ongoing work on the Gila (e.g., Gila River Flow Needs Assessment), this field trip will involve a guided hike to the U.S. Geological Survey Stream Gage upstream of the Mogollon Box Day Use Area. On this hike, we will discuss all things water: how water flows are monitored, how shallow groundwater along the Gila River is being studied, and how climate change may impact the Gila River in the next 50 – 100 years. Plan on a beautiful 3.6-mile round-trip hike. Please bring bring sunscreen, a sun hat, plenty of water, lunch and snacks.