Native Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Event is FULL - send an email to gilariverfest@gmail.com to be added to the waiting list. Participants: 10; Fee: Free, however registration required. Difficulty: Easy Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 6:45 am. We will carpool to the trailhead because parking space is very limited. Travel

Migratory Birds of the Gila River

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Event is FULL - send an email to gilariverfest@gmail.com to be added to the waiting list. Participant Limit: 12; Fee: $30 Difficulty: Moderate Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 7:45 am to carpool to the trailhead due to limited parking. Starting from the Gila River Bird

San Vicente Creek Restoration Tour

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited. Participant limit: 15, Fee: $30 Difficulty: Moderate Meet at 9 am at the cul-de-sac at the bottom of Mobile Drive in Silver City. From the Murray Ryan Visitor Center proceed south for 1.2 miles on Hudson St./Hwy 90S. At the top of the

How to Love the River

Silver City Silver City, NM

Part of the Gila River Festival. Speakers: Sharman Apt Russell, Phil Connors, and Mónica Ortiz Uribe Location: Silver City Museum, 312 West Broadway Suggested Donation: $10 In the closing event of the festival, we gather devotees of the Gila River for an informal conversation about what loving a river means, and how to think about

Wild Gila River Family-Friendly Hike

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited. Participant limit: 25. Fee: Free, however registration required. Difficulty: easy Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 211 N. Hudson St. at 9:45 am. From there we will carpool and caravan to the Gila River Bird Sanctuary Trail, about a 40 minute

Weather & Climate in the Gila Wilderness

Gila National Forest New Mexico

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

Using the Merlin Birding App

Western New Mexico University 1000 West College Avenue, Silver City, New Mexico

Learn to use Merlin, a free phone app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, to help identify birds by location, sight, and sound. Heidi Erstad will be your guide. The class will be held in Harlan Hall, Room 135 @ WNMU. For beginning and casual birders. Limited to 30 participants! RSVP to swnmaudubon@gmail.com (not FB

The Big Sit – Birding Challenge

Cliff Cliff, NM

Join us at the Iron Bridge overlooking the Gila River for some relaxed sit-down birding! The Big Sit is a family-friendly, semi-competitive, stationary birding event where bird-enthusiasts around the world identify as many bird species as possible from a 17' diameter circle. People will be participating all over the world! Bird lovers of all backgrounds

Creepy Chemistry

Gila Valley Library 411 Highway 211, Gila, NM

Gila Valley Library STEAM Kids Treats provided