Gila River Overlook Hike

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited. Participant limit: 15, Fee: $30 Difficulty: moderately strenuous Meet at the north end of the Mogollon Box Day Use Area. Travel time: 45 minutes from Silver City. Approximately 36 miles one way from Silver City. From Silver City, head west on US-180W. Proceed

Gila River Horseback Ride

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Participant Limit: 7, Fee: $100 Please contact Joe Saenz at Wolfhorse Outfitters @ 575.534.1379 to book your ride. Difficulty level: moderate Meet at Woody's Corral, off Hwy 15 on route to Gila Cliff Dwellings at 9 am Ride by the River of Creation, in the heart of Chiricahua

Will Large Spotted Cats Again Stalk the Canyons of the Gila?

Silco Theater 311 N Bullard Street, Silver City, NM

Part of the Gila River Festival. Speaker: Michael J. Robinson Location: Silco Theater Suggested Donation: $10 Jaguars are the third-largest cat species in the world and they evolved in North America eons ago before expanding their distribution to Central and South America. Jaguars lived in the United States until people killed them off for their

Protecting the Western Slope of the Gila Bioregion

Silco Theater 311 N Bullard Street, Silver City, NM

Part of the Gila River Festival. Speakers: Stanley King, Mike Hasson, and Leia Barnett Location: Silco Theater Suggested Donation: $10 Protecting all the watersheds that flow from the western slope of the Gila Bioregion is crucial to any conservation effort made for this unique and profoundly important landscape. These watersheds comprise a critical mass of

Untrammeled: MCC’s Pursuit of the Wilderness Ideal

Silco Theater 311 N Bullard Street, Silver City, NM

Part of the Gila River Festival. Speaker: Documentary Location: Silco Theater Suggested Donation: $10 When a Canadian silver mining company started exploratory drilling on the western slope of the Mogollon Mountains, local residents, their NGO allies, and the Treaty-based Chiricahua people who still reside on Nde Benah – all unite to seek Federal protections for

Sacred Rhythms

Gough Park 1201 North Pope Street, Silver City, NM

Part of the Gila River Festival. Join us for a celebration of Apache dance and song. Please bring a lawn chair.

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