Keeping it Wild! Wilderness Hike

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Event is FULL but send an email to gilariverfest@gmail.com to be added to the waiting list. Participant Limit: 12, Fee: Free; however, registration required Difficulty: moderate Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 8:00 am and carpool to the trailhead due limited parking. Travel time is 1.5

A Walk Around The Garden

Gila Valley Library 411 Highway 211, Gila, NM

Part of this year's Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited. Participant Limit: 12, Fee: $30 Difficulty: Easy; The terrain is flat, mostly not wheelchair accessible. Meet at the Gila Valley Library Garden at 411 Highway 211 Gila NM. The Gila Valley Library has created a demonstration garden that is a center for educational

New Earth Project Site Visit

Silver City Silver City, NM

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Register now; space is limited. Bioreactor Tour with Mike and Carol Fugagli Participant limit: 30 Fee: FREE Difficulty: Easy Meeting location will be at the New Earth Project site along San Vicente Creek. From Gough Park in Silver City take Hudson St. ( Highway 90) south to Ridge

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