NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two New Mexico lawmakers are behind a new effort to protect the Gila River. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Gabe Vasquez and Senator Martin Heinrich, would designate parts of ...
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez on April 18 announced the reintroduction of the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, which would designate approximately 450 ...
High in the forested hills of western New Mexico's Gila National Forest, a river forges a lifeline, sustaining abundant wildlife in one of the largest and healthiest Ponderosa pine forests on the ...
SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds of thousands of acres of land in New Mexico are celebrating a birthday of sorts. In 1924, on June 3, the U.S. government designated 755,000 acres as a “wilderness” ...
Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis walks the Gila River Interpretive Trail in the Gila River Indian Community, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Sacaton, Ariz. Lewis has leveraged the Gila River tribe's water abundance ...