Caution advised for rafters, hikers, equestrians, and high country access U.S. Forest Service Gila National Forest 3005 Camino del Bosque silver City, NM 88061 Voice: 575-388-8200 Web: www.fs.usda.gov/gila March 15, 2023 – In an unusually wet spring on the Gila...
The Bannock Pass reroute was a two-year project (2021-22) between the Bureau of Land Management Salmon Field Office and a local youth corps partner, the Youth Employment Program. The previous CDT followed an open motorized route along a knife ridge that has...
When blazing new trails, don’t forget to play Jean Ella, aka Jeannie Smith, and her companion Lynn Wisehart were the first women to thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail, coinciding with the year of its official designation as a National Scenic Trail in 1978....
Haley Gamertsfelder, Field Coordinator Haley Gamertsfelder (she/her) grew up in the mid-Atlantic, with the privilege of frequent visits out west where she was left awestruck by bears and geysers in Yellowstone, towering granite faces in Yosemite, and wide sweeping...
Legislation to complete the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate GOLDEN, CO (March 1, 2023) — Today, the Continental Divide Trail Completion Act received a bicameral reintroduction to...
Forest Service News Release Area closure begins Feb. 20, 2023 SILVER CITY, NM, Feb. 16, 2023 – The Gila National Forest has issued a decision to remove feral cattle within the boundaries of the Gila Wilderness using lethal methods. These feral cattle are not...