Gila National Forest
The Gila National Forest is probably best known for its wilderness areas, in particular the Gila Wilderness – the first wilderness in the United States.
Photo credit: USDA Forest Service
The Gila National Forest boasts a rich history of the Mogollon and Apache Indians, Spaniards, Mexicans, ranchers, prospectors and miners. Apache Chiefs Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, and Victorio, Aldo Leopold: conservationist, ecologist and author of the Sand County Almanac, and renowned lion hunter Ben Lilly are but a few of the personalities from the past that have left their mark in the Gila. Place names like Raw Meat Canyon, Tepee Canyon and Grave Canyon tell the tales of the past.
Wilderness Areas/Wild & Scenic Rivers
Aldo Leopold Wilderness - The Aldo Leopold Wilderness was named for one of history's most influential conservationists, and protects the roughest, wildest portions of one of New Mexico's wildest corners -- the Black Range.
Blue Range Wilderness - New Mexico's Blue Range Wilderness is tucked into the Blue Range Mountains and halved by the Mogollon Rim.
Gila Wilderness - The 558,065-acre Gila Wilderness, created in June 1924 at the urging of the great conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold, was the world's first designated wilderness and also New Mexico's largest wilderness.
Invasive Species
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