EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A bear, who is not afraid of humans, has been harassing visitors to part of New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness during a series of close encounters of the “bear kind.” The Gila ...

Forest Service public information officers pictured during the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire in the Gila National Forest. A 900-acre fire known as the Iron Fire erupted Sunday in the Whitewater-Baldy ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Firefighters reported significant progress in their battle against the Daisy Fire burning in the Gila National Forest. The incident management team reported that the fire is at ...

ALBUQUERQUE— A federal judge today upheld efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to remove feral cattle from the Gila Wilderness, America’s first designated wilderness and one of the Southwest’s largest ...

In the foothills of the first designated wilderness area in the United States is a small hidden gem with a big history. Located in Southwest New Mexico, the town of Bayard is perhaps most famous for ...

In 1924, forester Aldo Leopold convinced his superiors in the regional office of the U.S. Forest Service to set aside thousands of acres in the Gila National Forest in southwest New Mexico as ...

A lightning-caused fire has burned over 22,000 acres in the Gila National Forest, and firefighters are allowing it to burn for "better forage." The Turkeyfeather Fire, 22 miles southeast of Reserve — ...

ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL RUN FOR MAYOR. THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE IN SILVER CITY, LETTING HIKERS AND CAMPERS KNOW OF SEVERAL REPORTS OF A HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE BEAR IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST. THE BEAR HAS ...

The U.S. Forest Service gave conflicting answers on whether to expect chainsaws on Arizona’s Mount Lemmon or Mount Graham, and its own map indicates logging trucks could also be coming to southwest ...