After a year of planning, the Gila Wilderness Centennial is upon us. Here are the remaining activities:
May 30, 2024 Wilderness Photography Talk and Photo Display
Michael P. Berman
Silco Theater 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM
6:30 – 8pm
May 30 – June 3 Wilderness Student Prose, Poetry, and Art Exhibition
We have 135 pieces of Prose, Poetry and Art from students attending Hot Springs HS, Truth of Consequences, Stout Elementary, Silver City and Aldo Leopold Charter Middle & High Schools in Silver City. The Exhibition is on display in the lobby of the Silco Theater.
Silco Theater 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM
*** Viewing is while the Silco is open 1 hour before activities and during.
May 31, 2024 Wilderness Speaker Series
Wilderness : Explorations in Understanding
A diverse panel seeks to define what Wilderness is, catalogue its
formation, and explore varying perspectives on who it serves and leaves out
Speakers:
Curt Meine Aldo Leopold biographer
Priscilla Solis Ybarra – Latinx and environmental writer and professor
Leeanna Torres – Gila trout biologist
Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM
9 am – 11:45 pm
A Century of Wilderness
We explore the foundations of Wilderness, how it spread across the world and understand the shape of modern Wilderness management.
Speakers:
Melissa Green – Gila Trail steward
Doug Scott – Wilderness historian
Doug Hulmes – Professor emeritus of environmental studies
Chris Barns – BLM Wilderness Specialist
Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM
1pm – 2:30pm
Land Relationships Across Cultures
This panel seeks to explore what lessons we can learn from other stewards’ best practices.
Speakers:
Theresa Pasqual – Executive Vice-President of Indigenous Affairs for Crow Canyon Archeological Center
Michael Darrow – Fort Sill Apache historian
Corey Torivio – Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Grant County Convention Center, 3031 US 180, Silver City, NM
6 – 8 pm
June 1 – June 2 Gila Wilderness 100th Anniversary Art Exhibition
Four Artists Celebrating Wilderness
Exhibition of four Silver City artists
Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway St., Silver City, NM
11am – 5pm June 1st
10am – 2pm June 2nd
June 2 – June 7 Gila Wilderness Observed
11 am – 2pm
Francis McCray Gallery WNMU campus
Featuring the works of local Artists:
Phillip Conners
Jan Haley
Michael Berman
Jay Hemphill
June 1st Gila Film School Centennial Premier
Seven short documentary films by the Gila Film School students NMSU
Silco Theater 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM
4:30pm – 7:30pm
For a complete listing of other events including fieldtrips and talks in outlying communities please go to fs.usda.gov/detail/gila
Please come join our communities in celebrating the Gila Wilderness 100th birthday.