The Gila River and Gila Mountains of New Mexico have been home for Indigenous people for thousands of years, for colonial Spanish and Mexican people for hundreds of years, and now for all of those folks under the United States since 1912.  This river along with The San Francisco River and The Mimbres River were just nominated for Wild and Scenic River protection.  This is a river of families, lineages and gathering.   GUESTSNathan NewcomerGuadalupe CanoPatricia CanoMichael DarrowSimon Sotello IIIUS Senator Martin Heinrich INFORMATIONWild and Scenic Rivers ActGila WildernessAldo Leopold WildernessNew MexicoThe M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act  (several links at bottom of linked page) ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON LEGISLATIONNew Mexico WildWildgilariver.org ORGANIZATION OPPOSED TO LEGISLATIONHeritage Waters SPONSORED ORGANIZATIONAmerican Rivers GEOGRAPHIC REGIONSMogollon RimChihuahuan DesertSonoran DesertColorado PlateauBasin and Range