A new national forecast warns that above-normal wildfire risk will exist through most of New Mexico by April. Meanwhile, ...

In New Mexico, the Gila National Forest near Silver City and the Lincoln National Forests near Alamogordo are experiencing "a dryness component more comparable to peak fire season than early March ...

Around 40% of the crews that oversee the 3.3 million-acre Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico were laid off, according to Justin Schatz, a former field lead for a trail crew there.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Tens of thousands of national ... who formerly worked as a crew lead for the Gila National Forest. These thoughts and sentiments were echoed by the tens of thousands of ...

while 40% of Gila National Forest staff were fired, according to several former employees. New Mexico has five national forests. The Forest Service national press office could not confirm a ...

Gas up the car and grab your camping gear for a weekend of adventure as you explore waterfalls and canyons inside a hidden gem forest in New Mexico.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm about the Trump Administration’s firing of thousands of U.S. Forest Service and National Park workers. There are ...

Cyrus Issari worked in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico as a Forestry Technician until he was terminated on February 13th, 2025. Here, Issari works with the trails crew hiking with tools and ...

The "red flag warning" for Monday includes parts of El Paso County and Hudspeth County in Texas and the Las Cruces region, Gila National Forest, Lincoln National Forest and the Sa ...

Conservation advocates say the Trump administration's firing of probationary U.S. Forest Service workers in New Mexico and other ... has not commented, but Gila National Forest workers told ...

In 2022, Issari secured a permanent position — what he called his “dream job”— with a wilderness trail crew on New Mexico’s Gila National Forest. A few weeks ago, his entire eight-person ...