Heart of the Gila, 9 Airstrip Road, Mimbres, NM 88049
Welcome! At Heart of the Gila, we promise to use your money wisely. Our non-profit has a volunteer Director, so our administrative costs are low. When you donate to Heart of the Gila, we put your money to work on the ground—educating, stewarding and protecting the public lands of the Southwest. Check out some of what we accomplished in 2024, and what lies ahead in 2025.
In September of 2024, we rededicated our
Children’s Butterfly Garden with a celebration attended by more than a hundred visitors (most, under the age of five!). The garden was originally planted in 2015, in honor of
Ella, Ella, and Michael. Today, the butterfly-shaped learning space is more accessible, holds more plants, and allows more learning inside of its wings. Visit the butterfly at Silva Creek Botanical Garden in Silver City after the monsoon rains, when butterflies abound, and we hold our Monarch tagging workshops and Endangered Species Education programs. Keep us going!
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In the past 5 years, we have focused on creating broader and more equitable access to outdoor programming throughout our region. Your donations fund our Outdoor Equity Watershed Education Programs. In 2024, we reached hundreds of children during the Gila Wilderness Centennial Celebrations.
Feel free to help us do more!
We advocate for the wild places of the Southwest. In 2024, the United States Air Force published its Draft Environmental Impact Statement to lower the level of supersonic flight over the Gila and the Southwest to 5,000 feet. As a member of the Peaceful Gila Skies Coalition, Heart of the Gila helped bring out hundreds of people in opposition to the proposal, collected 6,000 petition signatures, recruited 89 businesses for a sign-on letter, and submitted hundreds of pages of technical and legal comments. We promise to keep the pressure on.
In 2024, we also continued to advocate for Wild and Scenic Designation for the Gila River through our film, Journey Down the Gila, and filled theaters in Las Cruces and Socorro, NM in support of a wild Gila River. We have film screenings planned for May of 2025—check out the upcoming screening here:
No matter who is in the White House, there are always new environmental challenges. Now is not the time to give up hope! All our advocacy activities are funded strictly through your donations. Thanks to all of you who support our work and the work of other environmental champions.