3rd Annual Gila River Festival: Celebrating NM's Last Free-Flowing River

From the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance:
The 3rd Annual Gila River Festival is a weekend celebration and interpretive event focusing on increasing the awareness of the natural and cultural history of the Gila River:

3rd Annual Gila River Festival
Celebrating New Mexico's Last Free-Flowing River
September 13 - 16, 2007
Silver City, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Featuring talks, walks, stewardship projects and puppet theater, this year's event also features an evening campfire program with community storytellers, a "star party," and an opportunity for families to camp at the river's headwaters. The theme for the festival this year, "Flowing Into the Future," emphasizes the role of flooding in maintaining the natural integrity of the river, and the cyclical nature that people living alongside it continue to adapt to. For information: Call (505) 538-8078, visit www.gilaconservation.org or email info@gilaconservation.org.