Studies identify the Gila National Forest in western New Mexico — dozens of miles north of the international border — as the most promising jaguar habitat in the United States.

The BioPark Society said the Gila National Forest could be suitable for jaguars, but the broader impact would be uncertain. “We should be doing jaguar conservation.

Feb. 4—Jaguars are not coming to the Gila Wilderness anytime soon. An environmental group's petition to reintroduce jaguars to the Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico has been rejected ...

The federal government opted to not reintroduce jaguars in New Mexico's Gila National Forest despite a petition to do so.

The federal government opted to not reintroduce jaguars in New Mexico's Gila National Forest despite a petition to do so.

Gila National Forest is north of Silver City, about 50 to 70 miles north of I-10. The study said the federal agency should study areas north of the highway for jaguar recovery, based on the ...

Environmentalists say federal wildlife officials rejected a petition to reintroduce the jaguar to the southwestern U.S. through New Mexico.

The Gila National Forest harbors abundant deer, elk and javelina that the center says could support a potential jaguar population.

But advocates say the federal government is not doing enough to help the animals thrive in the American Southwest. Their proposed solution: Bring jaguars to the Gila National Forest.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- There’s a push to reintroduce jaguars in New Mexico. “The vast and wild and well-loved Gila National Forest,” said Michael Robinson, Senior Conservation Advocate, Center ...

Missing from the designation are the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona and vast stretches of the high, forested Mogollon Rim, including its easternmost terminus in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest.