ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 6月4日 22時00分

Photos by @katieorlinsky | Very excited to share my first cover story about the place that gave rise to the modern notion of wilderness and inspired a whole new era of conservation in America: the Gila Wilderness. Read the full story, written by @petergwin, at the link in bio.

1. The Gila Wilderness spans 870 square miles of rugged country in southern New Mexico, land once inhabited by the Chiricahua Apache. In 1924 the Forest Service designated it the world’s first “wilderness area,” a milestone of American conservation made in large part thanks to Aldo Leopold, who envisioned wilderness as a place to be protected both for and from humans. However, the Gila has always been inhabited by humans, including the Mogollon cliff dwellers and the Apache who lived in the region for centuries.

2. If the government’s idea of wilderness was putting the land back the way it had been, then why not put the Apache back? asks backcountry guide Joe Saenz, a member of the Chiricahua Apache Nation who led us on a 10-day horseback trip exploring the headwaters of the Gila River. There is no specific word for “wilderness” in the Apache language he speaks, rather just a word for land: "benah."

3. Laney Lopez, 11, wears the blood of her first elk kill, daubed on her cheeks by her dad. Wilderness areas permit hunting but do not allow the use of any mechanized vehicles or the construction of any roads or structures.

4. Biologist Jill Wick inspects a stream stocked with young Gila trout to restore the species.

5. A misty morning in Gila Hot Springs, the gateway to the Gila Wilderness.

6. Zack Crockett, a wilderness outfitter, rides along the middle fork of the Gila River, one of the largest still undammed rivers in the American West.

7. Rancher and backcountry outfitter Becky Campbell lives in the home her father built on the edge of the wilderness.

8. A horse grazes in the piñon and pine trees of the Gila’s high country.

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