Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the designation of the Gila Wilderness.

HCONRES 108 is a concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the June 3, 1924, designation of the Gila Wilderness as the first federally protected wilderness area in the United States and the world. It recognizes this milestone as the foundation for the national wilderness system and the inspiration for the 1964 Wilderness Act, while honoring the roles of Forest Service employees Aldo Leopold and Arthur Carhart and the Indigenous stewardship of the Apache and Mimbres peoples. As a symbolic resolution, it does not create new laws or policies but serves to acknowledge the Gila Wilderness's enduring preservation without permanent human development, maintaining its status as a protected area managed for conservation.