Peloncillo National Forest was an American national forest. It was established as the Peloncillo Forest Reserve in

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and

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on November 15, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was combined with the

Chiricahua National Forest Chiricahua National Forest was established as the Chiricahua Forest Reserve in Cochise County, Arizona by the United States General Land Office on July 1, 1902, with . After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it ...

and the name was discontinued. Its lands presently exist as part of the

Coronado National Forest The Coronado National Forest is a United States National Forest that includes an area of about 1.78 million acres (7,200 km2) spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is located in parts of ...

. Much of the forest was transferred out of the National Forest system to the

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and the remainder, (now part of the Douglas Ranger District of Coronado) is at the extreme southern end of the Peloncillo

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in Cochise County, Arizona and

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References

External links

Forest History Society

Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the

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website) ''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743–788.'' * – * – {{authority control Former National Forests of Arizona Former National Forests of New Mexico Bureau of Land Management areas in New Mexico Protected areas of Cochise County, Arizona Protected areas of Hidalgo County, New Mexico Coronado National Forest Protected areas established in 1906 1906 establishments in Arizona Territory 1906 establishments in New Mexico Territory 1908 disestablishments in Arizona Territory 1908 disestablishments in New Mexico Territory Protected areas disestablished in 1908