Dragoon National Forest was established in Arizona on May 25, 1907, with 69,120 acres (280 km2). On July 1, 1908, it was combined with Santa Catalina National Forest and Santa Rita National Forest to create Coronado National Forest. [1] The name was discontinued. [2]
The forest included the Dragoon [3] and Little Dragoon Mountains, [4] two of the Madrean Sky Islands. The area is included in the Douglas Ranger District of Coronado National Forest. [5]
References
- ^ Coronado National Forest – 31°49′48″N 109°18′07″W / 31.83000°N 109.30194°W
- ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005). "National Forests of the United States" (PDF). The Forest History Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-28.
- ^ Dragoon Mountains – 31°56′22″N 109°58′55″W / 31.93944°N 109.98194°W
- ^ Little Dragoon Mountains – 32°06′42″N 110°05′39″W / 32.11167°N 110.09417°W
- ^ "About Us". Coronado National Forest. U.S. Forest Service. 2008-08-24.
External links
- Coronado National Forest
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society 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. 743–88.