Big Burros National Forest
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Big Burros National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in southwestern New Mexico on February 6, 1907, with {{convert|156780|acre|km2}}. On June 18, 1908, Big Burros was combined with Gila National Forest and the name was discontinued.{{citation |title=National Forests of the United States |url=http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |format=pdf |date=September 29, 2005 |author=Davis, Richard C. |publisher=The Forest History Society |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |archivedate=2012-10-28 }}
The lands presently form an isolated section of Gila National Forest, encompassing the Big Burro Mountains to the west of Silver City, New Mexico in the Silver City Ranger District.
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External links
- [http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf 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. 743-788.
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{{Former National Forests of the United States}}
Category:Former national forests of New Mexico
Category:Protected areas of Grant County, New Mexico
Category:Protected areas established in 1907
Category:1907 establishments in New Mexico Territory