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A PROTECTED STOCK RANGE IN ARIZONA. 



area, was grazed only during the wet season when it could be reached 

 by stock. It was therefore in much better condition than that lying 

 closer to the mountains, where water was more convenient. 



B 

 2963 



tr.vs 



E 



3 M. 

 '33/36 



(49.2 /SQM 



B M = Bench marks of 

 U.S. Geo/og/'ca/ Survej 



~ ffoads. ^3721 

 Confoc/rs 



McC, A>facB., /?/<?, = initials of 

 pr/i/afe owners of pastures. 



A (after numbers. ) = Acres. 



■*McC.-Z0+4. 



W 



,°>f 



Pig. 1.— Map of fenced pastures in the Coronado National Forest, compiled from maps by the United 



States Geological Survey, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



HISTORY OF THE AREA SINCE 1903. 



The large field was inclosed in June, 1903. By the first of the yea i 

 1908 the pastures marked upon the map (fig. 1) P., R., and MacB. 

 were sufficiently inclosed to permit the control of stock in them, and 

 the inclosures were completed later. These areas were inclosed by 

 ranchers in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture. The 

 204-acre pasture was inclosed years ago and has been moderately 



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